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Looking Beyond the Article – Economics professor in London: ‘They aren’t here to learn, they’re here to pass’ | Joris Luyendijk | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Economics professor in London: ‘They aren’t here to learn, they’re here to pass’ | Joris Luyendijk | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.

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One of the investment banking capitals in the world.

There are many flaws in our education system. The idolization of the investment banking industry is one of them. It’s an absolute crime that our smartest and brightest are motivated by careers in banking and finance where their primary job description is to push imaginary money around on computer screens 60 hours a week and hope to end up with more unseen money at weeks end than when the week started. These are brilliant minds that would do great in pushing the boundaries of science through research or could contribute greatly towards policy creation though quantitative analysis. As a result, the boundaries pushed by our species have been artificially handicapped by a society that rewards the increase of a concept which is meaningless in and of itself. But this is changing, and I can’t wait for what I see as the next wave of opportunity for the youth in America and other developed countries.

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Commentary: Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality – Jim Tankersley – NationalJournal.com

Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality – Jim Tankersley – NationalJournal.com.

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A visual representation of income inequality.

Today we read about a TED Talk which got blocked/censored from the internet due to its controversial nature. While I understand that income inequality is a complex topic with no obvious and all-encompassing solution, I believe that there are certain characteristics of this trend which deserve further analysis. For more on this topic, read on!

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Choose Your Own Adventure

A classic pose at a classic location.

As the product of a divorced “Tiger Mom”, I had a childhood which was simultaneously both free and restricted. My freedom was the result of being the eldest of three children to a single mother. As the oldest, I was expected to know better and required the least amount of what was an already scare resource in time spent attending to the children. But despite the limited amount of quantity in attention from my mother, the quality was high and she laid fierce rules as to what we were and (mostly) were not allowed to do. The list is pretty typical for those who also had a strict and demanding mother: no video games, no TV, no extracurricular activities that won’t benefit your CV, no going out with friends and (basically) no fun. One of the things I was allowed encouraged to do was read.

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