[p2p-research] Odd economic indicators

[Paul D. Fernhout]

Ryan wrote:
>  Sent to you by Ryan via Google Reader: Odd economic indicators via
> Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 9/21/09
> Jason Kottke has assembled a nice little list of odd economic
> indicators, from the number of classified romance ads placed by married
> people looking for affairs to the number of filming permits filed for
> the LA 2nd Street Tunnel to the reinstatement of a blouse-and-underwear
> allowance at a swank lawfirm in London: Inevitably dubbed the "90
> nicker knicker allowance", this may or may not be the most reliable
> indicator yet that the credit crunch is over. (Business is apparently
> so hectic that the firm has also installed sleeping pods.) The baked
> bean index and other economic indicators

Links:
   http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/21/odd-economic-indicat.html
   http://kottke.org/09/09/the-baked-bean-index-and-other-economic-indicators
   http://kottke.org/tag/odd%20economic%20indicators

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/