Of interest (Wed, Jan 26th, 11am)

Five gears in reverse
[Balloon Juice - DougJ DougJson]

Justin Fox has an outstanding piece on the effect of income inequality on economic growth. The gist: too much income inequality hurts economic growth, but businesses have pushed for–and will continue to push for–policies that increase income inequality. Read the whole thing. [link]

economics economic_justice

The Ryan Response – NYTimes.com
[Paul Krugman - on the State of the Union address, leading Republican rebuttal thereto]

We must do something or other to avoid the fate that maybe happened somewhere.

economics

"Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies
With a taste for other jellyfish, the species is so different physically that it sparked the creation of a whole new animal family.

science marine_biology

Hospital Sends Moms Home with the Wrong Baby: A Year Later, Musicians Save the Day. | Strollerderby
Queila told the BBC that she and Elaine had both always wanted twins. ”It turned out that God gave us twins,” she said. “They just had two different mothers.”

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State of the Union Word Cloud: Jobs, America, People, New
[White House.gov Blog - Kori Schulman]

infographics

[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]

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