Tag: #Economy
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Fiscal Cliff? Make it a Fiscal Slide.
The fiscal cliff is a term that describes the retirement of the Bush tax cuts and forced spending cuts baked into the budgeting agenda for the government. To deal with it properly we need to do several things. First, set aside our personal bias and second, set aside our politics. We, America, is…
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Murdoch Points Fox News Weapon At Christie
News: Rupert Murdoch Tweets message: “Now Christie, while thanking O, must re- declare for Romney, or take blame for four dire years.” – Editorial: Rupert Murdoch in the spirit of media oligarchs such as Silvio Berlusconi or William Randolf Hearst infers use of his media power to threaten…
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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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Comeback America
Comeback America David Walker David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States did what he does best in this book… He looks at our fiscal facts. The picture is clear, we are fiscally unsound, and if we ignore this issue long enough, we just might bankrupt America. David Walker has…
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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…