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Keynes in 1930: Americans Will Have 15-Hour Work Week by 2030 (Ha!)0
- Economics
- January 8, 2016
In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030 the American economy would be so productive as to allow for a 15-hour work week, according to a recent story in The Atlantic. As The Atlantic reminds us, three quarters of the way there, we’re not even close. For a while it appeared that Keynes’s
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Very Cool! New York Public Library Releases 180,000 Historical Images into the Public Domain 0
- History
- January 8, 2016
NPR reports that the New York Public Library has released 180,000 public domain items as high resolution downloads available for free. This means that the public now has unprecedented access to historical images in high quality: “The documents include literary manuscripts, Farm Security Administration photographs, sheet music, papers from Founding Fathers, WPA-era art by African-American
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Why Do Some People Lose Their S**T Over Bad ‘Star Wars’ Reviews?0
- Culture
- January 8, 2016
93% of reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes have given the new Star Wars movie a positive review. Those few reviewers out there who gave a negative review? Holy Crap… They experienced impassioned wrath from commenters of all different backgrounds. Andrew O’Hehir received “a barrage of hatemail” over his negative review. Some critics were even told to
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Are Thank-You Notes Becoming a Thing of the Past?0
- Culture
- January 8, 2016
Several years ago, my grandmother received a note from one of my young cousins which made her cry. If I recall correctly, the tears were of delight rather than sadness, for the note graciously thanked her for a trifle which many would have normally overlooked. Unfortunately, receiving a handwritten thank-you note seems to be increasingly
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Democracy, Greed, and the Perils of Equality 11
- History
- January 8, 2016
If there are two things that one is likely to hear from college faculty today, they are that 1. Students are too careerist, and 2. We need a more democratic society. They worry about the growing utilitarian cast of education in general, as well as the remnants of hierarchy, authority, paternalism, and inequality in today’s
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Study: It’s Not Your Imagination, Modern Kindergarten is More Demanding 0
- Education
- January 8, 2016
It’s a question that’s been raised a number of times in recent months: are schools demanding more of young children these days? According to news out this morning, we no longer have to rack our brains to recall our own kindergarten experience for comparison’s sake. Research shows that today’s 5 year-olds are required to perform
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Keynes in 1930: Americans Will Have 15-Hour Work Week by 2030 (Ha!)0