Category Archives: Featured
Bet on who you know
What if I asked you who was the better sprinter, Usain Bolt or LaShawn Merritt, chances are the vast majority of you would give me the same answer: Usain Bolt. And yet, the vast majority of you could probably not name one specific race that Usain won, nor what his specialty is, let alone how [...]
Breather Post – Who are we?
As a slight break, we want to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves. For those of you who don’t know us, we’re a brother-sister team and when we’re not saving the world, one article at a time, we are based in Portland and Atlanta, working in the destination wedding and legal research industries respectively. Ocean [...]
Ever closer to that bubble
Recently some more issues have arisen regarding education. Some of you may remember how we recently said higher education is a bubble about to burst. When students (or, more likely, their parents) are paying upwards of $100,000 for an education which, all too often, can’t be said to be worth nearly as much, some problems [...]
Our most Inefficient form of transportation
Which is it? We have, in the past complained about the airline industry. The railway industry in the US is also somewhat lacking, judging by the cities and people it serves. The subway system in many cities (Atlanta) is also abysmal. So which is it? Well, it turns out it’s neither of these. It is [...]
A Lottery for All
Another interesting take on lotteries, following on an older post regarding lotteries and savings accounts. If you recall, there we mentioned Prize Linked Savings, or a savings account that took interest payments, pooled them together, and doled them out as lottery winnings. Despite very successful pilot programs (by successful we mean they made savings rates [...]
