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<title>Using The Yield Curve Data To Predict GDP Growth</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:01:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The yield curve data has surpassed its reputation of merely just being a simple predictor of economic growth. The rule behind its interpretation is simple such as when an inverted curve is displayed then it means a recession is about to happen after a year, and the yield curve inversions have proven reliable for each of the last seven recessions. The most recent recession predicted by the yield curve is the December 2007 recession. An inverted curve was shown in August 2006 and just months more than a year, the recession happened.]]></description>
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<title>United States Economy Becoming More Like Germany in the Near Future?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:48:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[State of the Union 2012: Major intra elite infighting that we haven't seen since the 1850s as the government finally brought the economy out of a tailspin and into a very precarious horizontal flying position susceptible to unusual political shocks. It is election year in America and 18.3 million voters that matter are beginning to get involved in the future of planetary development...]]></description>
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<title>What Is Quantitative Easing and Does It Work?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:58:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Quantitative easing is the term used for when a government chooses to use their central bank to create new money from thin air. This money is then used to purchase government bonds from financial institutions.]]></description>
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<title>Student Loans Leading To More Bankruptcies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have taken out student loans for your education you most likely have incurred some sort of debt. With today's economy struggling, this debt could have a lasting impact on your financial life.]]></description>
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<title>The Four Economic Seasons</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:18:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[History serves as a great teacher and any wise entrepreneur will look back over the past 100 years and see that there is a definite trend. There is a cycle or market fluctuation, which seems to repeat every seven to ten years. During these cycles, there are periods of easy prosperity, followed by periods of challenge, where prosperity is more difficult and opportunities are scarcer. Look back over the past 100 years and even beyond and you will most certainly see a cyclical trend, with alternating bear and bull markets.]]></description>
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<title>US Economic Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:13:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so, what are the economic trends for 2012 here in the US? Well of course it is an election year, and generally our economy does okay in an election year, however in this particular year the European crisis will also affect our GDP growth slowing us down to 1% or thereabouts. That certainly won't make the current administration look very well, even if the unemployment rates are slowly dropping, at least as per the official version.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compete With a Computer in Economic Analysis</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is rather hard to compete with the computer when doing economic analysis. This is because computers are quite good at doing math once they are programmed, and although economics isn't an exact science, those who study it, do the research, and use the tools certainly see it as such. Meaning they will use these equations to guestimate the future trends.]]></description>
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<title>Global Economic Trends for 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Indeed, 2008 was the year about global economics and it is my contention, as well as the view of our think tank that 2012 will also be a year with global economics dominating much of the media. There are challenges all around the world, and I'd like to discuss a few these if I might. One of the big challenges happens to do with Iran's nuclear weapons program, and the sanctions placed on that nation.]]></description>
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<title>The Risks of Being a Lender</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Money is a tool that facilitates the exchange of goods and services and represents your purchasing power. When you make a loan or investment there are two risks that you will lose that purchasing power.]]></description>
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<title>Sovereign Debt Problems - United States Or Europe, Who Is Worse Off?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently Standard and Poor's downgraded 9 European countries including the number two EU member France. For now, it seems the number one EU economy Germany is off the hook. There are six euro zone countries that currently have equal or greater debt to GDP ratios than the United States. Greece and Italy currently have higher GDP ratios while Ireland and Portugal are just about the same as the United States. Currently the United States is at 100% debt to GDP.]]></description>
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<title>Baby-Boom Bomb</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:27:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[World War 2 ended nearly 67 years ago, after which a large increase in the annual birthrate occurred world-wide for over 10 years, often called the post war baby boom. In the US alone there are about 77 million "Baby Boomers" ranging from 55 to 66 years of age. They are currently in their highest income earning and tax paying years, but the economic teeter-totter in our society is about to tip in a negative way.]]></description>
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<title>Should The Federal Reserve System Be Abolished? If So, What Monetary System Should Take Its Place?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) held a writing competition asking these two questions, and this essay is my entry. In it, I explain why it is necessary for us to abolish or severely rein in the Federal Reserve, and what "money" we should use instead of our deflating fiat dollars.]]></description>
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<title>The Rule of Ten: A Way to Strengthen Democracy and Capitalism</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:07:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The occupy movement that has erupted in many countries around the world represents this anguish of the people. There is a simple way to fix the problem.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, X</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The word "progressive" sounds good, because it makes you think of "progress." But since it is slowly taking America (and the rest of the world) away from the principles of liberty, private property, and limited government upon which the nation was founded (and which made the United States the greatest engine of strength and prosperity for all the world's peoples in the history of the human race), progressivism definitely isn't progress...]]></description>
