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black321

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Posted: Nov 30, 2016 - 7:54am

OPEC reaches deal to cut production (oil prices rising), Trump wants to ramp up spending, while cutting taxes, bond yields jumping in the last month...say hello again to our little old friend inflation. 


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Posted: Nov 29, 2016 - 10:05am

Unemployment in America, Mapped Over Time
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Posted: Jun 1, 2015 - 11:11pm

 kurtster wrote:
Real capitalism...
 
Much like real Christians and real Scotsmen there is no such thing...

I suspect you mean economic liberalism or Laissez-faire.
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Posted: Jun 1, 2015 - 10:06pm

Read past the part of gold and it may mean something greater ...

The Phantom Of Interest-Rate Ideology Challenges Gold


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Posted: Jan 27, 2015 - 3:42am

 aflanigan wrote:

Good point. Credentialism has been with us since the days of the guilds, right?

Letting go of old patterns and habits can definitely be difficult. There are various people sounding the alarm regarding credential inflation and pointing out that four year degrees/ advanced degrees aren't the bargain they used to be.  So far I don't think middle class parents are convinced.

Maybe we need to convince people that we've reached a sort of singularity/tipping point with respect to our current version of capitalism. If trying all the old tricks that worked in the past fail to yield results now, if the middle class continues to shrink and wealth/wage gaps of various kinds continue to grow, maybe we can accept that some fundamental changes beyond the usual approach are in order.

 
Ah yes, capitalism.  Real capitalism quit existing when the term too big to fail was introduced.  Too big to fail is the antithesis of capitalism.  In straight forward capitalism, nothing is too big to fail.  

Its a brave new / old world.  Earlier, I mentioned the unemployment rate for 4 year grads and yes you were correct as a lot of that had to do with the selection of majors.  In today's employment climate, it is unreasonable to expect full gainful employment with a degree in philosophy or art for example.  Yet there are many going into these areas.  Why ?  Is it poor counseling or wishful thinking on the part of the student ?

Someone needs to properly counsel on what majors will end up with good employment outcomes.  These are not the times where the pursuit of personal indulgence ends up with gainful employment.

An old factoid ... Back in the 70's I once heard that over half of over the road truck drivers had majored in psychology. 
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Posted: Jan 20, 2015 - 2:25pm

I alluded to the shrinkage of the middle class previously below. Another aspect of this issue is that, however we define middle class these days, regardless of their numbers, they are not doing so hot financially.

This was posted on Huffpo today presumably in anticipation of the SOTU speech tonight:

The Sad State of America's Middle Class, in 6 Charts 


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Posted: Jan 16, 2015 - 9:46am

 miamizsun wrote:
it looks like i've started my first meme

who knew?

 
Should we rename the topic COASTAL PUNS?
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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 4:25pm

I thought the thread might be referring to exchange rate turmoil in Europe, but no!


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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 3:10pm

it looks like i've started my first meme

who knew?


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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 7:38am

 aflanigan wrote:

I suspect pier instruction only works for stevedores.

 
I'm gonna dock you ten points for that.
ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 7:35am

 aflanigan wrote:

I suspect pier instruction only works for stevedores.

 

miamizsun

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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 7:15am

 aflanigan wrote:

I suspect pier instruction only works for stevedores.

 
good catch

yeah them too
aflanigan

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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 6:33am

 miamizsun wrote:

pier instruction/training or self taught
 
I suspect pier instruction only works for stevedores.


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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 5:33am

Geoff shared this next door...VERY NSFW!!!!


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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 - 5:17am

 BlueHeronDruid wrote:
I've often been bewildered by the whole "need a degree" stuff. I have a friend who had to get an associates degree to be a park ranger - basically plowing roads, participating in controlled fires, etc. Then there's my own spouse who flunked out of college twice but made the reason for his flunking (goofing around on the computers back in the early days) into a career. Pretty much EVERY job he's ever had required a degree, but his experience has trumped that. He wouldn't succeed in the same way today, I'm afraid. Us computing dinosaurs used to get a kick out of the CS majors coming into the industry. Book learning did NOT prepare them for the trench (fun) jobs.
 
agreed

life experience

on the job training/journeyman

peer instruction/training or self taught

competency versus credential-ism

fortunately your hubby's employers understood this

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gamification is going to help bring competence back (Curriki)

 




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Posted: Jan 14, 2015 - 6:09pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Sure, but the difference is you were after a degree/education. If we send the boy just because everyone should go to college, it's doomed to failure. If he finds himself wanting it, then cool.

 
I've often been bewildered by the whole "need a degree" stuff. I have a friend who had to get an associates degree to be a park ranger - basically plowing roads, participating in controlled fires, etc. Then there's my own spouse who flunked out of college twice but made the reason for his flunking (goofing around on the computers back in the early days) into a career. Pretty much EVERY job he's ever had required a degree, but his experience has trumped that. He wouldn't succeed in the same way today, I'm afraid. Us computing dinosaurs used to get a kick out of the CS majors coming into the industry. Book learning did NOT prepare them for the trench (fun) jobs.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2015 - 5:48pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Sure, but the difference is you were after a degree/education. If we send the boy just because everyone should go to college, it's doomed to failure. If he finds himself wanting it, then cool.

 
 
I know so many non-collegiate people who found their niche (some more than just one), threw their all into it, and absolutely thrived. That was MY plan at first. Then, four years after high school, I decided I wanted to teach the little ones and started a nine-year journey of part-time college with a full time job. Life and its curve balls.....
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Posted: Jan 14, 2015 - 5:44pm

 haresfur wrote:

Being crap at book learning doesn't necessarily mean college is a bad thing. My brother and I both navigated it successfully using different strategies.  He went to a large Uni and applied his genius to figuring out how to get by while using the minimal effort. (When he was in High School they had standardised exams but students with a good enough record through the year didn't have to take them.  He decided it was much easier to read the text the night before the exam than to do all those assignments during the year).

I went to a small liberal arts school with small classes and lots of personal attention from the professors who managed to encourage/cajole/drag me through the program. Somehow they brought out the best in me.

 
Sure, but the difference is you were after a degree/education. If we send the boy just because everyone should go to college, it's doomed to failure. If he finds himself wanting it, then cool.
haresfur

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Posted: Jan 14, 2015 - 4:48pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

We're there. The girl will thrive in college (our biggest challenge will be steering her toward a useful major). The boy will not. He's sharp as a tack but has his dad's knack for book-learnin'. I certainly would have been better served to have a focused non-college plan. Well, after the 2-year AS that I got locally, anyway. We're assuming he's going to get that alternative plan.

 
Being crap at book learning doesn't necessarily mean college is a bad thing. My brother and I both navigated it successfully using different strategies.  He went to a large Uni and applied his genius to figuring out how to get by while using the minimal effort. (When he was in High School they had standardised exams but students with a good enough record through the year didn't have to take them.  He decided it was much easier to read the text the night before the exam than to do all those assignments during the year).

I went to a small liberal arts school with small classes and lots of personal attention from the professors who managed to encourage/cajole/drag me through the program. Somehow they brought out the best in me.
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