Social Science - 26 November 2007

They're doing it again. Ben Bernanke has announced that the Federal Reserve is printing another 8 billion dollars tomorrow to help with the ongoing real estate subprime market fiasco. Shouldn't this burden be born by the people that own the bad debt instead of financed on the backs of American workers?

How lucky for the owners of the Fed. They get to print money then charge the government interest on it. I want their job!

It's a shame that our currency is going to become even more diluted.

2007-11-26 15:29:38 · 1 answers · asked by Pragmatism Please 7 in Economics

Ok, a friend of mine sent me a txt message a few minutes ago saying that he was seriously thinking about committing suicide tonight. He lives over 4 hours away from me and I don't know any of his friends in the town in which he lives. I don't know who to tell, what to do, or what to tell him. Please help me!

2007-11-26 15:26:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Im not saying that im necessarily considering it.

but i read somewhere that this girl couldnt call hotlines anymore because they would call the cops. :S

i would like to think there could be somebody there, for me to talk to, without alerting authorities.

if i JUST want to talk, and tell them im suicidal, will they call?

by the way the last one i called before worrying about the cops at my house!....
...had me on hold.

2007-11-26 15:20:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Professor Thomas DiLorenzo discusses in his article “Do Capitalists Have Superior Bargaining Power?” labor unions and the perceived disadvantage of individual laborers in bargaining individually for wages. He argues that that is a common and incorrect perception saying:

“All employers want to pay the lowest price possible for the things they buy, such as labor services, and get the highest prices for the things they sell … But economic reality places limits on these pipe dreams. In labor markets, competition among entrepreneurs assures that there is a close association between worker compensation and the marginal productivity of labor … Workers therefore become more valuable to employers if their marginal productivity increases, which is caused by capital investment by employers (which makes labor more productive and hence more valuable), technological improvements, which are usually the result of employer investments in research and development, and improved human capital, which is

2007-11-26 15:16:44 · 2 answers · asked by carriebryant2001 2 in Economics

2007-11-26 15:13:58 · 37 answers · asked by femace74 1 in Anthropology

And are you "o.k." with that? Or would you make changes if you could? (And if you'd make changes, what would they be?)

2007-11-26 15:08:23 · 20 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 in Gender Studies

2007-11-26 15:04:43 · 3 answers · asked by Titanic Fan 3 in Economics

thx for all members

2007-11-26 15:00:45 · 1 answers · asked by dr_abbas 1 in Psychology

i am stressed out in just about every aspect of my life right now...nothing seems to be going right and things are just getting worse!!!!!! i won't go into detail because i don't want to bore you and you probably don't care (no one else does) but everytime i talk to anyone i want to cry and like i said nothin is going right...and things continue to build and get worse!!! right now music is my only outlet, and its just listening to it because i can't sing or play an instrument...but i could really use some advice...ANYONE please!??


i try not to bottle things inside, but everytime i try to tell anyone they either seem not to care or i start crying before i get the nerve....please just....tell me what you do when you are stressed..?

2007-11-26 14:55:41 · 15 answers · asked by Suzie Cullen 2 in Psychology

Can someone be so obsessed with the want for obsessive compulsive disorder that they convince themselves they really have it? And, if you convince yourself you really have OCD, would the doctor diagnose you as OCD? I mean, don't you just state your obsessions/compulsions, and the doctor compares it to the symptoms and diagnoses?

2007-11-26 14:55:24 · 2 answers · asked by JustAGirlX 6 in Psychology

for OCD online?

2007-11-26 14:54:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I am tired of the people I hang out with and being centered around parties and drinking, what is a way to meet new people? I am a pretty social person and don't have too much trouble meeting people but when my entire social life has been based around parties for the last 4 years (i am 20 years old). I guess its just time for me to grow up but my friends are continually going downhill and starting to get into harder drugs, I have to get away. Thanks advance to anyone who responds. I think I am transferring to an out of state college too.

2007-11-26 14:47:46 · 8 answers · asked by burgler09 5 in Psychology

Tell me advice you would like to share thanks

2007-11-26 14:37:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I mean isn't being anxious just a thought in your head?

2007-11-26 14:32:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I have an assignment due for my career class.
I have to do it on a career or major i might be interested in. I am thinking psychology. Could someone tell me some stuff about getting involved in psychology?
like being a therapist/counserlor...
whats it like? do u just listen to peoples problems all day? how did you find that job? and wheres it at, and office of some sort or a hospital or what?

2007-11-26 14:28:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I had a dream when I was still going out with my ex that he sent me an email saying He+Me=ForeverLove. Does that mean anything??