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<title>Hyperinflation - Its Causes and Affects</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:09:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inflation is defined as an increase in the overall level of prices for goods and services in an economy over a period of time. Thus as the prices of goods and services increase each unit of currency actually buys less, therefore decreasing the purchasing power of the money.]]></description>
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<title>Sustainability and Ancient Wisdom</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:19:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you are familiar with the type of round coin or charm with a square hole in the center that has been used in China for over two thousand years. It represents the rounded heaven circumscribing the square earth and, more importantly, a set of rational and moral principles that helped the ancient Chinese interpret their lives.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Consider Studying Economics</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The field of economics has drawn increasing attention in recent years. There are many reasons students are becoming more interested in learning more about the subject.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, IX</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:04:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If the progressives get their way, your efforts to do your best will not only be unappreciated, they'll be opposed. The mass victim mentality that will dominate the society will replace "Be all you can be" with "Who do you think you are?"... "Work hard to get ahead" with "Why do you think you can have something I don't have?"... and "It's important to make a good impression" with "Why are you trying to make the rest of us look bad?" When "fairness" reigns, personal excellence will become a bad thing....]]></description>
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<title>The Economnic Crisis: Let's Go to Market</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This essay will try to use the formula from the quantity theory of money to evaluate where the economy is currently at, and then look at how money is created and propose an alternative way of creating money to facilitate the exchange of goods and services. This proposal is to extend local exchange trading systems into a national exchange trading system. It is also suggested we should move our economic structure closer to the perfect competition model.]]></description>
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<title>Online Debate - Topics and Issues</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:57:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Internet is a source of unlimited information. It also acts as a smooth communication platform bringing people from all social sections together. Access to information as well as the facility for a discussion on the same has paved the way for online debating.]]></description>
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<title>What's the Outlook for 2012?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:24:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The economic outlook for 2012 is still partly cloudy. There is some hope but we are hardly out of the woods yet.]]></description>
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<title>Passive Income Streams: Creating A Life Free Of Stress and Financial Burden</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People were always taught to be safe. You must get an education, get a job, and buy a home. These are the steps that the middle class have lived by.]]></description>
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<title>Building Strong Communities</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:40:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In August of last year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), released a Request for Qualification notice, looking for the organization best suited to manage its Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) pilot program. Near the end of 2011, HUD announced it has selected a program manager and will launch SC2 in six cities.]]></description>
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<title>Student Loans Are the Next (Intellectual) Property Debacle</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:27:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Higher education is, and has been for some time, a RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations) conspiracy! We need a federal investigation because student loan monies constitute a repeat of what the mortgage crisis was and still is. Instead of having real property mortgages, students were and are being manipulated into going into student loan slavery debt for the false intellectual "property" of a worthless college degree!]]></description>
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<title>Inflation and Debasement, Cause and Effect</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 1928 the cost of one stamp was one penny, the labor for a vehicle tune-up was one dollar, and labor charge to overhaul an engine and transmission was about $25. These facts reinforce the case for the dollar debasement that Austrian School economists have been making for decades. Read this article to learn how currency debasement is a consequence of monetary inflation.]]></description>
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<title>The Fed's Sunshine Is Blinding Me</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:11:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke believes government functions best in sunshine, when decision-making is transparent and predictable. I usually applaud this philosophy. The Fed's long-term policy promises are, paradoxically, making it harder to see what really lies ahead.]]></description>
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<title>The US School System: Why The Curriculum Must Be Relevant to Today - Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6839098</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:10:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We live in a world today, where change happens rapidly. There has been changes in a lot of industries, yet the US school system' s teachings are archaic.]]></description>
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<title>What Can Wall Street Learn From the Tech Industry's Job Stability?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:35:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to MSNBC's The Bottom Line, those who work in the technology sector had a good year in 2011. Most notably, they were (apparently) much less likely to lose their job. Just three years ago, tech companies announced that they would eliminate more than 174,000 jobs in 2009 - the industry's peak number, The Bottom Line said.]]></description>
