Thursday, September 06, 2001
In the earliest studies of consumption, transportation wasn't even a separate category; it took only 1 or 2 percent of spending. But then came the automobile, and now we devote more than 20 percent of our spending to transportation. ... No society in history has worked so much just to be able to get around.
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Jerome M. Segal of the University of Maryland in a New York Times opinion piece.
Posted: 7:57 PM
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Tuesday, September 04, 2001
The working men and women of America are slowly being ground down by the forces of greed, expediency and apathy. ... When it comes to cheating people, American ingenuity is unsurpassed.
Posted: 12:02 AM
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