2007-11-26 14:27:57 · 3 answers · asked by ~love me or leave me~ 1 in Dream Interpretation

2007-11-26 14:26:20 · 1 answers · asked by Josophine J 1 in Economics

I have a feeling that the one of the main reasons i have a myspace is for people to notice me more. I am 15 years old by the way. I go on there everyday for more than 5 hours constantly refreshing my page for comments, messages, etc. I would take a lot of pics on my moms cell and decorate it and post it on myspace. Then, I would delete it b/c only 1 person would normally comment and it's always the same person. I would comment other people's pics but they don't comment mine and I feel used b/c of it. I would delete the new pic and take numerous amounts of pics again on my mom's cell. I don't know what to do. Is this am obsession/addiction? If it is how can I stop. And am I trying too hard for people to notice me?

2007-11-26 14:22:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

How common (or rare) is a relationship like this?

2007-11-26 14:18:42 · 25 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 in Gender Studies

The reason why I ask this question a billion times: everyone has called me ugly since I was little.
My mother thinks I'm not thin enough; my dad hates my hair; my aunt thinks I look like a man; my friends are....just take what you get with boys; boys I like glare at me.
Amidst all this, the only thing that every gave me joy was academia, so I worked hard and got compliments on my work. But while I feel good in terms of education and kindness ( I love cooking for people), others still don't stop nagging. And whenever I get angry and start crying, sometimes, they make me feel like I'm shallow and only into looks or when I point out a cute guy...
I still care for my family and friends, but how can I sit them down and make them understand that they are making me feel like I'm only worth marrying some fat troll.
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2007-11-26 14:18:18 · 21 answers · asked by Carolina P 2 in Psychology

It's kind of an empty feeling. Now I know why some of you women are bitter at the world.

2007-11-26 14:12:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-11-26 13:54:34 · 2 answers · asked by Nina. 2 in Other - Social Science

I know what I have to do, but I put it off til the last minute.

2007-11-26 13:48:01 · 7 answers · asked by OMEGA1 1 in Psychology

I'm in the field and I can honestly say that it's not related to a lack of opportunity. Our interior design department has 18 Women and no men; and our Architecture department has about 80 men and about 10 Women. Clearly Women are drawn to interior design and Men are drawn to Architecture.

Why?

2007-11-26 13:46:07 · 13 answers · asked by SmartAlex 4 in Gender Studies

this is almost comical. my amazing boyfriend is the world's worst christmas celebrator. honestly, we're both not religious and we don't really appreciate the commercial aspect of the holidays, but we do want to buy our close family some nice things. i personally want to really treat my mother since she has REALLY helped us out this year and she has had a rough time. my boyfriend's mom is awesome as well and i want to get her something great too. problem is, my boyfriend won't help me come up with anything. everything i suggest, he shoots down and he refuses to talk about it. i think he basically wants me to come up with something on my own, but he isn't helping mel i don't want to put my mom first, but i am not going to put her second either. should i just go out and buy his mom want i want to get her, or should i try to get him to do it?
is it common for guys to be into the holidays less? for the record, i hate the the shopping part!

2007-11-26 13:42:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

I look at myself and I see how I have all these friends and it's just the same people every single day for the next three years (i'm a freshman), but what else? this seriously doesn't give me a push for wanting to continue going...it just doesn't...it'll be the same. I don't even know what I want to do in college. I find myslef lowing interest in even trying in school thas why my grades lowered becausethere's no goal ...nothing that i'm striving for. it's just sort of empty learning. I wish I had a goal and knew what I wanted to be but I don't. why don't i? then even if i know what to be then what? college then "career". Then what? work for the next days of my life. of my life. oh yeahthat really makes me look forward to it. *sarcasm* but seriously then what? i die. and boom i'm forgotten forever. like what the hell?! what's the point? if you could answer this question, give me a reason to tell me that we're all NOT just doing basically the same thing.

2007-11-26 13:39:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I feel like people around me are trying to suck the life from me. Like some kind of emotional vampire. I thought most people are good but it seems i have some problems with a few in places i care to be. I dont feel like they are 'building me up' but like they are trying to take me down, use me as some kind of scapegoat and suck the goodness and inspiration out of me. Why do people try to use me as an outlet for their angst and aggravations? I just want to be happy and live my life.

2007-11-26 13:36:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-26 13:36:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

2007-11-26 13:32:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

Forgiving- is the most hardest thing to learn, please help me if you can. Tell me what do you do to forgive someone.

2007-11-26 13:21:45 · 10 answers · asked by Alena 5 in Psychology