Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders are informed.
Tyler CowenTags: food economics supply-and-demand
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
Bernard BransonTags: motivational success friendship sexuality education women family self-esteem ethics college sex religion faith economics marriage paranormal-romance relationships funny creativity bible jesus self-help spirituality angels dating fun leadership parenting educational meditation business family-relationships management supernatural young-adult childrens christian-living nonfiction spiritual-growth students romantic-comedy adult baby teen entrepreneurship sexy romantic-suspense love-story dark-fantasy christian-romance african-american-romance fantasy-romance young-adult-fantasy bible-study explicit personal-transformation humorous-romance
The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even to an unsympathetic adminitrator) exactly what it is he or she studies.
"Geography is Greek for 'writing about the earth.' We study the Earth."
"Right, like geologists."
"Well, yes, but we're interested in the whole world, not just the rocky bits. Geographers also study oceans, lakes, the water cycle..."
"So, it's like oceanography or hydrology."
"And the atmosphere."
"Meteorology, climatology..."
"It's broader than just physical geography. We're also interested in how humans relate to their planet."
"How is that different from ecology or environmental science?"
"Well, it encompasses them. Aspects of them. But we also study the social and economic and cultural and geopolitical sides of--"
"Sociology, economics, cultural studies, poli sci."
"Some geographers specialize in different world regions."
"Ah, right, we have Asian and African and Latin American studies programs here. But I didn't know they were part of the geography department."
"They're not."
(Long pause.)
"So, uh, what is it that do study then?
Tags: politics economics geography political-science geology sociology
The energy and daring is to resist the noes, until the final yes has been achieved.
Jeffrey D. SachsTags: science future economics sustainability
A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms.
Orrin WoodwardTags: liberty freedom economics libertarianism
We should look closely on what is happening at the moment, guys with little moustaches can pop up everywhere now given this instable economic situation. A look into history shows us what that could mean.
Steve KeenSustainability is a new idea to many people, and many find it hard to understand. But all over the world there are people who have entered into the exercise of imagining and bringing into being a sustainable world. They see it as a world to move toward not reluctantly, but joyfully, not with a sense of sacrifice, but a sense of adventure. A sustainable world could be very much better than the one we live in today.
Donella H. MeadowsTags: economics growth sustainability
Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.
Anna LappéTags: philosophy economics
Overborrowing or overlending? Lenders encourage indebtedness because it is profitable. Developing country governments are sometimes even pressured to overborrow ... Even without corruption, it is easy to be influenced by Western businessmen and financiers ... Countries that aren't sure that borrowing is worth the rist are told how important it is to establis a credit rating: borrow even if you really don't need the money.
Joseph E. StiglitzI became convinced that the advanced industrial countries, through international organizations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the World Bank, were not only not doing all that they could to help these [developing] countries but were sometimes making their life more difficult. IMF programs had clearly worsened the East Asian crisis, and the "shock therapy" they had pushed in the former Soviet Union and its satellites played an important role in the failure of the transition.
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