The website of Jamie Hart
“You might think that women who leave money management up to their spouses is a 1950s stereotype, but according to a recent report from UBS Global Wealth Management, more than half of women today still defer to their male partners when it comes to money. And, surprisingly, the stats are even greater for younger women: 56 […]
The Apollo Masters plant in Banning, Calif., burned down on Feb. 6, eliminating the sole U.S. source of the blank lacquer master disks engineers cut on special lathes to create vinyl records. Manufacturing with the volatile lacquer used in the record business has become a concern of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it’s unknown […]
“As the global income of women reaches trillions of dollars, women are expected to control almost 75% of discretionary spending worldwide by 2028,” according to a new report by Pinterest. “These women are using Pinterest to find ideas for dinner, travel, home and family clothing choices. But, the how-tos and inspiration go beyond recipes, holidays and […]
“As a source of subsistence, let alone prosperity, work is now insufficient for whole social classes. In the U.K., almost two-thirds of those in poverty – around 8 million people – are in working households. In the US, the average wage has stagnated for half a century,” according to Andy Beckett for the Guardian. “As […]
While conducting a major renovation of the U.K. House of Commons in London, workers exploring the premises found a wall panel that opens to display a small hidden room. At one end of the room is a bricked-up wall that experts have determined was once a passageway used in the 17th century to secretly enter […]