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Jennifer Le Zotte

Assistant Professor of Material Culture and History, University of North Carolina Wilmington

I am an historian of gender and sexuality, capitalism, and dress and material culture in the late-19th and 20th-century United States. I write on topics from the celebritydom of Wild Bill Hickok to the philanthropic capitalism of the Gilded Age Salvation Army, from the invention of vintage clothing and the history of flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores, to gambling and Cold War gender-training programs.

My first book, "From Goodwill to Grunge: A History of Secondhand Styles and Alternative Economies" (University of North Carolina Press) was published in 2017.

How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool

Aug 17, 2017 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

National Thrift Shop Day (August 17) exists alongside other quirky holidays like Play Your Ukulele Day (February 2) and Rice Crispy Treat Day (September 18). Though intended as a lighthearted celebration of an acceptable...

Economy

Singapore Q2 GDP misses expectations, pace of manufacturing growth slows

Advance estimates released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Friday showed that Singapores economy expanded at a slower pace than forecast in the second quarter. Singapores economy expanded 3.8 percent...

German bunds remain mixed after June CPI meets market expectations; ECB’s June meeting minutes in focus

The German bunds remained mixed during European session Thursday after the countrys consumer price inflation (CPI) for the month of June met market expectations and investors will now be eyeing the European Central Banks...

Crude prices likely to remain resilient despite OPEC’s plans to raise output, to worsen India’s trade deficit

Oil prices are expected to remain resilient on increasing demand in the months ahead, despite the agreement reached by OPEC+ to increase oil output. It could worsen Indias ongoing trade deficit and current account deficit,...

Crude prices likely to remain resilient despite OPEC’s plans to raise output, to worsen India’s trade deficit

Global Geopolitical Series: U.S. slaps duties on steel racks from China

Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced that it has concluded its investigation into imports of steel racks from China and the department has found that exporters from China received benefits from 28 subsidy...

Politics

Poland's judicial purge another step toward authoritarian democracy

Since the elections of 2015, Poland has been ruled by the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, or PiS), a far-right nationalist group that has transformed the country beyond recognition. Poland had once been...

Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles

Poets, writers and bloggers have recently been on the receiving end of political crackdowns in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland. Surges often occur around elections, and most recently due to assertive...

The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians

Although the 2018 Closing the Gap report on Indigenous disadvantage highlighted the importance of literacy for Indigenous Australians, progress remains slow. But, while reading is widely considered an unmitigated good and...

Mexico's election was a victory for democracy itself

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, has won a landslide victory in Mexicos presidential elections. He now stands poised to form the countrys first left-wing government for generations, and...

Nationalism and piety dominate Turkey's election

Turkey goes to the polls to vote for president and parliament on Sunday. As a scholar of the history and politics of the Middle East, I believe the most striking feature of the campaign is the ideological uniformity...

Science

Discovering dopamine's role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson's important legacy

Arvid Carlsson, the Swedish neuroscientist and Nobel laureate, died on June 29, 2018 at the age of 95. He had devoted his life to understanding how the brain works and was awarded the Nobel for his research into dopamine ...

How Novichok is different from radioactive poisons – and what this means for decontamination

A man and a woman were found unconscious in Wiltshire, England, on July, after having been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok. This is the same substance that was used to poison the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and...

We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment

Measuring biodiversity used to mean laboriously collecting samples and manually identifying the plants, animals and fungi. This might involve careful inspection under a microscope to spot identifying features. This takes a...

Real, Live Mad Scientists Send Electric Shocks to People's Brains to Make Them Less Violent

For centuries, the fearful image that the common folk has had of innovators is the Mad Scientist persona. Surrounded by all kinds of strange contraptions, these scientists would experiment on live subjects with abandon....

Bacteria Could Be the Key To Breathing on Mars, Study Says

The atmosphere on Mars is so thin that humans wont be able to breathe on the red planet unless they are wearing space suits. With plans to colonize it, wearing the bulky apparel would pose a considerable level of...

Technology

Coinbases popularity is dwindling down as the bear market continuously imposes its will on the crypto industry. Coinbase has been ranked as number one in Playstore during December 2017 but has now fallen to 40th place, BTC...

iPhone 9 Release Date, Specs: Apple Might Launch Budget-Friendly, LCD-Clad Model with Edge-to-Edge Screen

The next smartphone from Apple, dubbed the iPhone 9, is rumored to sport the same edge-to-edge screen design as seen on the iPhone X. However, the upcoming device is expected to sport an LCD panel so it can be offered at a...

Oppo Find X Release Date, Specs: Smartphone to Arrive in India Next Month with One Cool Feature Missing

Customers in India now know when they can get the Oppo Find X. Unfortunately, the device will be missing one cool feature upon its launch in the said country. In an event on Thursday, the smartphone company announced...

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition Release Date, Specs: Regulatory Filing Hints at Imminent Launch; More RAM, Storage Variants Expected

A regulatory filing for the Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition was recently spotted. This could be hinting that its official retail release is coming soon. Meanwhile, the documents also confirmed there will be more RAM and...

NES Classic Edition Latest News and Updates: GameStop Starts Accepting Pre-Orders; Shipping Scheduled for Next Week

After months of an NES Classic Edition drought, GameStop has finally started accepting pre-orders again for the throwback console. Luckily, buyers do not have to wait long before receiving their devices since shipments are...

Digital Currency

FxWirePro: ETH/USD rangebound, eyes trend line support at 411, bias bearish

FxWirePro: ETH/EUR finds strong trendline support at 360, break below to see further weakness

Cybercriminals stole over $10M in 2017 using cryptocurrency social engineering schemes: Kaspersky Lab

Law

South Korean lawmakers to propose bills on cryptocurrency, ICO and blockchain regulation: Report

Poland's judges forced into retirement purgatory – another blow to justice

Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy undermined in a polarized age?

