Category Archives: Economics for Dummies

The Translator’s Tale, or What I Learned From Lupita

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, today it finally became real. I have incontrovertible evidence that yes, I’m a professional translator now. And that makes me, in a sense, a published author with a byline, too. My contributor copies (ten in English, plus one of … Continue reading →

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Clip ‘n’ Save: Nope, no government help here!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Rugged Individualism FTW.

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Quotable: Gore Vidal’s best words

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And that’s why he will be missed, while the plutocrats he talks about…NEVER.

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Sidewalk chalk and the art of civil disobedience

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. How many cops does it take to arrest a guy armed only with a few pieces of sidewalk chalk? A. Watch this and see: I wonder how long his chalked logos lasted, who saw, and what message they took … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: How the Icelandic Revolution worked

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Actually, that sounds a lot like how the Bolivarian Revolution worked. Iceland and Venezuela really should get together over coffee sometime.

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Disgusted Cubans leaving Spain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Irony bites hard when you’re a “dissident” with ambitions of getting rich from capitalism, as some Cubans formerly living in Spain are now finding out, to their great chagrin: The crisis of capitalism wasn’t on their agendas. The dream became … Continue reading →