Category: Society
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Comparing the economic state of the states
Is the USA the world’s richest country, as many believe? I guess much depends on how you measure that. What about individual states? I’ve sometimes pondered that question myself, either in terms of outright wealth or economic measures like gross…
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Worry-free congestion charging
One of the realities today of driving into a city like London is the congestion charge, a tax on vehicles entering a specified zone the boundaries of which are clearly marked by signs like the one here. It’s probably largely…
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Merry Christmas
The Christmas message in this someecards’ ecard seems pretty apt, a timely one given all the weather and shopping disasters of this month so far. Still, it’s Christmas Eve and, presents, Plan B presents or no presents (or even ‘IOU…
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FT names Steve Jobs their Man of The Year
Mark Zuckerberg can be Time’s person of the year but here we have the FT’s man of the year – Steve Jobs, the man behind the continuing success of Apple and those so-gorgeous products everyone desires that include iPhone, iPad,…