World debt comparison: The global debt clock Finland's basic income experiment is already making people feel better after just 4 months Unsplash / Haley Phelps Four months after Finland's social-security institution Kela launched a two-year experiment in basic income, a system of wealth distribution in which people receive a salary just for being alive, some of the 2,000 recipients are already reporting lower levels of stress. The $600 they receive each month might not be much, but it's enough to put some people's anxiety at ease, Marjukka Turunen, head of Kela's legal benefits unit, told Kera News. "There was this one woman who said: 'I was afraid every time the phone would ring, that unemployment services are calling to offer me a job,'" Turunen recalled of a woman who needed to care for her parents, and so couldn't work. Basic income is foremost a solution to poverty. With that financial security comes additional benefits, says Scott Santens, a basic income advocate and writer. Finland's program is a modified version of basic income, since most advocates claim the system must be unconditional.
Crash course - The origins of the financial crisis THE collapse of Lehman Brothers, a sprawling global bank, in September 2008 almost brought down the world’s financial system. It took huge taxpayer-financed bail-outs to shore up the industry. Even so, the ensuing credit crunch turned what was already a nasty downturn into the worst recession in 80 years. Massive monetary and fiscal stimulus prevented a buddy-can-you-spare-a-dime depression, but the recovery remains feeble compared with previous post-war upturns. GDP is still below its pre-crisis peak in many rich countries, especially in Europe, where the financial crisis has evolved into the euro crisis. The effects of the crash are still rippling through the world economy: witness the wobbles in financial markets as America’s Federal Reserve prepares to scale back its effort to pep up growth by buying bonds. With half a decade’s hindsight, it is clear the crisis had multiple causes.
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair A few lesson plans exist for teaching visual arts and self-similarity (objects that have the same pattern) that could be used after showing this lesson. Shodor has some free lesson plans for students in grades 4 through 8. High school students can learn recursion algorithms to create the Koch curve using Scratch for free. Educational technologist Dylan Ryder has also written about creating fractals. A beautiful app worth checking out is Starry Night Interactive App by media artist Petros Vrellis. Really interested in mathematics? Turbulence, unlike painting, is mostly a time-dependent phenomenon, and after some time, breaks statistical self-similarity that Kolmogorov predicted in the 1960s. In fluid mechanics, since we can't often solve the equation for flow patterns, we develop a system of scaling between the physical properties. There are a few articles that outline patterns of turbulence in Van Gogh’s Starry Night. AcknowledgementsNatalya St.
10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School It’s a new year, and the beginning of a new semester in school. Students who didn’t do so hot last year have probably made a New Year resolution to improve their grades. To help you all with the next semester, I’ve decided to make a list of extremely helpful web tools that will make school easier for all the struggling students out there. Enjoy, and good luck with the new semester. 1. Everyone already knows about Sparknotes and Cliffnotes, but there are very few who have used PinkMonkey. Another website you’ll like is Shmoop. Similar Sites: Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, LitSum, GradeSaver, Bookrags 2. One of the things I hate most about school is that for every paper you turn in, professors insist that you cite your sources. Luckily for you, there are a lot of websites that will put together a bibliography for you. My favorite site for this is BibMe. Similar Sites: EasyBib andOttobib. 3. Known as the “worlds largest flashcard library”, FlashCardExchange is the best place to study for tests. 5. 6.
The Corporation Welcome to YouTube! The location filter shows you popular videos from the selected country or region on lists like Most Viewed and in search results.To change your location filter, please use the links in the footer at the bottom of the page. Click "OK" to accept this setting, or click "Cancel" to set your location filter to "Worldwide". The location filter shows you popular videos from the selected country or region on lists like Most Viewed and in search results. To change your country filter, please use the links in the footer at the bottom of the page. Loading... businessinsider Requiem for the American Dream | Tribeca Film Festival With Netflix bulking up on its collection of documentaries, it may be hard to figure out which ones to watch. In addition to various documentaries on everything from health care to the drug trade, the streaming service has a small, but worthy set of titles centered on the global financial system and its tumultuous history. Here are five of the best money-themed documentaries currently available to watch on Netflix. This 2015 documentary film by director Andrew Morgan exposes the harsh reality of the clothing industry’s unsustainable business practices.
The Financial Crisis: The FRONTLINE Interviews | FRONTLINE Watch, Read, Share"The FRONTLINE Interviews" tell the story of history in the making. Produced in collaboration with Duke University’s Rutherfurd Living History Program. Learn more... [Obama] didn't give us a choiceRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Republican ConferenceWatch the full interview I called [Obama] and said...there could be a bit of a contagionRobert Wolf, Chairman, UBS AmericasWatch the full interview raw exercise of power by the financial industryPhil Angelides, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission 2009-'11Watch the full interview We...didn't get how severe this recession was going to beChristina Romer, White House Economic Adviser, 2009-'10Watch the full interview I was taking advantage of people I don't even know...Cathy O'Neil, Former analyst, D.E. Additional Transcripts
pingouins BetterExplained | Learn Right, Not Rote. Europe According to Stereotype | andrewcusack.com A London-based graphic designer has created a series of maps depicting Europe according to the national stereotypes in the minds of various peoples. Yanko Tsvetkov, a Bulgarian living in Great Britain, created the first one in 2009 in the midst of the energy dispute between Russia and the Ukraine. Russia was labelled “Paranoid Oil Empire”, the Ukraine “Gas Stealers”, and the E.U. as “Union of Subsidized Farmers”. “I created the first one in 2009 because at that time there was an energy crisis in Europe,” Mr. Europe according to the French. Europe according to the Germans. Europe according to the Italians. Europe according to the British. Europe according to the Americans.