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Category Archives: Malthus
FT.com / Companies / US & Canada – US pay law branded ‘logistical nightmare’
The rules’ complexity means multinationals face a ‘logistical nightmare’ in calculating the ratio, which has to be based on the median annual total compensation for all employees, warned Richard Susko, partner at law firm Cleary Gottlieb. ‘It’s just not do-able … Continue reading
Oxford English Dictionary ‘will not be printed again’ – Telegraph
Until six months ago I was clinging to the idea that printed books would likely last for ever. Since the arrival of the iPad I am now wholly convinced otherwise.
Early sighting of Starbuck logo, 1550
…from a book on typography by Palatino
New Statesman – Beware those Black Swans
Don’t let someone making an ‘incentive’ bonus manage a nuclear plant – or your financial risks: Odds are he would cut every corner on safety to show ‘profits’ from these savings while claiming to be ‘conservative’. Bonuses don’t accommodate the … Continue reading
Predicting the Next Enron – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com
The number 4 appears significantly less often than expected in the post-decimal digits of earnings reports
Clay Shirky: ‘Paywall will underperform – the numbers don’t add up’ | Technology | The Guardian
Here’s what worries me about the paywall. When we talk about newspapers, we talk about them being critical for informing the public; we never say they’re critical for informing their customers.
Petitio Principii, Circulus in Probando
Given that progress is inexorable, cumulative and collective if human beings exchange and specialize…