capitalism vs socialism

This is the difference.

Hard Economics, Surrreeee

"Oh no, I only have change, what am I to do?"

flunking businesses

I never thought that people with flunking businesses got bonuses.

Medical Costs

Health care costs are rising much faster than the rate of inflation.

simplified economics

globe with different flags of different countries

Troubled times

clip art

Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesha is always worshiped before everyone, starting of Puja: Following are few facts about Lord Ganesha We all Indians alongwith others around globe belive that Our leader among Gods is ‘Lord ganesha’ as such, on His birth-day i.e 15 Sep let us all join together and celebrate with great enthuasism his birth day, “VINAYAKA-CHATURDASI’ Let us invite Him to our Houses . He is conqueror of all evils, Lords of Gods, he is Leader among all Leaders. Since existence of our earth, we have been always remembering and worshiping Him, before start of any work/Job including present era of technology and machine-age (kal-Yug). Now-a-days, we do not worship Him as a tradition, but also at the same time symbol of prosperity in economics trade and industry. It is great belief among us, that our living standard has been raised, because of His kindness and generosity . Even young generation also have same thinking that he is responsible for their bright career and future. At same time, in present time of un-secured lives, He only would take care of us.. His total body figure and posture is symbolic and significant. 1. Big ears------------------Listen more 2. Seakale in hand --------Represents to remove and get rid of worldly affairs 3. Small Mouth------------Talk Less 4. Unique Posture---------Thinking Good, pure thought words and deed. Go --- natural way. God will help and take care. 5. Large stomach/belly—capacity to digest Good & bad whole heartedly 6. Prasad--------------------Accept heartedly as given by God. 7. Big Head-----------------More thinking 8. Small eyes---------------Concentration in thinking 9. Pash----------------------To aim at our goal 10. Single Tooth------------Accept Good and reject Bad 11. Trunk--------------------High capacity and acceptance to acquire. 12. Modak-------------------Results of achievements 13. Carrier (Rat)------------Control our desires and not to allow to over-ride you

Brothers sharing wife.

HIMACHAL PRADESH, India (CNN) -- Amar and Kundan Singh Pundir are brothers. Younger brother Amar breaks rocks in a mine for a living. Kundan farms their small piece of inherited land. They live in a beautiful but remote hillside village in the clouds of Himachal Pradesh, India. Both aged in their forties, the two brothers have lived together nearly their whole lives. They are poor and share just about everything: Their home, their work and a wife. "See we have a tradition from the beginning to have a family of five to 10 people. Two brothers and one wife." Kundan says. They practice what is known as fraternal polyandry -- where the brothers of one family marry the same woman. Why? Tradition and economics. Life is hard here. The village is precariously perched on the side of a very steep hill about 6,000ft up. Most of the villagers survive off tiny plots of cropland. In this difficult terrain there isn't enough land to go around. So, instead of finding separate wives and splitting up their inherited property, the brothers marry the same woman and keep their land together. Wife Indira Devi says life with two husbands isn't easy. "We fight a lot." But like any married couple they fight mostly over mundane stuff, except there are three spouses instead of two. "Usually it's about chores, why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that?" she says. One thing they agreed on was the need to have children; They have three. So how does a married trio deal with sex? "We make shifts, change shifts and sleep on alternate days. We have to make shifts otherwise it won't work," Kundan says. "To run our families we have to do this, overcome the hurdles as well and then we have to control our hearts from feeling too much," Amar adds. To outsiders their arrangement may seem odd, but in the village of about 200 it is the norm. Typically the marriages are arranged and women have two husbands. But some wives have three or four depending on how many brothers there are in a family. Polyandry is illegal in India but socially acceptable here. No one from the government seems to bother the villagers about the law. "It's been going on for ages. My sister in law has two husbands, my mother in law also has two husbands," Indira says. And as to the question of which husband is the biological father of the children -- the Pundir's don't know and don't care. "For me everyone is the same, my mother and my fathers are the same. My mother and my fathers are like God to me," 17-year old daughter Sunita Singh Pundir says. Even as modern society arrives in this ancient village through satellite dishes and mobile phones, the Pundirs say they want their age-old tradition to continue with their children. "Absolutely," eldest son Sohna says. He and his younger brother have already discussed it and will marry the same woman. Daughter Sunita isn't so sure. "I would like one husband," she says. advertisement But when asked if she will marry for love or tradition, Sunita's answer makes it clear the tradition of marrying more than one man will continue with the next generation. "I will never leave our tradition even if I have to forgo love. I will never spoil my parents' reputation and my brothers.'"

money matters

Happiness and economic well-being joshua_w (100) 3 hours ago Hmm, been a long time so can't think of a good topic too start with. Well, the economy would be a good one perhaps since everyone is predicting a gloomy year ahead with talks of recession and all. Read Yes, the effects of the financial crisis could be felt as far away as here where i lived. Business where i worked had dropped sharply perhaps because of the uncertainty and lower demand expectation. Everyone is expecting a slower growth or even worse, no-growth or stagnation. Year-end bonus has been withdrawn and every employees are not too happy about it. Lay-offs are certain to happen for those working in large corporations and multinationals here. It's all looking very gloomy actually. A sign of failure of the western economic system or just a cyclical run of the economy as described by Keynesian economics? But is the gloom actually media generated or is it real? The important question-is everyone feeling unhappy because of the coming or 'already-here' recession? Some says the poor are happier if only because they don't have as many physical 'wants' as those who are rich. Physical and material wealth does make us hungry for more and this does not really makes one happy, they argued. Natives in most countries "measure wealth in terms of how many friends one has". As long as their basic needs are satisfied, they're quite happy living in their world. Of course no one would be happy if one were suffering in situations of extreme poverty. Then there is the point that humans measure happiness in relation to "social comparison or relative standing". It means that if everyone around us is in an equally 'unhappy' state, then we would still feel generally quite happy. So that even though the news around us are all bad, we're still happy in our daily lives; we still have our family, our wives still look pretty to us, our pets still look cute to us, and so on. Perhaps the media and governments are trying to make us feel unhappy just so we can spend/consume more to revive the economy, and if you proclaim yourself to be happy, then everyone would say you're being irrational or ridiculous in times like this. On another note, if the recession affects our abilities to pay our bills and mortgages then we will become very unhappy. For those who had lost a job or in need of medical attention, then it is an unfortunate situation. For those who have children, there's also their education to think about not to mention healthcare. There's a truth that in times of economic uncertainty, most of the time the government can't really help its citizens. So, the best action is to prepare yourself for any eventuality by saving for an emergency fund when times are good. Maybe the full impact of the recession has not hit us yet. Or maybe it won't be as bad as all the economists and bankers said it is. Or maybe we can use these time to get to know more people and become friends with them. That could only be a good thing right?