January 2020 – Link(s) of the Day

Column: Is a supermarket discount coupon worth giving away your privacy?

All companies doing business in California are required by the state’s new privacy law to disclose what they know about customers and how that information is used.

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

Your $14 salad’s not as eco-friendly as advertised — but Sweetgreen’s trying

Sweetgreen has long said nothing from its stores goes to landfill. On closer inspection, that’s more aspiration than guarantee

Photographer Noah Kalina Has Shot a Selfie Every Day for 20 Years Now

Before photo-a-day selfie timelapses were a popular project, photographer Noah Kalina helped the concept explode into mainstream awareness with his viral

For most Americans, real wages have barely budged for decades

Adjusted for inflation, today’s average hourly wage has about as much purchasing power as it did in 1978. Most wage increases have gone to the highest earners.

For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity

Tractors built in 1980 or earlier cause bidding wars at auctions.

Editorial: Unleash nurse practitioners to improve Californians’ access to healthcare

California is once again considering a bill to let nurse practitioners provide more of the care they were trained to provide. This time, lawmakers should pass it.

27 charts that will change how you think about the American economy

The US economy is changing in surprising ways.

50 Facts That the Politicians Aren’t Discussing About Americans’ Finances

How long will the pols from both parties get away with lying to us?

Trump Has Created 1.5 Million Fewer Jobs Than Obama

Trump’s economy is not the best ever. In fact Obama added 1.49 million more jobs than Trump over a comparable timeframe, and on a yearly basis Trump has not generated more jobs than any of Obama’s last 3 years even with the tax cut helping 2018’s result.