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<title>Sure We'll Keep The Factory Here, But We Have to Ditch All the Workers in That Case</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:02:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was interesting to listen to President Obama during his state of the union speech, which I call the state of the onion speech, where he talked about the corporate off-shoring of jobs in manufacturing, and how he wished to prevent that from happening. The unions love his ideas, because it means more jobs for Americans, but it also means global protectionism, which will highly affect our exports as well. That means whereas we put tariffs on for incoming products, other countries will put tariffs on everything that we shipped out.]]></description>
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<title>How To Solve The Homeless Situation</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:35:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have gone to the supermarket lately, or if you have filled your car with gas or have paid your utilities bill then you know that although the US government won't admit it, we are in an inflationary environment. And now many landlords are increasing the rent that they charge their tenants in order to offset their growing expenses.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, VIII</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:42:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It sounds like "progress," but that's only one example of how they deftly make one thing look (or sound) like another in order to produce the desired emotional effect. Everyone likes progress! But few people realize that progressivism is about as far from progress as tyranny is from liberty...]]></description>
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<title>How Secure Is Your &quot;Secure&quot; Job?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:30:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intrigued by what motivates people to join the ranks of the self-employed, I interviewed a friend on the topic. "You have to give up your false sense of security," she answered when I asked how she'd found the courage to leave a stable career and become a successful entrepreneur as a single mom raising several children on her own.]]></description>
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<title>A True Comparison Of Increasing Debt Between Bush And Obama Administrations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A true comparison of the debt created between Bush and Obama Presidencies can be found referencing the Treasury Department of the United States. I can think of no better source for accuracy and truth.]]></description>
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<title>How To Compete With China</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:07:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[China's rising presence as the world's largest economy has many Americans concerned that the United States may soon become second best. Would slashing taxes and the government's budget actually make the U.S. more competitive?]]></description>
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<title>Would Einstein Think Us Insane?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:04:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Albert Einstein's definition of insanity was "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Are we trying to fix the U.S. economy by doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result? Stimulus after stimulus hasn't worked. Perhaps it's time to try something else.]]></description>
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<title>What Will Happen If Greece Defaults?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:43:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all know that Greece can't pay it's debts and, as such, sooner or later it's going to have to default. When it does, as many financial analysts say, the situation is going to be relatively similar to what happened in the United States in 1998. Except much worse.]]></description>
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<title>A Cluster of (Minor) Errors</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:31:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the things that we have been conditioned to believe in both business and in life is that mistakes and errors need to be avoided.  This idea pervades our education system, our mindset as employees, and our behavior as business owners.]]></description>
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<title>The US Recovery Is Producing Surprises</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:55:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many of the doom and gloom forecasts of three years ago have not materialized. Some of the positives have been quite surprising.]]></description>
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<title>A Sigh Of Relief For The Economic Status Of The US</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:07:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In what may be termed as a sigh of relief for the US economy and the Forex world, a marginal change in joblessness claim numbers suggested that all is not lost for the US economy. The positive news comes out of a fall in jobless claims filed from 432000 a month ago to 404000 recently.]]></description>
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<title>Human Nature, Capitalism, and Greed and Power Discussed</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:03:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some blame capitalism for the 2008 Global Economic Crisis and the current slow motion train wreck in the EuroZone; however, I am not one of them. Indeed, I'd say; had the socialists not hijacked the flows of capitalism, along with their crony capitalism cohorts, we'd have never gotten into this pickle in the first place. Okay so, now that I've piqued your curiosity, let's talk shall we?]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, VII</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:22:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I still hear otherwise-brilliant people (including the erudite Newt Gingrich and talented talker Glenn Beck) refer to this "progressivism of the right," claiming that it leads to fascism as inexorably as "progressivism of the left" leads to communism. That's wrong. It's true that progressivism is a disease that's infected all major American institutions of influence, including both political parties, but in fact progressivism only "progresses" in one direction: toward the left, toward big government, and toward totalitarian statism....]]></description>
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<title>Higher Gas Prices Are Expected For the Rest of 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:40:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since the start of 2012, many Americans were met with the highest gas prices seen ever. The worst thing is that analysts are now predicting the worst is not over, with prices tipped to go well over $5 during the year. Making matters even worse is the current tensions in Iran, and the threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, which has driven crude prices sky high.]]></description>
