Author: Daniela

  • Robert Shiller on Income Inequality

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    Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management‘s International Center for Finance.  Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Association in 2005, and President of the Eastern…

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  • Food Industry Hiding Behind GMA in Labeling Fight

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    Others have asked, and I agree, if GMO’s are as benign as the industry claims they are, why not label foods and let the consumer decide?  Instead “companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg’s have thrown down plenty of cash to defeat various initiatives across the country, and the story isn’t any different in…

  • Big Pharma’s Chokehold

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Dr. Russell Sanders fumes after reading a NYT report on how drug companies price-gouge kids with asthma. One company, for example, charges Americans $250 for a nasal spray that retails for $7 in Europe: I learned of this revolting turn of events a couple of years ago when a mother asked if there were an…

  • The Abatement Of Cruelty, Ctd

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    Originally posted on The Dish: A reader makes an important point: Your reader said: “And please, if we all became vegetarians/vegans … we would probably run out of arable land to feed everyone.” This could not be more wrong. Converting plants into meat is a very inefficient way to transmit the plants’ calories and nutrients to…

  • Friday’s Poem

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    “Raking Near the Great Works” By Megan Grumbling October, and the leaves turned late but strong. Rock maples and the reds, clear brazen, blaze long-burning feats of sugar through our ways. Their strident hold upon the back roads pulls our morning drive, out to where Oak Woods Road crosses the river that they call Great…

  • United Nations’ FAO Reaches Landmark Decision

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    This is great news! The Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Emsden announces a landmark decision reached by the  United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization: …The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization Tuesday reached a deal giving extended support to co-operatives, a growing force in the global economy. The FAO’s memorandum of understanding is with the International…

  • Diana Beresford-Kroeger, The Tree Whisperer

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    Writing this blog has exposed me to topics and individuals I’d probably never have discovered otherwise.  Sarah Hampson’s article introduces us to Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a scientific visionary who provides the “wisdom of an alternate voice in a scripted society that doesn’t always deliver on its promise.” ‘Grow, grow,” whispers Diana Beresford-Kroeger to a baby white cherry…

  • The Goddess’ Footprints

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    Originally posted on Viewfound: Continuing with the festive season, today we celebrate the worship of goddess Laxmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity. People here draw footprints on the floor to indicate the goddess’ entrance into their homes. She enters the bedrooms, living room and even the kitchen.

  • Durga Puja, Essentially

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    Originally posted on Viewfound: New clothes, toy guns, jalebis, popcorn, lighted streets, getting high on booze, dancing like crazy, passed out people on the streets, Adivasi folk dancers, a lot of police, balloons…… Durga Puja is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. The festival marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil demon Mahisasura.…