December 2010
3 posts
Paquita: Version 3.0 →
Set in Spain under the Napoleonic occupation, this brilliant reconstruction tells the story of Paquita, a girl of noble birth, who, as a small child, the sole survivor of the massacre of the Valley…
The Vanguard of Cuisine: William Ledeuil →
How is it that a chef who eschews butter, cream and salt has taken le monde gastronomique by storm? Paris’ William Ledeuil isn’t so much reinventing French cooking as he is creating Cuisine anew.
Tax Data Show Richest 1 Percent Took a Hit in... →
An analysis of recently released IRS data on pre-tax income by economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez [1] shows that:
The average income of the top 1 percent of households fell by 20 percent from 2007 to 2008, after adjusting for inflation, wiping out almost half of the gains this group achieved between 2002 and 2007 (see Figure 1).
The average income of the bottom 90 percent of...