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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Nancy Folbre, an economist at the University of Massachusetts who served on the panel, says a focus on growth can be helpful. It's just that we need to think of the concept differently. "Growth doesn't have to mean more stuff," she says. "Isn't that the point of the report, in a way? That growth doesn't have to mean growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for a Better Wealth Measure Than GDP | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...Isn't this how most spam works? Some idiot clicks the button and it shoots off emails to all his friends. Luckily, Wegame.com is even cooler. It actually requires you to SIGN UP. That's right--both the YES and NO buttons lead to a form at Wegame.com to convince you to sign up and register an account for the site. So how did you end up getting this email, then? Chances are... your genius friend probably signed up on Wegame.com...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Random acquaintance has sent you spam. Want to see the spam? | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

Except...this isn't the vaccine for the swine. You're only safe from regular seasonal...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: We're Saved! But Only Sort Of... | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

Except...this isn't the vaccine for the swine. You're only safe from regular seasonal...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: We're Saved! But Only Sort Of... | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...first town of freed African slaves in the Americas is not exactly where you would expect to find it - and it isn't exactly what you'd expect to find either. First, it's not in the United States. Yanga, on Mexico's Gulf Coast, is a sleepy pueblito founded by its namesake, Gaspar Yanga, an African slave who led a rebellion against his Spanish colonial masters in the late 16th century and fought off attempts to retake the settlement. The second thing that is immediately evident to vistors who reach the town's rustic central plaza: there are virtually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks in Mexico: A Forgotten Minority | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

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