Children returning home? Bad news for parents!

A quarter of young British adults now live with their parents, more than at any time since records began in 1966. According to a new study by the London School of Economics, adult children who return to the family home after a period away – often at university – cause a significant decline in their …

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Is a maximum maximum wage a good idea?

Could capping top incomes tackle our rising inequality more effectively than conventional approaches to narrowing our vast economic divides?  Some while ago the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies published “The Case for A Maximum Wage”, by Sam Pizzigati, an IPS associate fellow and the co-editor of Inequality.org. Pizzigati docusses how egalitarians …

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Genuine complaints received by from customers by Thomas Cook Vacations

1. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.” 2. “They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax.” 3. “We went on holiday to Spain and had …

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Seneca on achievement and ambition

Seneca is particularly skeptical of the double-edged sword of achievement and ambition — which causes us to steep in our cesspool of insecurity, dissatisfaction, and clinging:. “It is inevitable that life will be not just very short but very miserable for those who acquire by great toil what they must keep by greater toil. They …

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