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<title>Jobs, the Economy and Unemployment</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:34:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other evening I watched a contemporary film that I'm positive was meant by its writers and producers to be a modern day story depicting five well-to-do company executives who like many of us, become victims of our country's financial meltdown, or as the news media calls it - the Recession. These unfortunate souls were forced to go from multi-million dollar homes, corporate jets, vacation houses in the Bahamas, first-class country club memberships..]]></description>
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<title>The History Of Money</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:46:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the earliest of times trading and bartering were used in the exchange of goods and services. The trading of such items as herd animals, sea shells, salt, tobacco, gold, gemstones and other similar items were commonly used by man before actual currency was invented.]]></description>
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<title>Standard and Poor's Lowers National Debt Rating on Many Eurozone Nations</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:23:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When the US had the 2008 Economic Crisis many in Europe said that we deserved it, and it was our own fault, others laughed, and said that we didn't understand economic hardships or what to do when things went astray - in fact, they chastised our Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, and Executive Branch. They claimed capitalism was dead and they had things completely under control. Well, they spoke far too soon, far too loud, and now who's laughing?]]></description>
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<title>Adam Smith's Invisible Hand Concept Considered - Modern Day Dialogue</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:17:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was talking to an acquaintance about economic theory, namely Adam Smith's "invisible hand" concept, which he felt was elegant and revolutionary thinking. Indeed, when you hear it for the first time, it really is, isn't it? Okay so let's talk about this shall we?]]></description>
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<title>Should the SBA Be a Cabinet Set in the US Executive Branch?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:17:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was talking to a gentleman who was involved in politics, and also worked in race relations, how fitting it would be to listen to his wisdom only a few days before Dr. Martin Luther King's holiday. I was amazed to hear of his love of free-markets, small business, and his view that free-markets allow for freedom, diversity, and transcend race and gender issues.]]></description>
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<title>The Face of The Average American Is Changing Due to Economic Chaos</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We do not have to shrink because of the economic collapse taking place in America, in fact we should expand our efforts to live a good quality of life. Discover what we can do to make 2012 our best year ever, in the best country on the face of the earth.]]></description>
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<title>Evading the Obvious</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:50:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A persistent situation has developed among the current political and economic climate that forebodes of large potential problems in the future. This situation finds its source in a phenomenon that we refer to as "Evading the Obvious."]]></description>
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<title>Expected Economic Recession in 2012</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is the chance of a recession in the near future? Has the world come out of the severe depression it faced in 2008, or is it still reeling from it? Check this article to know more.]]></description>
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<title>The Dollar Is Strong, The Dollar Is Weak</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:59:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The dollar is strong, the dollar is weak; the dollar is strong, the dollar is weak; the dollar is... ad nauseum. Over the past few years the Dollar is continually given the appearance of being volatile when it is not... the Dollar is continually weakening; and has, with one exception, been weakening for the past 100 years; the gross manipulation of the dollar to destroy equity, during the great depression, being the exception; today it requires $98.00 to buy what $2.00 would buy in 1914, such is the strength of the Dollar on its relentless march to zero.]]></description>
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<title>Greece To Adopt Austerity Measures</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:06:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Greece has been facing this dilemma for quite long now and finally it has decided to go down the difficult road. The makings of the Greek debt crisis are beset in the politico-economic system that evolved over the times, including an overly invested public sector and a win-win nexus between the political leadership and trade unions.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, VI</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:22:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the big ways the progressives seek your support is to continuously adjust your expectations downward - your expectations of prosperity and abundance, of lifestyle, of enjoying the fruits of honest labor, of a long and happy life itself. They constantly bombard you with messages about how unfair all of those things are, and how evil it supposedly is that some enjoy prosperous lives while others don't....]]></description>
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<title>Quantity Of A Money And Its Control In Any Economic System Of A Country</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:34:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How much wealth a country must possess in monetary form is a question which arose only after the world gave up the gold standard. Nobody asked that question before simply because money and gold remained synonyms and mutually convertible with ease during the gold standard regime. But thereafter indiscreet issue of paper currency without adequate currency reserves brought up for discussing the quantity of money as well.]]></description>
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<title>New York Times Tilts News On Taxes, Again</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:06:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Biased reporting on taxes has become a New York Times tradition. The tradition is alive and well.]]></description>
