Comments on: 750 Million Albums is an Off The Wall Number

By: Michael Jackson didn’t sell 750 million records | timnhanh.us

Michael Jackson didn’t sell 750 million records | timnhanh.us — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:18:21 +0000

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By: bergsten

bergsten — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:30:24 +0000

I thought 750 million was the number of times “Thriller” has been played these last few days…

By: nemo

nemo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:38:03 +0000

Did you know that 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot?

By: Pat G.

Pat G. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:37 +0000

When you think about it, MJ was an “off the wall” kinda guy!!

By: Bob the unemployed

Bob the unemployed — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:00:41 +0000

Gawd, when is the Michael Jackson mania going to end. I had thought previously that The Big Picture would have been one of the last sanctuaries of sanity, but now I see even The Big Picture has succumbed to the mania of all things Michael Jackson.

I think I’ll go find me a cave somewhere until this mess blows over…..

By: Michael Jackson didn’t sell 750 million records | chavansoft

Michael Jackson didn’t sell 750 million records | chavansoft — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:39:20 +0000

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By: Dogfish

Dogfish — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:28:28 +0000

And here I was thinking I was safe from all the jacko hoopla here.

By: franklin411

franklin411 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:57:26 +0000

Heh! Thanks all, but wow…I didn’t know the NY Times had a huge “credit crisis” section on their website. I found it completely by accident, but it looks very thorough and very accessible.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/credit_crisis/index.html

Thanks for the link, Thor–it’s something I can use to prepare my lectures. They won’t listen to podcasts, though. It’s funny–we think that undergrads are all about the new tech/internet based learning, but actually we have a hell of a time trying to get them just to watch 2 minute youtube clips. They won’t take it seriously unless it’s in print form. Funny and ironic, but true!

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BR: Yes, we have linked to that — and the WSJ section — in the past

By: Thor

Thor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:47:49 +0000

Franklin – Barry posted a number of different podcast sites a few weeks ago. NPR also has a number of podcasts on the financial meltdown – the show is called Planet Money. Link below.

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=94411890

By: franklin411

franklin411 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:42:05 +0000

OT, but does anyone know of a good, brief, authoritative (IE not a blog…sorry Barry!), non-technical history of the credit crisis available on the web? I’m making my reader for my course on US history from 1960-present, and I’d like to include something about the credit bubble, the rise of free market fundamentalism, or something of that nature. The students will be upper division, but it’s not an econ class.

I’m looking at Bernanke speeches at the moment, but they all seem too technical for the audience.