I’ve read an interesting article in the latest Economist print edition (Feb 3rd- Feb 9th) about Netvibes and Tariq Krim, its founder and CEO. Find below some excerpts from the article, dealing with the (unavoidable) political capital that comes with his very succesful (so far) enterprise.
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World leaders’ youth photos
Since I was mentioning Mr. Putin in a previous post, here’s where you can see photos of him in his youth. Next to photos from when they were young(er) of other past or present political leaders from all over the world, such as Tony Blair, George W.
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This is an interesting weekend interview in the WSJ with Garry Kasparov, who is apparently taking very seriously his role as ‘moderator’ for the “Other Russia” coalition (moderator so far; as the editor notes, Kasparov does not necessarily exclude representing the “Other Russia” as its presidential candidate, with hopes of checkmating Putin).
→ Read more On raising the federal minimum wage in USA, again
So what’s new? There is now a very interesting survey in the EconJournalWatch, which asks a set of questions to the 659 economists (some of them top researchers whom I always admired and admire- not necessarily for their views in this context, though) who signed the formal statement released by the EPI, concerning a raise of the federal minimum wage.
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Clipul de pe YouTube e magistral. La fel si comentariul insotitor al lui Darius de pe jeg.stuffo.info. Via Dan.
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