Articles, tagged with "unintended consequences", page 4

A Central Bank of the World; as if Credit Collapses Aren't Already Global Enough

Copyright (c) 2008 Les Lafave An October 25, 2008 Newsweek article by Jeffrey E. Garten is titled, "We Need a Bank Of the World." What I need is some sort of keystroke to represent spluttering astonishment. There can only be a few things on the lis... Read >
Author: Les Lafave

ASDA backs the BPF and BRC empty rates campaign

ASDA are backing a campaign by the British Property Federation (BPF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) against the loss of empty property relief. Dubbed the ‘bombsite Britain' tax by the media, in response to the increasing spate of demolitions as... Read >
Author: Rivington

As if they Were You

"Treat everybody else as if they were you." These words gave me pause. I wonder what it would be like if we each did what this "unknown author" is advocating? Would she still have abandoned her station at the airport fast food restaurant to get a fork ... Read >
Author: Nan Russell

Article Marketing in Web Content Management Systems

One of the most common blunders by those using article marketing to distribute free reprint articles is to include periods after domain names at the end of sentences. Surely those authors who have made this blunder realize that if that period gets include... Read >
Author: Sudesh Kumar

Herd Mentality

Booths featuring products and services related to employee engagement, web-based delivery, global performance, and talent management were overflowing with conference attendees as I walked the trade show at a national conference where I was speaking. Just ... Read >
Author: Nan Russell

Defaulting Into A Business General Partnership

When it comes time to start a business, many people just get on with the process without really thinking about issues like taxes, liability and business entities. This can lead to unintended consequences. If you start a business and are the sole owner... Read >
Author: Richard Chapo

Defeating Crime With Digital Camera Cell Phones

The Digital Picture Camera 3G Cell Phone is reshaping the way people interact. As they become more and more popular, especially among teenagers, and higher bandwidth and video compression technologies are introduced, we will see a whole new realm of commu... Read >
Author: Brian Lee

Nail Fungus - the Gift That Keeps on Giving

Modern society has provided a wealth of consumer goods, but have also changed the very nature and structure of our lives with some unintended consequences. While there's no longer a need for all of us to farm or do manual labor, the result has been an ex... Read >
Author: Abigail Franks

Engage in a Constructive Debate About Genetically Modified Crops

By James Wachai Richard Heinberg, famous for his rantings against Big Oil, in October delivered a lecture at the E. F. Schumacher Society in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on October 28, 2006. The abbreviated text of the lecture entitled "Fifty Million... Read >
Author: James Wachai

Martial Arts and Your Personality Type

In 2010 the estate tax will be repealed and the gift tax rate will fall to 35%. However, this repeal is effective only for that year and the estate tax will be reinstated in some form the very next year (2011). The US Senate is considering options to red... Read >
Author: Robert Jones

The Truth About Mailing List Advertising

Are you fond of lists or not? I think that I am. It hasn't been anything that I've been explicitly fostering or anything. I can think back about some pretty about solid lists that I made in detention with friends, like "13 Ways to Squash Pete Gomash". ... Read >
Author: Melissa Wayan

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