Live On $12,000 Per Year?

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I would guess that one would have to use a currency rate of 10 nok / USD (the official rate is about 6.20 nok / USD) for this to be possible in Norway.

IQ and socioeconomic situation

I found this image on Digg. It seems cynical, but maybe it has some empirical relevance?

Microcredit and other pawn shops

Interesting stuff:
http://www.mises.org/story/2375

Poor fat Americans

- Many Americans are fat because they are poor. I think the blog linked below have a point.

http://www.violentacres.com/archives/80/americans-arent-fat-because-they-lack-willpower-theyre-fat-because-theyre-broke

The man who invented the 20th century

Nicola Tesla has not gotten the recognition he deserves. But information about his important contributions is available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla