My favorite story of the morning comes from where else (?) but Marketplace. As a promotional campaign and stimulus package, a British telecom company has hired former pickpockets to slip money into random people’s pockets.
Here’s a link to the story and a video about it:
My favorite line from Stephen Beard’s story about the put pocketers: “They’ve been told to avoid the financial district, in case they inadvertently give money to a banker.”
Other items I found interesting:
Simpler living may outlast the recession (Forbes)
Turning Uncle Sam into a peeping tom (National Review)
Mayo Clinic CEO has the the answer to health care (Washington Post)
Cost control, not coverage, is the key to health care (Financial Times)
The world is not running out of oil (The Times of London)
Fox News has converted to Liberalism (The Daily Show) No matter your politics, this is pretty damn hilarious.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Fox News: The New Liberals | ||||
|
||||
There’s a lot happening in the world. Through it all, Marketplace is here for you.
You rely on Marketplace to break down the world’s events and tell you how it affects you in a fact-based, approachable way. We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible.
Your donation today powers the independent journalism that you rely on. For just $5/month, you can help sustain Marketplace so we can keep reporting on the things that matter to you.