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<title>2012 UK Economic Outlook</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6805019</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:13:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The coming of the New Year brings new hope for a fresh start and a better tomorrow - but this does not seem to apply to the UK's economy. As early as November 2011, the British Chambers of Commerce has already warned that any growth that can be expected in the UK economy in 2012 is likely to be minimal until the middle of the year. They admit the impact of the debt crisis in the eurozone had been greater than they had originally foreseen.]]></description>
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<title>The New Beige Book - A Report You Must Read</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:27:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Beige Book is a report prepared by the Federal Reserve on the performance of the US economy based on inputs received from businesses, market experts, forex professionals and banks outside the Fed system. It does not represent the views of the US Fed.]]></description>
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<title>Make Or Break For The Euro - What Is It Really?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6802998</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:26:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is the Euro headed for a breakup or can the Euro zone salvage the single currency from cracking up by making necessary political and financial compromises? The process is not going to be painless, but could lead to economic sacrifices in the short run and hardship for some nations in the least.]]></description>
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<title>Is the US Economy Poised for a Turnaround?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6802983</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:24:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If economists and Forex professionals are to be believed, they are of the view that the US economy is poised to grow at 2.4% in 2012, up from the sub 2% growth this year, provided the Euro crisis does not drag the US economy down. Unfortunately, this is not robust enough to generate employment as required and the unemployment rate is expected to remain around 8.5%.]]></description>
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<title>Is It Time For The Americans To Say &quot;All Is Well?&quot;</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6802982</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:12:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From the looks of some key economic data and forex market, it appears that the US economy may be all set to take a turn for the better. As per the latest update by the US Labor Department, the nation added 200,000 jobs in the month of December on the back of around 120,000 jobs added in the month of November.]]></description>
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<title>The School System: Why Curriculum Needs To Be Relevant To The World Today</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The times are much different today then even when I was back in school 20 years ago. The technology that is around us is unbelievable.]]></description>
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<title>Physical Law of Work - Harvesting the Difference Between a Weaker Force and a Stronger Force</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:32:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was discussing with an acquaintance from the UK the challenges of creating some sort of perpetual enclosed hydro-power system whereby a tank of water above would allow water to flow down over a hydro-power water wheel into a holding tank. The shaft of the hydro-wheel would be connected to a pump; to pump the water back into the tank above thus producing energy. There is of course only one problem with all of this; The Laws of Physics!]]></description>
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<title>PPACA Commerce Clause</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:49:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It appears that the PPACA stimulates much discussion and debate these days. The heart of the matter lies within the translation of the Commerce Clause, and even the most outspoken defenders of the PPACA admit that this legislation may go well beyond the actual authority of Congress. The individual mandate requires that Americans purchase health insurance or face the real threat of civil penalty.]]></description>
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<title>Influence Of Interest Rate On Exchange Rates</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:36:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interest rates reflect the interaction between the supply of savings and the demand for capital, or between the demand for money and its supply. A key determinant of these interest rates is inflationary expectations. Global investors broadly desire a real return from their investments, and changes in forecasts over future inflation are consequently reflected in current exchange rates.]]></description>
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<title>Female Unemployment and the Construction Industry</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6792745</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:12:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recent figures show that levels of unemployment among women are at their highest since the 1980s, with more redundancies set to come in the New Year. There are, however, opportunities in manual trades and an increasing demand for women in these areas means that the UK's economic situation may still offer them some healthy career prospects.]]></description>
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<title>Factors That Effect Currency Values</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:19:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In rapidly growing global foreign exchange markets, currency movements become harder to predict as more participants enter the market on a daily basis, bringing with them all their research opinions, emotions, and expectations about where currencies should be headed. Currency movements in the short term can be influenced by publicly available information like the release of the country's gross domestic product data, the consumer price index, or employment data.]]></description>
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<title>2012 LIHTC Market Uncertain</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:51:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program was initiated in 1986 for the purpose of encouraging private investment in affordable housing projects. Under the program, qualified projects receive federal tax credits that are sold to private investors who use the credits to reduce their annual tax burden. The private investment helps reduce the cost of building affordable housing, allowing the developer to offer a certain number of units at below market rates. At the end of 2010, many Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investors and analysts were projecting growth in the LIHTC market. By the end of 2011, however, those same people were less certain about how the market will fare this year.]]></description>
