Mr. Weinberg, who kept a small stake in the paper, which the new management says is not now profitable, sees its financial problems as the simple arithmetic of capitalism.
In the Internet of Things era, with millions of devices performing financial and commercial operations, decimal arithmetic has become very popular in the computation of many business and commercial applications, in order to maintain decimal rounding and precision.
Given the knowledge the court has on each party in a case — with detailed financial information at their fingertips — some very quick arithmetic shows them whether a party can afford the arrears forced upon them.
The truth is that millions of Americans are mired in financial disaster not because they didn't bother with arithmetic, but because their means have long been inadequate.
Of course, if you're uncomfortable with numbers and dread doing arithmetic, you probably shouldn't apply for jobs in financial engineering or risk management, no matter how many jobs are expected to be available.
To qualify for key federal financial management positions, you must be able to read and do arithmetic.
So if you want to go after one of those Securities and Exchange Commission accounting or auditing positions (average salary $158,000) or other agency financial positions (average salary $181,000), be sure you can handle basic arithmetic.
