August 2012
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“Thomas Peterfry and his engineers hacked into the NASDAQ terminal and wired it...”
– A Father Of High-Speed Trading Thinks We Should Slow Down
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“So here’s my question for all of you China skeptics that insist they are...”
– What China Could Be Building
(H/T: Marginal Revolution)
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“Everybody talks about food and gas prices when they’re rising. Think of...”
– Everybody Always Thinks Inflation Is Higher Than It Really Is
The Two-Thousand Dollar Popsicle →
newyorker:
The two-thousand-dollar Popsicle made a mockery of nearly every financial consideration of the summer: How much summer camp we could afford? Would we able to rent a place in the country for a week, or a weekend? What about Whole Foods? Two thousand dollars was exactly the sort of sum I was protecting.
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'If You're Stupid Enough To Get That Tattoo, I'll... →
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“James Young, a copy writer hired in 1912, realized that improving sales wasn’t a...”
– How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad
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Why Are There 100 Cents In A Dollar? Ask Thomas... →
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“In fact, the U.S. economy actually lost 1.2 million jobs last month. There were...”
– Actually, The U.S. Lost 1.2 Million Jobs Last Month
