Category Archives: Economics and politics
The most boring of the categories for some of the readers, but I need it for some postings.
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De Ushuaia a la Quiaca, Feliz 9 de Julio!
Posted on July 9, 2011 by scadenas in Economics and politics, Places and travelsNadie es la patria, pero todos debemos ser dignos del antiguo juramento que prestaron aquellos caballeros de ser lo que ignoraban, argentinos, de ser lo que serían por el hecho de haber jurado en esa vieja casa. Somos el porvenir de esos varones, la justificación de aquellos muertos; nuestro deber es la gloriosa carga que [...]
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If California were a country
Posted on March 26, 2011 by scadenas in Economics and politics, Places and travelsFirstly, I was impressed by the graph below that I found on one of The Economists. I knew if California were a country, it will be the seventh biggest economy in the world, but I didn’t know that California´s GDP was similar to Italy… that Texas was similar to Russia, Florida to Netherlands, Michigan to Taiwan… and so [...]
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Gas is not expensive
Posted on March 12, 2011 by scadenas in Economics and politicsI have always believed crudo was a great investment, for the very simple reasons that it´s a limited resource, we are burning it and our economy depends on it. Crude oil is a commodity and yes, you can invest in it (at your own risk). First of all, we need to understand that it´s not expensive, price [...]
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Unprecedented Mass Meeting of U.S. Ambassadors
Posted on February 13, 2011 by scadenas in Economics and politicsSunday morning usually starts with a great breakfast and newspapers for few hours, sometimes in a cafe, others in my house. Today an article called my attention because I heard anything about such event before and it´s going to start tomorrow. For the first time in history, nearly all of America´s 260 ambassadors, in more than [...]
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A little about education
Posted on January 18, 2011 by scadenas in Economics and politics, Internet and technology, PeopleLast week I was watching a debate about education, it compared education systems in US and China. The debate was about how both nations educate kids to compete, to never fail and to reach goals. I didn’t know that high school in China is 6 days a week 10 hours a day, more than a [...]
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