links for 2008-04-12

• DNA India: Karnataka Congress Party promises low-cost rice and free TVs to distract from inflation fears
  So Congress’s brilliant policy is to distract from inflationary pressure by. . . introducing inflationary measures.
  (tags: india economics government stupidity leftists)
• DNA India: Celeb adoptions fuelling baby dumping
  So much for “raising awareness” of conditions in the less developed world.
  (tags: interesting economics society tragic)
• WSJ: Starbucks and ‘Laissez Faire’
  What? No cries of corporate censorship now? Oh, right, because those who might actually AGREE with it this time.
• Heading East: Lies I’ve told my 3 year old recently
  (tags: sappy)
• TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Blog: Innovation in Wine Labels
  One problem: I want to know how they’ll keep the tabs from being ripped off in transit.
  (tags: design food)
• Tomorrow Partners: rejected branding for Target’s Archer Foods brand
  An awesome branding campaign. A shame they didn’t use it, but I suppose not everyone has a minimal design + swiss typography fetish.
  (tags: advertising design)

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