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The Almighty Buck
The NYT Magazine this week focuses on a topic near and dear to its heart: money. Stories about the dotcom boom, priorities, the cult of Wall Street. Some of the stories are interesting, as with this comparison of how far a dollar goes depending on where you live. Some are disturbing, like this one on CEO salaries. And several are (unintentionally) humorous, like this one about bankrupt Etoys and this one, by a rich writer who believes everyone else is rich too.
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"American workers are still the most productive on earth, two-thirds more productive than our counterparts in Great Britain, for example. American technology is still the envy of the world, and her universities are the queens of learning."
Are American workers really two-thirds more productive than their counterparts in Great Britain, or are machines (probably made in Japan or China) used far more commonly in the US of Hey. I have travelled the world, and I can tell you the hardest workers and most productive workers are inevitably in the poorest countries. Alas, like the writer, I have no references for this assertion.
As for America's universities being the "Queens of learning" they may like to remember that to most of the world Oxford University, or the Sorbonne, are definitely the academic institutions of choice. American universities do seem to spend an awful lot of time on self-promotion though, which may explain why they spend millions of dollars to attract sporting heroes to their "learning" institutions.
Oh, by the way, I am NOT British, or even from Europe, I am Australian.
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