Analysis: Storms damage budgets in Central America, Mexico | Reuters
november 2010 by shawnbot
"Climate change models show the situation will only get worse as temperatures rise, taking a real toll on budgets across Latin America. Development banks and ratings agencies alike have urged the region to brace itself for severe weather and the resulting heavy repair costs."
weather
climatechange
economics
latinamerica
mexico
source:reuters
november 2010 by shawnbot
Buses loaded: Giants’ playoff run costs Muni | San Francisco Examiner
november 2010 by shawnbot
A half a million dollars. Awesome.
sanfrancisco
sfmta
muni
giants
transit
transportation
economics
source:sfexaminer
november 2010 by shawnbot
tax.com: Scary New Wage Data
october 2010 by shawnbot
Wealth redistribution, indeed.
wealth
taxes
economics
usa
finance
october 2010 by shawnbot
[citation needed]» Blog Archive » what the Dunning-Kruger effect is and isn’t
august 2010 by shawnbot
"So the bias is definitively not that incompetent people think they’re better than competent people. Rather, it’s that incompetent people think they’re much better than they actually are."
bias
dunning-kruger
psychology
cognition
culture
economics
statistics
charts
august 2010 by shawnbot
Streetsblog San Francisco » Today’s Headlines
june 2010 by shawnbot
Very interesting comment thread about transportation.
transportation
economics
comments
source:streetsblog
june 2010 by shawnbot
Losing the bus that allowed me to go carless « Living in the O
may 2010 by shawnbot
"Any of the cuts will have a huge effect on the system and I know that I’ll personally be affected by these cuts. All of the services being considered for cuts are hugely important. But what is personally troubling me so much is that I might lose the bus service that allowed me to get rid of my car."
actransit
oakland
transportation
economics
cars
car-free
may 2010 by shawnbot
AAA Exchange
may 2010 by shawnbot
"$9,641: That's how much a person driving a medium sedan 15,000 miles a year can expect to pay, excluding loan payments."
cars
ownership
finance
usa
transportation
aaa
economics
may 2010 by shawnbot
The Muni Death Spiral - SF Weekly
april 2010 by shawnbot
And there you have it.
muni
sfmta
sanfrancisco
transit
transportation
economics
politics
joeeskenazi
sfweekly
april 2010 by shawnbot
“SuperFreakonomics” and climate change : The New Yorker
november 2009 by shawnbot
'To be skeptical of climate models and credulous about things like carbon-eating trees and cloudmaking machinery and hoses that shoot sulfur into the sky is to replace a faith in science with a belief in science fiction. This is the turn that “SuperFreakonomics” takes, even as its authors repeatedly extoll their hard-headedness. All of which goes to show that, while some forms of horseshit are no longer a problem, others will always be with us.'
environment
climatechange
freakonomics
economics
science
innovation
newyorker
book
review
november 2009 by shawnbot
Streetsblog San Francisco » The Land of the Free (Parking)
october 2009 by shawnbot
"Every small business owner who addressed the MTA Board about its parking meter study asserted that extending parking meter hours beyond 6 pm would drive their customers to distraction, compelling them to seek the lush asphalt pastures of suburban malls, where they never have to worry about a parking ticket again. Never mind that three quarters of your customers, on average, come to your stores by foot, by Muni, or by bike. Never mind that parking meters were first installed in San Francisco in 1947 to promote turnover to help your business, nor that meter hours basically haven't been changed since then."
sanfrancisco
parking
cars
politics
economics
commerce
streetsblog
october 2009 by shawnbot
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