Everything Is Bullshit: The Greatest Scams on Earth Revealed (23 page)

Fine Wine 50:
http://www.liv-ex.com/staticPageContent.do?pageKey=Fine_Wine_50

Lafite
price
comparison: Trade
vs
Auction - decanter.com:
http://www.decanter.com/news/blogs/team/505083/lafite-price-comparison-trade-vs-auction

Welcome to
Vinetrade
:
http://blog.vinetrade.com/2012/01/welcome-to-vinetrade/index.html

Liv
-ex Fine
Wine Market Blog: The Fine Wine Investment Market - An Inside View:
http://www.blog.liv-ex.com/2011/11/the-fine-wine-investment-market-an-inside-view.html

Why Wine Ratings Are Badly Flawed - WSJ.com:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703683804574533840282653628.html

Does a Price Tag Have a Taste? - Psychology Today:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolved-primate/201002/does-price-tag-have-taste

Portfolio
 
—
 
sleepykyoto
: http://sleepykyoto.com/portfolio/

Why
Vinetrade
Failed:
http://jamesmaskell.co.uk/2013/why-vinetrade-failed/

PART II: Existing Power Structures

The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions

The Million-Dollar Taxi; Planet Money - NPR:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/20/141546717/the-million-dollar-taxi

Essentials of Economics (Paul
Krugman
,
Robin Wells, Kathryn
Graddy
):

http://books.google.com/books
?id
=VXpyNs5EaHEC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=taxi+medallion+economics&source=bl&ots=uJJmmmmZsi&sig=gLzqx7oq1UaUrYPhm0HGBMgO1hc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ioJlUYm5Mo_liwKe9IGQCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=taxi%20medallion%20economics&f=false

Taxicabs of New York City - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#1930s_
.E2.80.93
_Medallion_system_introduced

Medallion Sale Information - Background Information: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/medallion/html/background/main.shtml

NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission - Average Medallion Price:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/about/average_medallion_price.shtml

Why taxi medallions cost $1 million - Felix Salmon: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/21/why-taxi-medallions-cost-1-million/

After 80 years of medallion oligopoly, Boston’s taxi industry
deserves something better - The Boston Globe:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/04/06/after-years-medallion-oligopoly-boston-taxi-industry-deserves-something-better/6zposFZeNRwmqCIVagZ9EJ/story.html

Plan lets taxi drivers transfer medallions -
SFGate
:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Plan-lets-taxi-drivers-transfer-medallions-3805587.php

Spotlight report - The Boston Globe:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/01/spotlight/IkU7kjxSy2d1N8eYhDTBaL/story.html

How many Taxi drivers and chauffeurs die per year
?:
http://dangerous-jobs.findthedata.org/q/38/1068/How-many-Taxi-drivers-and-chauffeurs-die-per-year

Ride-share services run into fines, suit -
SFGate
:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ride-share-services-run-into-fines-suit-4048980.php

Uber
:
http://uber.com

Sidecar: http://www.side.cr/

Lyft
:
http://www.lyft.me/

InstaCab
:
http://instantcab.com

Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Beauty in the Victorian age - beautifulwithbrains.com:
http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/08/06/beauty-in-the-victorian-age/

Perception abstract:
http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p3123

Halo effect - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business
Essentials): Robert B., PhD
Cialdini
: 9780061241895:
Amazon.com: Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Business-Essentials/dp/006124189X

Fantastic Vintage Beer Ads | webexpedition18:
http://webexpedition18.com/articles/fantastic-vintage-beer-ads/

Beautiful women face discrimination in certain jobs, study finds
—
ScienceDaily
:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100806132218.htm

The absurd life of an Abercrombie & Fitch model - Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/04/the_absurd_life_of_an_abercrombie_fitch_model/

Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination - New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/us/going-for-the-look-but-risking-discrimination.html
?pagewanted
=all&src=pm

GS302 Cultural Studies; Semiotics and Political Economy Team
analysis:
http://blogs.stlawu.edu/chewculturalstudies/category/semiotics-and-political-economy-team-analysis/

History of Abercrombie & Fitch - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Abercrombie_%26_Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch 4th-Quarter Profit Jumps on Revenue
Growth - WSJ.com: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130222-705876.html

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA):
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws:
http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm#anchor62335

Attractiveness discrimination: Hiring
hotties
- The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/21559357

Men Sue Hooters for Sex Discrimination (
UnderCover
Waitress):
http://www.undercoverwaitress.com/2012/03/men-sue-hooters-for-sex-discrimination.html#axzz2RV3eqzJN

Hot or Not - Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_or_Not

The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of
Television: http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=kennedy-nixon

The Ugly Truth About Beauty - ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123853&page=2#.UXhy8isjqp0

Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians?

