The good, the bad, and the dangerous … of short selling. First is a piece that sounds like it was inspired by Planet Money’s two-part series. In Praise of Short Sellers (Surowiecki, TheNew Yorker) First, though: In another universe, a…
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A food pairing
Yum! Brands CEO (David Novak) on Marketplace Subway CEO on Bloomberg’s Hays Advantage
Celestial spirograph
Astronomy Picture of the Day captures Mars and Regulus here.
An Innovation pairing
Marketplace: Middle class struggles with changing job market. A History of the World in 100 objects: Ship’s chronometer from the HMS Beagle (and AHOW’s main page). Everybody see the connection?
A pairing of pirate stories
A History of the World in 100 Objects: Pieces of eight Scientific American’s 60 Second Science: Pirates need science, too