Archive for the “Global Economics” category
I’M DOWN WITH THE BROWN!!!
by dossfx on May 11, 2009
The very notion of “the penny” used to anger me; I complained that it took way too many pennies to buy anything, whined about how they collected at the bottom of my bag, and dubbed the penny “the ugliest coinage (…)
Manufactured Landscapes: Humanity’s Beautiful Garbage
by dossfx on March 9, 2009
The current economic crisis can only be deemed as inevitable once we trace the years of decision making that led up to it. Similarly, when watching Manufactured Landscapes—Jennifer Baichwal‘s mesmerizing documentary on Edward Burtynsky‘s creations of large-scale photographs exposing the effects (…)
Madoff Under House Arrest: Did they at least take away his Tivo and good delivery menus?
by dossfx on December 23, 2008
Does the punishment fit the crime? Bernard Madoff, the 70 year old investment banker whose Ponzi scheme bilked investors, friends, and charities out of a totaled $50 billion, has been placed under house arrest until his hearing on January 12th. (…)
Poor Dubai… Is Hydropolis Sinking?
by dossfx on December 8, 2008
I’ve been obsessed with Dubai’s need to build hotel after hotel, each more luxurious and outlandish than the last. A year ago, it would seem unimaginable that the words “poor” and “Dubai” would ever be placed side by side, but (…)