| Bart Stool Economics or The System Exploits the Poor 9 days ago by 1FamilyMan A few minutes reading you won't regret: Barstool Economics Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: · The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. · The fifth woul ... Family Party Watch - fl-family.livejournal.com ·  1 reference |
| The new face of our nation 9 days ago by Michael The New Face Welcome to the face of a nation. This is the face of a man that is losing his job in Wilmington, Ohio along with eight thousand other employees from the company DHL. Three thousand of those jobs are coming out of the community of Wilmington and the rest out of surrounding counties right ... Mike's - mikecheeseman.wordpress.com |
| When the Armistice came. 9 days ago by Tim Walker When the Armistice came, the guns of August at last fell silent. Relief washed over combatants from all armies, whose lives and countries had been riven by the bloodiest war anyone could remember. The Great War shattered a general peace that had lasted, with some exceptions, since the fall of Napole ... Hoover's Business Insight Zone - hooversbiz.com · Rank: 52,232 · 55 references |
| More on Volcker and his role in an Obama administration 10 days ago by Matthew Wurtzel Last week, I questioned whether former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is the right person to lead the economy out of its doldrums. The post prompted some debate in the comments section of Dealscape. In response to one comment, let me say that I never meant to argue that Volcker's actions to s ... Dealscape - thedeal.com/dealscape · Rank: 8,965 · 144 references |
| Brown’s Britain sees the Public Sector grow, and the Private Sector collapse 10 days ago by JohnDemetriou So Brown, unsurprisingly, has opted for the defunct and disastrous methodology of economist John Maynard Keynes in order to dig us out of the economic quagmire Britain is in. Quelle surprise that Britain is the country in Europe that is suffering most from the fall out of the crisis - this is, in la ... Boatang & Demetriou - boatangdemetriou.wordpress.com · Rank: 155,403 · 8 references |
| Is US Really at Risk for Losing AAA Rating? 10 days ago by Eric Larson This is the sort of headline that grabs my attention when surfing my sites for news of the day. I have been spending quite a bit of time refreshing CNBC's site only because they have the financial numbers in easy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, a ... RedStateEclectic - redstateeclectic.typepad.com/redstate_commentary · Rank: 129,394 · 36 references |
| Time to Get Wonky on the Economy 10 days ago by Graham Smith Actually, I'm going to let Paul Krugman do it since he is much more qualified (Nobel Prize and all that). I'm going to link to a pair of his posts that take a look at what we need to do in putting together a stimulus package (not to be confused with the ongoing efforts to bailout folks). The bailout ... Graham Smith - morisey.typepad.com |
| Sentences of wisdom 10 days ago by Tyler Cowen However, there is no credible way for any firm to tell its employees, "You are getting a wage cut, but don't worry. It's just for macroeconomic reasons." That's Arnold Kling. Here is much more. Marginal Revolution - marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution · Rank: 313 · 2597 references |
| Frederic Bastiat–The Law–Videos 10 days ago by Raymond “But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without comm ... Pronk Palisades - raymondpronk.wordpress.com · Rank: 38,003 · 27 references |
| Seeing unfreedoms 10 days ago by Michael Yarbrough [note – my understanding of Sen changed while writing this, so that the essay became a stronger answer to the others. This is why my tone and certain claims may feel inconsistent from first paragraph to last.] I like Sen’s explanation that the theme of freedom runs through our thinking on developmen ... Global Feminisms Fall 2008 - globalfeminismspsci264.wordpress.com · Rank: 181,170 · 1 reference |
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