Losing While Winning

Whether buying lotto tickets or rubbish online, be careful what you wish for...


Daily Beast: He Won $19 Million in the Lottery—And Became a Bank Robber

" “A lot of lottery winners commit suicide or end up destitute within a decade,” said Demik, who formerly worked at a law firm that catered almost exclusively to this niche demographic."

Daily Beast: Mega Millions Winners Might Not Be So Lucky

Business Insider:  Amazon Drivers Deliver Details of Disturbing Work Conditions

"Part of the problem are the customers.

Amazon has created such a seamless shopping experience that customers are ordering more and more without stopping to consider how packages actually show up at their doors.

"The expectation that Amazon has set — of free, fast shipping — it's almost an impossibility," Tia Koonse, a legal and policy research manager at the UCLA Labor Center, said. "It costs money to ship things."

"Because it's this invisible process we, as consumers, are willing to overlook it and what's happening to workers," Koonse added."



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