Following the Economic Lead of a Third World Country
The BBC reported on April 14 that one city in Egypt, Damietta, still has zero unemployment in these difficult economic times. That’s surprising,...
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Orwell’s “1984” Revisited
George Orwell's novel 1984, published in 1949, portrayed a future totalitarian world, ruled by a seemingly omnipotent tyrant called Big Brother. When the...
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Global Fusion: The G20, IMF, and World Government
Suppose we had conducted a national opinion poll a few months ago to canvass Americans on their opinions of the G20. Most respondents,...
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Printing and Spending Our Way to Prosperity
ITEM: An editorial entitled "The Federal Reserve acts boldly to ease credit conditions" in the Seattle Times for March 20 commented: "The Federal...
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Fiscal 2009 Deficit: $956.8 Billion Already!
After a record $192.3 billion federal budget deficit for March, the U.S. Treasury Department reported a $956.8 billion federal deficit for the first...
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Obama’s “Glimmers of Hope” for Economy
President Barack Obama’s statement last Friday that we’re “starting to see ... glimmers of hope across the economy” has gotten quite a bit...
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“Conspiracy Theorists” Not So Crazy After All
Sometimes one wonders what it will take to wake people up and shake people up. It can become tiresome being labeled a kook,...
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G20 Pledges Supersized IMF
The much-ballyhooed G20 London lollapalooza is over, and things are going to change, according to world leaders. “A new world order is emerging,...
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Economics a Hot Topic in Woods’ Book “Meltdown”
Today's hard times are prompting people to learn more about the forces that drive our economy, and the book Meltdown, by Thomas Woods,...
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Global-currency Call Gets Nod From Geithner, Others
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has given a nod of approval to China’s call for a global currency to replace the dollar, joining...
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Geithner’s Nationalization Plan Won’t Work
It’s official: the Obama administration intends to nationalize the entire financial sector. If there were any lingering doubts as to the intentions of...
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Obama’s Charm Offensive for Big Deficits
President Barack Obama is in the middle of his national tour to convince the American public that “we’re doing everything we can to...
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Channeling the Outrage Over AIG Bonuses
The American people are understandably outraged to learn that the American International Group (AIG), a corporate giant that has received almost $200 billion...
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CFR Corporate Members Get Lion’s Share of Bailout Funds
Newspapers are fixated upon $160 million in bonuses given to American International Group (AIG) executives. And it’s nice to know where the millions...
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“Toxic Asset” Plan Based on Fascist Model
The Obama administration’s long-awaited proposal to remove so-called “toxic” mortgage-backed assets from U.S. banks has finally been unveiled, to huzzahs across the globe....
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