January 2012
28 posts
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Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage is lower... →
paxamericana:
mohandasgandhi:
Recall:
Since 1979, the income of the top 1% has increased by 275% even after taxes and income transfers.
Half of all workers in the United States make less than $26,364 a year.
Gee, I wonder why there are all these Occupy Wall Street protests. What could they possibly want?
December 2011
26 posts
Roger Ebert: I'll tell you why movie revenue is... →
1. Obviously, the absence of a must-see mass-market movie. […]
2. Ticket prices are too high. […]
3. The theater experience. […]
4. Refreshment prices. […]
5. Competition from other forms of delivery. […]
6. Lack of choice. Box-office tracking shows that the bright spot in 2011 was the performance of indie, foreign or documentary films [this has arguably been the case since 1989 with...
