Word: moneyitis
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...were on average four thousand dollars higher than those of the females. Further examination of the applicants revealed that only seven percent of females had asked for a higher salary during the interview process compared to 57 percent of men. Those who had asked for more money had starting salaries that were 4053 dollars higher than the salaries of those who did not, meaning this gender gap in pay could be attributed almost entirely to the fact that women did not ask for more money. Similarly, many of today’s other gender inequalities are rooted in the failure...
...beggar, the hunchbacked waiter, the snobbish French man, and the disproportionately small, white-haired nun nodding off at the next table. The scene is also deceptively simple: one bench in a French cafe and the outside world as reflected by the mirror behind it. But the snob has no money, the beggar is just as much a giver as he is a taker, and the old lady is not as saintly as she at first may seem...
...absurd that people have to get college degrees to be considered for good jobs in hotel management or accounting - or journalism. It is inefficient, both because it wastes a lot of money and because it locks people who would have done good work out of some jobs. The tight connection between college degrees and economic success may be a nearly unquestioned part of our social order. Future generations may look back and shudder at the cruelty...
...tough fiscal times, the President freezes government spending but gives the military a pass. That's because spending on the military and homeland security, following 9/11 and the launch of two wars in its wake, has become sacrosanct. But it's too bad - because there is plenty of money to be saved by lopping off the well-marbled fat that clings to the $700 billion the U.S. spends annually on national security...
...buildings in France - a battle that is now raging across the U.S. And France's lunch programs are well funded. While the country is cutting public programs and civil-servant jobs to try to slash a debt of about $2.1 trillion, no one has dared to mention touching the money spent on school lunches. (Watch an interview with Michael Pollan...