History of the Federal Reserve and U.S. central banks from 1764 to today. Criticism is often called a conspiracy theory, but the story of central banks is a story of inflation, corruption, and bankruptcy. Citing primary sources including: debate records, 19th, 20th century political cartoons, and government documents.
When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done.
This is a great math project based on purchasing a home.
Interesting data sets from Internet, Economic, Finance, and real estate sectors.
The optimal level for copyright has been a matter for extensive debate
over the last decade. This paper contributes several new results on this
issue divided into two parts. In the first, a parsimonious theoretical
model is used to prove several novel propositions about the optimal
level of protection. Specifically, we demonstrate that (a) optimal
copyright falls as the costs of production go down (for example as a
result of digitization) and that (b) the optimal level of copyright will, in
general, fall over time.
Over the last six months, I've noticed an increasing number of press articles about how high school teens are leaving MySpace for Facebook. That's only partially true. There is indeed a change taking place, but it's not a shift so much as a fragmentation. Until recently, American teenagers were flocking to MySpace. The picture is now being blurred. Some teens are flocking to MySpace.