Cost of Living

Escaping the Maze of Medical Debt. By Emily Maloney.
Read more: http://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2016/03/cost-living?source=Snapzu

‘Burning Man for the 1%’

The desert party for the tech elite, with Eric Schmidt in a top hat, Further Future is the tech-centric, unapologetically luxurious alternative to Burning Man, complete with personal assistants, spa treatments and fine dining. By Nellie Bowles. (May 2, 2016)
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/02/further-future-festival-burning-man-tech-elite-eric-schmidt?source=Snapzu

The world's first solar-powered airport is in Cochin, India and it pays $0 for electricity

Fed up with their hefty electricity bill, managers at Cochin International Airport in southern India took matters into their own hands. Three years ago, they began adding solar panels -- first on the roof of the arrivals terminal, then on and around an aircraft hangar. Thsuccess of those initial efforts led to a much bigger endeavor. "We wanted to be independent of the electricity utility grid," Jose Thomas, the airport's general manager, told CNNMoney.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/14/technology/india-cochin-solar-powered-airport/index.html?source=Snapzu

Claims Adjusters of The Third Kind

Who is alien abduction insurance really for?
Read more: https://theawl.com/claims-adjusters-of-the-third-kind-c8a97aa22c6f#.xen595wgw?source=Snapzu

How A Giant Restaurant Conglomerate Teamed Up With Banks To Stiff Its Workers

Life without paychecks means watching banks chisel away at your earnings, a few bucks at a time.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/05/12/3777607/darden-restaurants-payroll-cards/?source=Snapzu

EU tells Swiss no single market access if no free movement of citizens

Swiss-EU talks reveal determination of EU to make no concessions to UK over Brexit terms
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/03/eu-swiss-single-market-access-no-free-movement-citizens?source=Snapzu

Supreme Court Eliminates Political Corruption! (By Defining It Out of Existence)

Unlike the rest of us, the Supreme Court thinks there are too many restrictions on money in politics, not too few. By Jon Schwarz.
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2016/06/29/supreme-court-eliminates-political-corruption-by-defining-it-out-of-existence/?source=Snapzu