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<title>Financial Corruption in China at Every Level - Who Knew?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6793811</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:39:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every emerging nation goes through various challenges. For instance, a nation new to free-market capitalism often enjoys strong uplifting economic growth, and yet, the powers that be often see the incredible benefits and riches very quickly and thus, try to corral it all for themselves. Suffice it to say, we are dealing with humans on planet Earth, so this is bound to happen.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, V</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:25:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Collectivists in the United States knew a bloody revolution wouldn't work in America... so they sought to achieve the same ends slowly, through the "evolution" of progressivism. They've been called liberals, socialists, left-wingers, and a variety of other terms - but the "politically correct" label they prefer is "progressive." That's because the term reminds you of "progress" - but progressivism is anything but....]]></description>
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<title>United States Debt - The Dollar Crisis</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:50:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The United States is in the throes of crushing debt. Politicians are not doing a good job at all reducing the amount money the government is spending and the national debt only increases day by day.]]></description>
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<title>Why I Am Optimistic About the Future of the World Economy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6788913</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:14:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the time of this writing, newspaper headlines are all tremendously negative. However, if you look beyond the obvious, you will be able to see the seeds of the accelerated economic growth that will take place in the next years.]]></description>
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<title>The European Monetary Union</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6764051</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6764051</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:28:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Floating of currencies was expected to make the exchange rate movements more smooth. Instead a lot of volatility has since been experienced. To remove a part of this volatility, sometimes a group of nations come together to form closer economic ties by co-operating with each other in the management of their exchange rates. One such group is the European Monetary Union (EMU).]]></description>
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<title>Politics, Deficits and Disaster</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6774435</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6774435</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:18:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Congressional debate over the payroll tax cuts has taken center stage as we end the year. This article takes a look at the economic and political implications as well as which policy would provide the American tax payer with the greatest bang for the buck.]]></description>
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<title>Business of Somalia</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business in Somalia Somalia is a country which is located in the horn of Africa. According to the CIA and the Central Bank of Somalia, despite experiencing civil unrest, Somalia has maintained a healthy informal economy, based mainly on livestock, remittance/money transfer companies and telecommunications. Somalia's business sector consists of both traditional and modern production, with a gradual shift in favor of modern industrial techniques taking root.]]></description>
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<title>Oil Descends Below $100 on Account of Improving US Economy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6786902</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6786902</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:54:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Depicting a sign of improvement in the US economy, the prices on oil hovered below $100 a barrel. Benchmark crude mounted 12 cents to $99.77 in electronic trading supposed to be delivered in February on the New York Mercantile Exchange.]]></description>
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<title>Petrol Price Contempt in Australia</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6780622</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6780622</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:47:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The price of petrol in Australia has become a complete joke. For years now, the motoring public has been getting conned by the Oil Companies and it is past time for the ACCC to get the gumption to do something about it.]]></description>
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<title>Unemployment and Its Impact on Society</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6783608</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6783608</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:07:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have come across a disturbing trend that is affecting society as a whole in the 21st Century - redundancies and job losses. Everyone has the will and the desire to work and to prepare for their retirement. There is a system in place called 'Credit Rating' which is managed by Credit Reference Agencies. Each time someone applies for a loan their credit rating is checked by the loan companies to determine whether they are credit worthy to receive the loan.]]></description>
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<title>The Common Market</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6779507</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6779507</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:55:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is amazing just how much time is being spent on The Common Market or European Union issues of finance without these so-called experts ever getting down to the real problem. Anyone who knows anything about Greece or Italy will tell you that their problems stem from a chronic lack of taxation. Before you jump up and down and say that taxation does not account for much, bear in mind that if you add up the amount of tax that SHOULD have been paid by professionals and corporations, not to mention personal taxes at the 'richest' levels, the total over the years adds up to billions, not millions of Euros.]]></description>
