New Orleans Some unfunny things are happening on the way to recycling companies when it comes to old televisions, computer monitors, and other electronic gear. Recent reports and studies by environmental groups and the government indicate that in some cases it is getting there and then has nowhere to go, especially given the declining market …
Month: April 2013
Bartering and the Sharing Economy Give Hope in Spain
New Orleans The real estate bubble in Spain cratered the economy ushering in an austerity economy with unemployment rates of more than 25% of the population and a staggering 55% for younger workers. We might ask how people are surviving, and the answer from banker Julio Gisbert who has written a book called, Living Without …
An Insider Hits the Nakedness of the Charter School Empire
New Orleans Everywhere around the country, charter schools and their operators are poking through the concrete of school yards like weeds. Billionaires and beleaguered Mayors and school superintendents often herald their potential as a way out of their own gnarled path of over grown capacity and underfunded programs. Huge fights in Philadelphia and now Chicago are …