to live successfully is to put ourselves into the world, to give objective expression to our thoughts, values, and goals.
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china vs us savings rates
Another buffer is that Chinese families have a very high savings rate (about 34% of disposable income for urban residents), as well as a
Park service as road builder
In fact, mostly what the Forest Service does is build roads. I am not kidding. There are 378,000 miles of roads in America’s national
Flynn conducted a study in which he compared the grade point averages of seniors at one of America’s top state universities, from neuroscience to
location of jadeite
Harriet Monroe on William Pretyman
His genius was betrayed by lofty and indomitable traits of character which could not yield or compromise. And so his life was a tragedy
Values are transitory at a given place and time and purpose
A financial value is a transaction value, only relevant to the time of the transaction. I have to decide how much to pay for
Think Thomas Hardy. Think the end of The Mayor of Casterbridge: “Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.†Gifford,
politics in china
once you allow people to choose their pizza toppings, sooner or later they are going to want to choose their political leaders. Gifford, Rob.