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<title>Our Money System and Inflation</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6778241</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6778241</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:49:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Money cannot be manufactured. Money, by itself cannot stand alone. There has to be a system in place to give the paper currency a value. It may be the product, the service, or the backing of the government.]]></description>
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<title>Progressivism Isn't Progress, IV</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6781410</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6781410</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:44:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The progressives have erected a formidable fortress in the American administrative state. With it, they may well achieve their Holy Grail objective - the collapse of the free market system, the eradication of prosperity, the "equalization" of everyone, and totalitarian government control of the population. We will cease completely to be the nation we were established to be (and the nation we've struggled to act like for decades). We'll still have a "one percent," but they'll be our government masters, not our entrepreneurial employers....]]></description>
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<title>Did We Just Export the Global Credit Rating Industry to China Too?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6779956</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6779956</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:50:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What happens when sovereign wealth funds have little if any transparency, or when companies can game the rating agencies, or when various financial vehicles get the proverbial "Triple-A" rating and stamp of approval? Well, I'll tell you what happens; Freddie and Fannie, Enron, Lehman Brothers, Bernie Madoff, Dubai, and every other financial catastrophe in the past. Irrational Exuberance always has its cheerleaders while until the music stops, and there are not enough chairs left for all the rest - yes, we live in turbulent times - and I'd say "Interesting Times" too - to borrow an ancient famous Chinese quote....]]></description>
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<title>There Is No Economic Fix, No Bazooka, or Any Silver Bullets - The EU Is in a Pickle and Knows It</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6777319</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6777319</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:27:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is 2012 the year that the "Great European Experiment" implodes? If it is, it means that the US Growth rate will be flat, or zero for a while, and it also is very bad news for China as well. In China there real estate market looks as if it has finally popped, and they have taken a huge hit in exports as the EU is a large market for their products.]]></description>
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<title>European Banks Score Again</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6773995</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6773995</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:38:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[European banks recently took advantage of a program from the European Central Bank meant to increase liquidity in Europe's fragile banking system. The banks borrowed almost 500 billion euros in 3 year loans carrying an interest rate in the range of 1%.]]></description>
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<title>Pipe Welding: What If It Turned Out The U.S. Will Soon Be The Top Oil Producer In The World?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6771932</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6771932</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:27:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. is the largest economy of any single country on the planet. U.S. manufacturing has declined, but the U.S. remains the biggest manufacturing company in the world, with about 20% of all world manufacturing. Soon, the U.S. will be the largest producer of oil. What's that got to do with the demand for pipe welders? Pipe moves oil.]]></description>
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<title>Can the States Save the Nation?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6772949</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6772949</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:07:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's possible that the individual states, following the example of the State Bank of North Dakota, can get out of debt, reduce taxes, and avoid cutting services or laying off state employees. All the states have to do is to borrow money from a non-profit bank at zero interest.]]></description>
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<title>Run Away Inflation in Iran - I Guess I'd Run Too, As the Railed Rial Ran</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6773752</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6773752</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:26:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I have not been a proponent of economic sanctions because I believe it hurts the people, when generally the political impasse of a rogue nation-state has more to do with their Machiavellian leadership. In fact, it is my belief that often the citizens of those nations are the ones who were misled, abused, and are led by fear from a heavy-handed illegitimate regime. Thus, why would you do anything that would further victimize the people who are already under duress from the bad apples that run the leadership of their nation.]]></description>
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<title>David Cameroon Defends His Stance</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6771110</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6771110</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:32:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[David Cameroon hint that his strategy is not going to drift and be replaced by an emergent strategy regarding his decision to block an EU-wide treaty change to tackle eurozone crisis, even despite the fear that his stance will leave the UK singled out. Unlike rest of the Euro-Countries who have agreed to a tight budget rules,the UK Government has decides not to be a part of those. An opposition party namely "Labour party" warned that UK will not be a part of the key decisions in the future which are likely...]]></description>
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<title>Stand Up on Your Two Hind Feet and Do Something About Our Economy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6761294</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6761294</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:24:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Americans are frustrated with the state of the economy. It seems that our politicians just can't get it right. What we need in the US is jobs. Protest are becoming common on the capitol steps and in our city parks. Americans want to do something. Our money is our power, we can effect change whether Washington wants true change or not. We can change the economy by buying only American made products.]]></description>