Stanford Magazine:
http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/
?article
_id=32005

Ivies, Stanford, MIT post record-low admit rates - Cross Campus:
http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2013/03/29/ivies-stanford-mit-post-record-low-admit-rates/

Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check box –
USATODAY.com:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-03/asian-students-college-applications/51620236/1

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal (Thomas J.
Espenshade
,
Alexandria Walton Radford):
http://www.amazon.com/Longer-Separate-Not-Yet-Equal/dp/0691141606

The Myth of American Meritocracy - The American Conservative:
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/

Harvard Shuns Quotas and Narrow Criteria - NYTimes.com:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league/harvard-shuns-quotas-and-narrow-criteria

Scores Aren't the Only Qualification - NYTimes.com:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league/scores-arent-the-only-qualification

Asian-American Quotas Are Imaginary:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league/asian-american-quotas-are-imaginary-need-for-diversity-is-real

Numerus
clausus
- Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerus_clausus#Numerus_clausus_in_the_United_States

Da
Da
Da
Da
Life Goes On; December 2011:
http://dcmcd2.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html

The Industrial Food Complex

Mondelez
International Fact Sheet (
Mondelez
International):

http://www.mondelezinternational.com/investors

Pepsico
Inc
(Bloomberg):

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/earnings/earnings.asp
?ticker
=PEP

Kellogg
Co (Bloomberg):

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/earnings/earnings.asp
?ticker
=K

Fruit
and Vegetable Backgrounder (U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research
Service):

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/vgs-vegetables-and-pulses-outlook/vgs-31301.aspx#
.U58ak5RdXgJ

Ketchup
is a Vegetable? Again? (The Atlantic):

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/11/ketchup-is-a-vegetable-again/248538/

School
Lunch Proposals Set Off A Dispute (The New York Times):

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/us/school-lunch-proposals-set-off-a-dispute.html

Pizza
Is Not A Vegetable (Slate):

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2011/11/pizza_ruling_in_congress_what_is_a_vegetable_really_
.html

No,
Congress Did Not Declare Pizza A Vegetable (Washington Post):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/did-congress-declare-pizza-as-a-vegetable-not-exactly/2011/11/20/gIQABXgmhN_blog.html

ConAgra
Sales Jump, But Weakness Still Prevalent (Market Watch):

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/conagra-sales-jump-but-weakness-still-prevalent-2014-03-20

Private
Companies — Top 25 (Twin Cities Business):

http://tcbmag.com/Lists-and-Research/BIG-Book
?djoPage
=view_html&djoPid=18844

Food
Processing and Sales (Open Secrets):

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=A09

Vegetables
and Fruits (Open Secrets):

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=A1400

Cereal
Killers: Americans’ New Breakfast Habits (CNBC):

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100983729

U.S.
Farm Income (Congressional Research Service):

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/1167/

40
Maps That Explain Food in America (
Vox
Media):

http://www.vox.com/a/explain-food-america

Drop
That Spoon! The Truth About Breakfast Cereals (The Guardian):

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/nov/23/food-book-extract-felicity-lawrence

2013
Annual Report (
Kellog’s
):

http://investor.kelloggs.com/investor-relations/annual-reports/default.aspx

Kellogg
Co Stock Quote (Bloomberg):

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/K
:US

Why
Are
Honeycrisp
Apples So Damn Expensive? (Esquire):

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/honeycrisp-price-explained

The
Cost of Kale: How Foodie Trends Can Hurt Low-Income Families (Bitch Magazine):

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-cost-of-kale-how-foodie-trends-can-hurt-low-income-families

Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Marketing and Trade Information (UC Davis Agricultural
& Resource Economics):

http://agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/roberta-cook/docs/articles.php

Vegetables
and Pulses Overview (U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service):

http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/vegetables-pulses.aspx#
.U6CQdZRdVCN

Financial
Characteristics of Vegetable and Melon Farms (U.S. Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service):

http://books.google.com/books/about/Financial_Characteristics_of_Vegetable_a.html
?id
=VdnfNAEACAAJ