September 2019 Friday’s e-links: From the Japan World Cup to a Midwestern GM plant and Thought-Provoking econtalk

Last updated 9/27/18

Every once in a while, (and sometimes each day) I listen to a great podcast, enjoy an article, or see a good video that I want to share with you.

Friday’s e-links (9/27)

A wonderful read, this Japan World Cup rugby article tells us that they have not, as worried, run out of beer. The problem was no food. Do read the details. It is worth five minutes.

If the article is gated through link then please try to Google with “Japan World Cup Rugby Diary: Beers on the Bullet Train to Yokohama.”

And here is our original post on Japan’s beer worries.

Friday’s e-links (9/20)

The best documentary I have seen in a long while, American Factory is my recommendation for this week,  American Factory takes viewers from the closing of a Midwestern GM plant to the Chinese auto glass enterprise that reopens it. We go from sadness to euphoria and back to sadness again. It is a good story that continues to unfold. (Amazingly, it is easy to access through Netflix.)

Friday’s e-links (9/13)

1.It was encouraging to read a paper that said people like us more than we think. Do take a look. 

2. Called “happy hour” (but there is no alcohol), at 9 pm a 60% discount on soon-to-be expired food kicks in at Finland’s S-market grocery chain.

This NY Times happy hour article builds from our econlife food waste post.

Friday’s e-links (9/06)

Saying that creative destruction is the “essential fact of capitalism,” economics professor Arthur Diamond provided some history, some insight, and some controversy. It was a thought provoking econtalk episode that I particularly enjoyed.