Why Does Essential Work Pay So Little… And Cost So Much?
Ruminations on the nature of work and employment
HIGHER ED SEEMS TO BE A REAL SNAKEPIT OF CHINESE COLLUSION: Former WVU prof admits to wire and tax fraud following official travel to China.
Jim Chanos: ‘We are in the golden age of fraud’ FT
The Snitch: Eddie Obeid's lawyer victim of alleged home ...
Ruminations on the nature of work and employment
HIGHER ED SEEMS TO BE A REAL SNAKEPIT OF CHINESE COLLUSION: Former WVU prof admits to wire and tax fraud following official travel to China.
Jim Chanos: ‘We are in the golden age of fraud’ FT
The Snitch: Eddie Obeid's lawyer victim of alleged home ...
HOT OFF THE PRESS! On Tuesday, I testified (by phone) before the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. My advice to them was essentially, “don’t do anything crazy during this Summer of Irrationality.”
More on Deaths of Despair: New Study Links Early Job Loss to Higher Rates of Overdose Deaths and Suicides
Another look at deaths of despair confirms the danger of job loss and even too-early retirement.
100 most influential economists? Good to see EV winner Jennifer Doleac make the list
The Economist is now on the “bat brigade,” recommended, good to see other people following up on these leads (you read it here first)
AFP arrests uncover a most helpful director - Insolvency News ...
The AFP arrests this week in respect of yet another Plutus Payroll-style tax evasion scheme prompted iNO to consider, not for the first time, what aspects if any of these recurring scams are facilitated by complicit insolvency practitioners, a negligent regulator or a combination of both.
Looking at the names of those arrested, it wasn’t long before our investigations led us instead to a particular suburban accountant who seems to have done a lot of work for those arrested, and who knows a guy who’s not afraid of taking on multiple directorships.
How Swiss politics works
And now it’s becoming clear why almost all popular initiatives are rejected. If the initiative had a obvious chance of being approved, the parliament would introduce the necessary legislation on its own. From this point of view the small number of successful initiatives is not a sign of a system malfunction, but rather a proof that the system is functioning the way it is expected to.
And:
Another safety measure is that Swiss referenda are, in their essence, not polarizing. In referendum you are never asked to decide between two extremes, between, say, pro-life and pro-choice, but rather between the initiative proposal and the status quo. Voting against is always a safe and neutral option. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you are not sympathetic to the spirit of the initiative. You may just think it’s going too far, or maybe you like some aspects of it but don’t like some other.
Here is more from Martin Sustrik, via The Browser (always excellent). I’ll say it again: there should be far more books and articles asking the basic question of why Switzerland seems to work so well — Progress Studies!
How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People? History
Archaeologists said the location, in the Arnoma neighborhood of Jerusalem, gives a glimpse into tax collection during the period.
2,700-Year-Old Tax Collection Center Unearthed in Jerusalem
The Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday scientists have uncovered a large 2,700-year-old storage center in Jerusalem, near the new U.S. Embassy.
The authority said in a statement the find dates back to the eras of King Hezekiah and King Menashe and operated during the Judean monarchs rule from the 8th century to the middle of the 7th century B.C.
Officials said the excavation, funded by the Israel Land Authority and administrated by the Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation, found one of the largest and most important collections of seal impressions in Israel.
Archaeologists said the location, in the Arnoma neighborhood of Jerusalem, gives a glimpse into tax collection during the period.