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http://npr.org/money 19-08-2008 15:06:03
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I was delighted beyond words to talk about Buckminster Fuller, prefab housing, and the Dymaxion House yesterday on NPR's Planet Money. (Another 29 times or so and I'll catch up to Wailin Wong.)
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When you get the chance to talk to one of the world’s leading economists, Olivier Blanchard, about the future of interest rates and the economy, you might as well get some personal advice while you’re at it. npr.org/2023/04/14/117…
Are high interest rates here to stay? One of the biggest disagreements in economics is about this question — and it pits two friends, Lawrence H. Summers and Olivier Blanchard, against each other. npr.org/2023/04/14/117…
Nice job from NPR's Planet Money team talking about complicated things in an understandble way. Interviews with Kate Judge Peter Conti-Brown and yours truly. #banks one.npr.org/i/1167795956:1…
One big question out of the March (banking) Madness is: where were the regulators?
The Wharton School's Peter Conti-Brown explains that government supervisors often work side-by-side with bank employees.
But what they do on a day-to-day basis... is under wraps:
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Women now publish >50% of books and sell more books than men. Reasons: book demand driven by women, pub industry dominated by women, writing is a solo effort, lacks office politics & hierarchies, and is low-paid for most authors. Greg Rosalsky
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As a real estate boom and climate change reshape the island’s coastline, Puerto Rico is grappling with a complex legal question: what is a beach? In yesterday’s episode, Alana Casanova-Burgess, host of the podcast La Brega, explains. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pla…
Legally, what is a beach? In Puerto Rico, the answer is complicated.
In partnership with La Brega from WNYC Studios & Futuro Studios, we look at how Puerto Ricans’ access to public land is being threatened.
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Very interesting article with a lot to think about as women creatives. #momswritersclub #writingcommunity “Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?”
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