Life

The 100-year-old rallying cry of ‘white genocide’

We're laughing in an echo chamber: it's time to rethink satire

Could playing Fortnite lead to video game addiction? The World Health Organisation says yes, but others disagree

Nature

Why the 2018 heatwave will not be as bad as 1976 for your fruit and vegetables

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

How to protect your children from wildfire smoke

Sports

Michael Schumacher Latest Health News Update: F1 Legend Reportedly on the Road to Recovery

Sport may be an opium of the people – but it matters

Football's coming home! But where is 'home' really for the England team?

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: EUR/USD trades below 20- day MA, markets eyes US consumer sentiment

FxWirePro: USD/CHF trade idea

FxWirePro: USD/SGD Medium-Term Outlook

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PHILIPPINES JUN 2018 FOREX RESERVES USD INCREASE TO 77.68

ARGENTINA Q1 2018 CURRENT ACCOUNT INCREASE TO -10 (FCAST -9 )

IMF SAYS ARGENTINA COULD REDUCE 2019 FISCAL DEFICIT BY 0.1 PCT OF GDP EQUIVALENT BY MAINTAINING EXPORT TAX ON SOY PRODUCTS

IMF SAYS ARGENTINA COULD REDUCE 2019 FISCAL DEFICIT BY 0.3 PCT GDP EQUIVALENT BY DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION OF TAX REFORM

ARGENTINA ECONOMY SEEN GROWING 1.5 PCT IN 2019, AROUND 3 PCT IN 2020 -IMF

ARGENTINA ECONOMY SEEN SHRINKING IN Q2 AND Q3 2018, STABILIZING IN Q4 -IMF

IMF SAYS IT EXPECTS ARGENTINA PUBLIC DEBT TO PEAK AT 65 PCT OF GDP AT END-2018

MOODY'S SAYS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF QATAR'S BOYCOTT BY NEIGHBORING GCC COUNTRIES AND EGYPT HAS BEEN MODEST AND LARGELY TEMPORARY

MOODY'S SAYS ACCORDING TO MOODY'S ESTIMATES, ECONOMIC IMPACT ON QATAR OF BOYCOTT BY 3 NEIGHBORING GCC COUNTRIES & EGYPT HAS BEEN MODEST & LARGELY TEMPORARY

MOODY'S, ON QATAR, SAYS SENIOR UNSECURED RATING OF SOQ SUKUK A Q.S.C. WAS AFFIRMED AT AA3

MOODY'S SAYS QATAR'S CREDIT PROFILE REMAINS SUPPORTED BY VERY LARGE HYDROCARBON RESERVES & RELATIVELY LOW FISCAL & EXTERNAL BREAK-EVEN OIL PRICES

MOODY'S SAYS QATAR'S LONG-TERM LOCAL-CURRENCY BOND AND DEPOSIT COUNTRY RISK CEILINGS ALSO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT AA3

MOODY'S SAYS QATAR'S CREDIT PROFILE REMAINS SUPPORTED BY THE LARGE NET ASSET POSITION OF QATAR'S GOVT, EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH LEVELS OF PER-CAPITA INCOME

MOODY'S SAYS QATAR'S LONG-TERM FOREIGN-CURRENCY BOND & DEPOSIT CEILINGS UNCHANGED AT AA3; SHORT-TERM FOREIGN-CURRENCY BOND & DEPOSIT CEILINGS UNCHANGED AT P-1

MOODY'S SAYS QATAR CAN WITHSTAND BOYCOTT BY 3 NEIGHBORING GCC COUNTRIES, EGYPT IN CURRENT FORM OR WITH POSSIBLE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS, FOR EXTENDED TIME PERIOD WITHOUT CREDIT PROFILE DETERIORATION

MOODY'S CHANGES QATAR'S RATING OUTLOOK TO STABLE, AFFIRMS AA3 RATING

FITCH, ON TURKEY, SAYS "COMPOSITION OF RULING COALITION SUGGESTS PROGRESS TOWARD THE RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH EAST IS UNLIKELY"

FITCH SAYS SUSTAINED REDUCTION OF TURKEY'S INFLATION WOULD NEED INCREASE IN CREDIBILITY, INDEPENDENCE OF MONETARY POLICY, TOLERANCE OF PERIOD OF WEAKER ECONOMIC GROWTH

FITCH, ON TURKEY, SAYS TOUGHER FINANCING CONDITIONS AND A WEAKER ECONOMY WILL LIKELY HIT PERFORMANCE OF BANKING SECTOR

It's a busy night sky this July, so make sure you look up

America's Roundup: Dollar fades from 2-week high tied to trade fears, S&P 500 closes at highest level in 5 months, Gold slides to seven-month low, Oil rises but declines for the week as supply concerns ease-July 14th,2018

Sacha Baron Cohen's new show is just what we need in an era of fake news

Policy overload: why the ACCC says household solar subsidies should be abolished

A silent career killer – here's what workplaces can do about menopause

Officers 'sanctioned' for 'human error' in filing cabinet affair

U.S. retail sales likely to have dropped in June

Friday essay: from convicts to contemporary convictions – 200 years of Australian crime fiction

EUR/CHF likely to appreciate to 1.21 by end-2019 – Lloyds Bank

Economics Monitor

July 13 14:30 UTC Released

USECRI Weekly Annualized

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1.5 %

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2.2 %

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USECRI Weekly Index

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148.5 %

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147.4 %

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