Category: Economy
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Trickle-Down = Flooding-Out Economics
Is trickle-down really trickle-out? Trickle-down economics has been lauded as a good way to run the economy for decades by Republican party leaders. Libertarians, and various executives that have spoken on the issue as well. Is it good for the economy? Looking at recent analysis it is clearly…
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Planned Obsolescence
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The $10 Million A Minute Tour
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Bank For International Settlements Annual Report 2012
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The National Debt
by John P. Reisman — last modified Nov 24, 2020 05:53 PM The rhetoric is high and thick. The American people are hear a lot of numbers being through around along with a lot of blame. Rather than buying into the latest rhetoric and red herrings being bandied about by politicians more interested…
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Bank For International Settlements Annual Report
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) annual report was issued on 26 June 2011. The report highlights both potentials for growth and stability while weighing risk potentials. The overall tone is measured while the report illustrates high risk potentials. Building a stable future…
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A Crisis of Misunderstanding Economics
An open letter to policy makers and the American people. We simply can’t expect to do the same thing and expect a different result. It just doesn’t make sense. Feeding money to corporations with no checks and balances, or less regulation, is not helping, it’s hurting. Spending money on areas…
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Gaming The System
Market manipulation as a way of life? In December of 2006, Jim Cramer on Street dot com TV sits with the host ‘Aaron Task’ in an interview show called ‘Wall Street Confidential’ and discusses how hedge funds and big money players manipulate the market for fun and profit. Cramer discusses…
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Alan Greenspan
JON STEWART – My guest tonight he was the chairman of the Federal Reserve board from 1987 until 2006. His new memoir is entitled “The Age of Turbulence, Adventures in a New World”. Please welcome to the program, Alan Greenspan. An honor sir, please come and sit. Very nice to see you sir…