February 2012
109 posts
The psychological poverty trap →
Shafir has proved that anyone faced with adverse conditions will consistently make bad economic decisions. An experiment he conducted with Mullainathan and Zhao placed financially-savvy Princeton students from prominent families under the stressful and rushed conditions that poor people face every day. They were given questions to answer in a series of timed rounds, but were permitted to...
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jesssicakay:
This case is important because it is the first arrest of North Korean refugees in China after Kim Jung-il’s death. Kim Jung-un, the son of Kim Jung-il and NK’s current leader, declared that refugees who flee North Korea during the 100-day mourning period of his father’s death would be annihilated along with their families.
30 have been caught, but many more lives are at risk. (via...
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“[D]ebts don’t really need to be repaid, because AIG, who owes money, can wave a...”
– Dr. David Graeber, Anthropologist/ anarchist/ scholar-activist (via rethinkcapitalism)
musingmadman asked: Why are we awake?!
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for...”
– Cesar Chavez (via jaimerafaellopez)
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“Feminism is about increasing options for women and men. It’s about destroying...”
– Emily Maguire (via feminismandequality)
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“So, basically what I’m saying is this; up until, like, yesterday, in the terms...”
– My Archaeology prof at tonights lecture (via fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox)
“I can go into an audition with my makeup and my hair and my lashes and come out...”
– Viola Davis on how people perceive her. (via nprfreshair)
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“Algunas veces pienso en su amor como una gran prueba. Yo, que durante años...”
– El Señor M. en Mujeres a las que amé… Virtualmente. (Obra inédita). (via moralesloaiza) (via vomitodeemociones) (via mundosincaries) (via damadelviento)
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