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<title>The Academic Roots Of Progressivism</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6770381</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6770381</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:52:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It all started when America decided to hire an erudite professor - a guy who sold things like hope and change, a guy who sounded smart when he said not-so-smart things, a guy who looked better than his Republican opponents - to the presidency. They wanted a change. They just forgot that, when things change, they might get worse - not better....]]></description>
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<title>Ireland's Household Charge Guide</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6757431</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6757431</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:01:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[These are the details of the new Household Charge - a new Property Tax that were announced in Budget 2012 and will be introduced in Ireland from January 2012. The Bill has yet to be passed into Law - but it was passed in the Dail on Dec 14th.]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Take Charge of Your Life - Is It Important To You</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6688804</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:13:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The wealth inequity that is currently destroying our democracy is also taking away our control over our own lives. When we do not have the basic financial level required to choose healthy foods, to live in a warm dry space, to get the health care we need when we do need it, we are not in control of our lives. When there are not enough living wage jobs for people and the cost of goods, education and health care sky rocket out of reach for most people, we lose more of the control we should have in our lives.]]></description>
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<title>October Housing Scorecard</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:43:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each month, the Obama Administration releases a Housing Scorecard that gives a snapshot of a variety of market indicators including home values, mortgage rates, and market saturation. The Scorecard is a way for the Administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the general public to track the recovery of our nation's housing market. For the last several months, the Scorecard has been mixed. That trend continued in October.]]></description>
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<title>Theory and Reality - How and Why Do Economic Cycles Influence Our Lives?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:46:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When times are tough, we start to question ourselves: why? Why do we deserve it? How long will it last? Will this be repeated in the future? Let's try to get to the bottom of what underlies an economic crisis and draw conclusions.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Occupy Wall Street</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:02:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While we have not arrived at the destination of a new world we are making progress. We (the majority) are waking up. The elite (the minority) are aware of this.]]></description>
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<title>Unemployed - Are They Facing Hiring Biases</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:10:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The buzz about the unemployed being discriminated against is ridiculous. Especially during such difficult economic times. What is one to do if they're unable to work, how do you feed your family, or even have a descent place to live. Discriminating against the unemployed is a terrible things that needs to stop now!]]></description>
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<title>End Game for the Euro With the Dollar Next in Line</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:57:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's quite obvious that there are quite a few Wall Street Bankers who have been getting richer and richer during this economic crisis, while your friends and family members have not. You can also profit from the economic chaos regardless of your financial situation, provided you know how.]]></description>
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<title>Why $1.2 Trillion Is No Big Deal</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:21:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Banks helped themselves to $1.2 trillion in loans at the Fed's discount window, and they made money in the process. So what's the problem?]]></description>
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<title>Yeah, But What About Jobs?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:58:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For the past couple of years, we've heard about a housing market recovery, government programs designed to encourage a recovery, federal plans to help people avoid foreclosure, etc. It's worth mentioning, however, that low interest rates and dropping prices are great but falling unemployment rates would be even better.]]></description>
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<title>Proposed House Bill to Punish US Job Killers, Reward Job Creators</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:23:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Amid the coming election and the controversy in the economy over job creators and job killers, alas a bipartisan bill aimed to curtail the massive push of U.S. jobs overseas has hit the House floor. Introduced last week by House Representatives Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.), the long-anticipated pro-jobs legislation would punish U.S. corporations that continue to outsource jobs to offshore call centers making them ineligible for federal government grants and guaranteed loans. ]]></description>
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<title>Monopolies Are the Environment's Best Friend</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:06:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Public goods and monopolies are both vital concepts and have an important relationship inside the environmental economics' landscape. Consumers can actually benefit from monopolies, economically speaking, and in the long run, monopolies help keep our ecology more pristine by not allowing more than one firm in a specific market to perform environmentally sensitive construction within an environmentally sensitive area. There is no debate that many times public goods can be supplied by monopolies more efficiently than in competitive markets.]]></description>
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