Everything Is Money: Does It Matter What Form Our Currency Takes?
The primary goal of money is to connect disparate individuals and groups, giving them a universal medium of exchange in the form of an object or symbol that all parties value.
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What’s the Worst Part of Christmas?
Thirty-three percent of people agree that it's the commercialism.
What Would the Minimum Wage Be If It Had Kept Pace With the Incomes of the 1%?
A whole lot more than $7.25 an hour.
Silicon Valley Is Detroit: Are Zoning Laws to Blame?
Peter Thiel is concerned that innovation cannot afford San Francisco or New York City.
Creative Urban Spaces Don’t Promote Innovation
No, cities are powered by the exploitation of ambition.
Gender Equality Increases by 1 Percent in California
Despite some recent high-profile hirings, the gender balance in high-level business positions hasn't changed much.
Absence: A Users Guide for Bosses and Employees
Tis the season to be gone from work. A leading researcher on going AWOL offers his observations about global customs, mild deviance, an improving job scene, and showing up at the office to spread viruses along with the holiday cheer.
The Geography of Anti-Gentrification: Google Buses and the World Trade Center
Why aren't Google and Twitter welcome in San Francisco?
More Than Teenagers Toasting Buns: The Changing Demographics of Fast-Food Workers
The recent strikes show just how untenable the current makeup of the fast-food labor force really is.