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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: Gratitude and Wellbeing
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Monday, December 29, 2014. I heard psychologist Dacher Keltner, a founder of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. On the radio this morning calling for more gratitude as a counterweight to the materialism of the season.The work of Keltner and others has shown that gratitude is closely associated with health and overall wellbeing. There is a lot of subjective value in anticipation, as an article in the Atlantic highlights.
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: Downsides to Thrift: Germans Saving Too Much Water
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Downsides to Thrift: Germans Saving Too Much Water. Germans need to flush their toilets more often, says Hans-Jürgen Leist, a scientist at the Ecolog Institute in Hanover, as quoted in a Wall Street Journal article. In my new book, The Good Life. Posted by Ted Fischer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Big Think Interview on Love and Economics. Downsides to Thrift: Germans Saving Too Much Water.
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: Mani+: Fighting Malnutrition and Helping Farmers in Guatemala
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Monday, February 23, 2015. Mani : Fighting Malnutrition and Helping Farmers in Guatemala. Posted by Ted Fischer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Big Think Interview on Love and Economics. Mani : Fighting Malnutrition and Helping Farmers i.
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: The Good Life: Page 99 Test
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. The Good Life: Page 99 Test. The Page 99 Test blog takes its cue from Ford Madox Ford, who remarked "Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.". I was asked to apply the Page 99 Test to my new book, The Good Life: Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing. Posted by Ted Fischer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: High-end Coffee and Maya Farmers in Guatemala
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Tuesday, May 14, 2013. High-end Coffee and Maya Farmers in Guatemala. The entire lot was only 8 pounds, but the benchmark New York commodity price at the time was just about $170 per hundredweight, meaning that the El Injerto mocha sold for almost 300 times the going rate for washed arabicas. Are his coffees worth $6.60 a cup wholesale (and FOB Huehuetenango, Guatemala)? At the same time the Coffee Rust fungus threatens large port...
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: Happiness Isn't (Just) a Personal Responsibility
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Friday, March 6, 2015. Happiness Isn't (Just) a Personal Responsibility. Posted by Ted Fischer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Big Think Interview on Love and Economics. The Happiness Paradox of Latin America. Third Wave Coffee: How your gourmet coffee habit a. Happiness Isnt (Just) a Personal Responsibility.
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: Third Wave Coffee: How your gourmet coffee habit affects the livelihoods of producers
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Friday, March 13, 2015. Third Wave Coffee: How your gourmet coffee habit affects the livelihoods of producers. Americans are drinking much less coffee than they did in the 1940s and 1950s — down by almost half from a peak in 1946. And such changing trends in Northern countries have profound impacts in the global South where coffee is produced. Posted by Ted Fischer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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A Quiz: What is Tennessee's Most Distinct Cause of Death? | Nashville Scene
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Best of Nashville Voting. Pith in the Wind. Best of Nashville Voting. A Quiz: What is Tennessee's Most Distinct Cause of Death? May 15, 2015 2 PM. The good folks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have rounded up some nifty state-by-state statistics on "distinct" causes of death, defined as "the cause of death in each state that stands out most relative to its national average." So what do you imagine is Tennessee's distinct cause of death? As shown in a map legend included in a.
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life: The Happiness Paradox of Latin America
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Anthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life. Monday, March 30, 2015. The Happiness Paradox of Latin America. Paraguay can't catch a break. It is where a 19th century war wiped out half the male population; one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the hemisphere; 60 years of military dictatorship and one party rule, a brief interlude from which ended (kangaroo court style) in 2012. And it is landlocked. This is partly explained through adaptation to circumstances - ou...
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