Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Why Cosmos's ratings don't matter.
Why Cosmos's ratings don't matter.
Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey will be remembered in ten, twenty or thirty more years as a great documentary which will have placed our current understandings of science in front of the general public. This will be remembered and appreciated by a future world much more than it is now.
The impact of a show like Cosmos will be if it inspires just one or two people who are now children to love science
Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey will be remembered in ten, twenty or thirty more years as a great documentary which will have placed our current understandings of science in front of the general public. This will be remembered and appreciated by a future world much more than it is now.
The impact of a show like Cosmos will be if it inspires just one or two people who are now children to love science
America's economic enemy: Super-low interest rates - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blogTerm Sheet
America's economic enemy: Super-low interest rates - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blogTerm Sheet
True, the Fed is not obligated to teach the nation fiscal responsibility, but it is within its power. An increase in interest rates would certainly cool down our economy in the short term, as higher borrowing costs discourage business investment, hiring, and spending. All that is temporary, however.
What will replace it is a more conservative culture of borrowing, smarter investment policies (by necessity), and intelligent spending. When money costs what it should, it will force the government, businesses, and consumers to recognize the real value of that money and cut their aspirational coat according to their financial means.
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