Tag Archives: coffee

Reason #4395 to love Starbucks: They’re open on Christmas day.

Posted on December 25, 2007 by kfarr

Starbucks haters, feast on this: Starbucks slaves its poor employees on the day we celebrate our good Lord’s birth. How can they be such careless, soulless, evil human beings as to force poor hourly employees to brew coffee instead of … Continue reading →

Posted in econ | Tagged awesome, awful, blows, coffee, econ, favorite, godly, hate, love, starbucks sucks, sucks, tarbucks, wonderful | 1 Comment

Is Fair Trade coffee really ‘fair’?

Posted on December 24, 2007 by kfarr

Is Fair Trade coffee really ‘fair’? The short answer: no. EconTalk’s Russ Roberts chats with Duke Econ Prof Michael Munger about the concept of Fair Trade Coffee. It’s a very difficult challenge to ensure that a consumer price increase correlates … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, marketing | Tagged aid, artificial, beans, ceiling, certified, coffee, developing, development, econ, economics, fair, fair trade, floor, free, free trade, international, labor, price control, pricing, trade | 6 Comments

A day in the life of… an ad agency minion?

Posted on December 15, 2007 by kfarr

On this blog, I often write a quick summary of what happens during my shift as a taxi driver in the City. Sometimes I’ll pick up friendly yuppies going to a baseball game. Sometimes I’ll pick up a transgender prostitute … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, work | Tagged ad agency, ads, advertising, agency, boring, clients, coffee, corporate, creative, flash, inefficiency, labor, marketing, mcdonald's, media, media agency, minion, omnicom, online, waste | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: coffee

Reason #4395 to love Starbucks: They’re open on Christmas day.

Is Fair Trade coffee really ‘fair’?

A day in the life of… an ad agency minion?

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