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Coachanomics

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:42:24 -0600

Ms. Dephicit: I bought a Coach bag for ONLY $39 and no it’s not a knock off and no it didn’t “fall off the back of a lorry,” as my friends in England would say. I simply used a modern woman’s economic formula. The orig

North Korea bans foreign currencies

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:28:07 -0600

SEOUL — North Korea has banned the use of foreign currency, another sign its hard-line communist government is intent on reasserting control over the country's nascent market economy. LINK TO ORIGINAL

Argentina’s Economic Collapse – Part 6 of 12

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:12:34 -0600

Part 7: au.youtube.com Documentary on the events that led to the economic collapse of Argentina in 2001 which wiped out the middle class and raised the level of poverty to 57.5%. Central to the collapse was the implementation of neo-liber

Creative Destruction and More Economic Nonsense

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:12:27 -0600

My opinion of classical economics and economists turned sour shortly after I enrolled in my first economics course as a college sophomore. I was not a wet behind the ears recent high school graduate, having recently been discharged from the army afte

Watch Conspiracy Theory w/ Jesse Ventura - Bilderberg

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:04:52 -0600

Conspiracy Theory w/ Jesse Ventura - BilderbergThey're thought to be a group of the world's elite who meet once a year at a luxury hotel and decide how they will run the world. It's believed they plan to thin out the population through disease-and va

Obama’s Only Real Accomplishment

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:42:00 -0600

Let’s get it straight, behind all the hubbub and noise, the international trips and summits, the TV specials and constant addresses to the nation and any other nation that would let him in, the huge spending plans and the photoshoots—Barack Husse

Libertarians release top 10 disasters of 2009 Obama administration

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:47:00 -0600

Note similarities to previous administration but to be fair, contrast it with the speed in which it was accomplished! Top 10 disasters of the 2009 Obama administration (in no particular order): 1. Cash for Clunkers 2. War escalation in Afghanist

Hotels among us

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:01:29 -0600

Am not 100% sure, but it appears the new hotel will use the space in the parking garage behind the Empire Room. On Thursday afternoon, developer Urban Hotel Group LLC worked out an agreement with Elm Street Center LLC to turn a parking deck at Davie

Billions in Recent Yememi Investments and The Underwear Bomber’s Daddy. It’s a Small World Ain’t It?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:20:01 -0600

by Scott Creighton Did Daddy Warbucks sell Little Orphan Umar to the CIA? Why are we attacking the people of Yemen? Because some kid is alleged to have sewn a big fire-cracker into his underwear then sat on it in a plane over Detroit? Nope. Not

The Naughties - A Decade From Hell

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:02:29 -0600

Whether you call it the Aughts, the Naughts, the 2000’s, or something else entirely, it’s safe to say this was the worst decade in sixty or more years. My own personal appellation – the Naughties – was actually something I heard i

It's AWV Awards Time!

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:12:49 -0600

Now that we have officially reached the end of 2009 it is time for A World View to pay homage to the notorious and the noteworthy. So read on for our collection of honors, including the announcement of the winner of the coveted “Golden Cockroach�

Can Customers Drive Satisfaction?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:49 -0600

(Editors note: A market can only be efficient with an effective vetting mechanism. The greatest innovations will be in the form and function of social vetting.) Meetings for government at all levels are covered by sunshine laws, which require op

Peak oil notes - Dec 31

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:43:43 -0600

A mid-week roundup of peak oil news, including: -Prices and production -Iran -China read more

2010 Predictions: Practice Losing Farther, Losing Faster

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:33:19 -0600

I suddenly realized that my sense that I had time to do my end of year wrap up was rapidly becoming incorrect - New Years is tomorrow, of course, but somehow it snuck up on me. read more

Fox News,O’ Reilly,Finance!

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:51:37 -0600

Reforming Two Decisions That Led To The Recession

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:30:04 -0600

While many decisions made over a number of decades created the circumstances that led to the worst recession since the Great Depression, certain government actions were particularly devastating to the US and world economies. Embodied in the Gramm-Lea

Obama on Healthcare: Between Dream and Reality

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:29:43 -0600

The 2009 Adirondack Year in Cartoons (Part 1)

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:58:00 -0600

After eight years of wars, terror warnings, environmental destruction, corporate and political corruption, and general cultural excess ending in a systematic collapse of the country's financial system, 2009 opened on more than a few notes of remorse,

International Auto Insurance Companies – Your Options

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:50:32 -0600

For some of us traveling and experiencing different cultures is a way of life. For some being able to stay for an extended amount of time in the place they are visiting so as to truly experience it is very important too. And realistically we all know

Is a Social Contract Legally Binding?

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:15:49 -0600

Trillions of dollars in play: Trillions upon trillions of dollars worth of value that is being transferred to social media from a legacy economy stifled by insurmountable debt. These numbers are indeed spectacular because they account for the value

Creating Social Media Value: Part 4

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:00:56 -0600

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Creating Social Media Value The term engagement is being used to frame how brands can use the social web to engage their audience. On the other side of the term “engagement” is methods used by people to e

Why the Federal reserve wants to drain excess reserves

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:49:48 -0600

I wrote a post yesterday (The Fed’s exit strategy) to explain the mechanics surrounding Monday’s Federal Reserve announcement that it is offering CD accounts to banks. The Federal Reserve does not control the demand for credit and therefore canno

Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:40:37 -0600

Here is a great article from NY times writer DAVID LEONHARDT about current medical economics and how it relates to patient care at Bon Secours health care system in Richmond, VA. "At the heart of the health care debate is the question of whether i

Ekonomi India Berpotensi Terkuat di Dunia

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:51:32 -0600

Saya sangat tergugah dan merenung panjang setelah membaca harian KOMPAS mengenai ulasan negeri India dipandang dari sudut ekonomi dan segala hal yang mendasari kinerjanya. Sungguh sangat menarik!Saya memandang artikel tersebut perlu di-sharing disini

G 5 Liberals

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:52:29 -0600

Back in the 1960’s a strange new species called the “limousine liberal” emerged from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the far reaches of Beverly Hills and San Francisco. These creatures were from the upper strata of American soc

This Is the Fastest Way To Make Money Online

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:46:00 -0600

Faith TodayIn this article I would like to discuss the relationship between "Prosperity Mentality" and making money online, or creating wealth online. Many internet entrepreneurs want to make money online on autopilot, but forget that to create wealt

MONEY: Intergenerational Theft

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:37:42 -0600

http://tslrf.blogspot.com/2009/12/book-review-generation-debt-why-now-is.html Friday, December 25, 2009 Book Review: Generation Debt, Why Now Is A Terrible Time To Be Young *** begin quote *** I just finished the book Generation Debt: Why It Is A Ter

Five Questions for a Keynesian

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:30:11 -0600

Steven Horwitz, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, has five questions for a Keynesian: 1. Why did Keynes think savings was bad if when people save through financial intermediaries they give control over resources t

The Democrats Alice in Wonderland War on Terror

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:46:33 -0600

On Sunday, it was Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano declaring “the system worked” on national television. The national gorge rose at that one, and Obama was forced into making a strong statement that the system failed. Today

The Fed’s exit strategy

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:38:56 -0600

Randy Wray says:The Federal Reserve on Monday proposed allowing banks to park their reserves at the central bank, a move aimed at weaning the economy off extraordinary infusions of cash and curbing inflation. The Fed would create the equivalent of a