20 days ago by rightways

The Year of the Dragon may symbolise the struggle for prosperity for some, but others may use this year to challenge what they call state-capitalism being practised by developing countries, especially in Asia. IT’S the first day of the Year of the Dragon. Like others around the world, Malaysians hop ...

22 days ago by markwrightuk

We have heard this term responsible capitalism a lot banded about recently like polititians know what they are talking about. I thought I’d look at if there is such a thing and could capitalism ever be made to be a fairer system for all ? Ed Miliband’s leadership of the Labour Party is turning into ...

37 days ago by Rocio del Moral

After entire eras of being blocked from the world with internal ideologies and economic systems, China started the greatest economic growth ever recorded in history. It wasn’t long ago when foreigners turned to look at the Red Dragon for business opportunities. Entire Western educational systems hav ...

37 days ago by Mr. McGuire

As you begin your Power Point project, the first step is an outline. Below is an example of how one might look and what it might include. Please substitute information provided with specific details (For example, instead of listing river say Nile River). Geographical Features Rivers Mountains Oceans ...

39 days ago by Cathie Bird

David Warsh finally says what someone needed to say: Friedrich Hayek is not an important figure in the history of macroeconomics. “Certainly Hayek made a big impression on me and my friends, when, as young men, we read him in the 1970s,” Mr. Warsh, a journalist, wrote on his Web site, EconomicPrinci ...

39 days ago by Mark Hanna, Market Montage

Ray Dalio has created a machine at hedge fund Bridgewater – not only have assets surpassed $120B, the fund continues to churn out some fantastic results for investors. Through end of August last year, the fund was up 25% YTD (and that was after an awful August for markets, and before the stampede up ...

40 days ago by Betty Londergan

It’s hard to know how to feel about Cuba, our mysterious neighbor 90 miles to the south. I was just there for four days, in the grip of a charming guide/purveyor of the Fidel-is-Fabulous party line, and it was New Year’s Eve. In Havana. Beer was included in the price of a meal. Mojitos were $1. And ...

52 days ago by Patricia Quan

Our reading habits are changing drastically, evidenced by the fact that one in six Americans now own e-readers. Reduce some of the stress of the season. If you’re running behind on your holiday shopping list, why not purchase an e-book as a last-minute gift for a friend, family member, or even yours ...

57 days ago by Jon-Paul

We hear a lot these days — even before all the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ nonsense — about the evils of capitalism. They say it is inherently corrupt, immoral, selfish, unfair, and brutal. It’s based on pure greed and exploitation. People are by nature imperfect and selfish, some more than others, so anyw ...

58 days ago by tamoeconomics

Thursday December 15, 2011 – Period 7 Friday December 16, 2011 – Period 2 Today we had a quiz over chapters 12 and 13. After the quiz we continued with our examination of economics and economic policy. Economics deals with the fundamental problem of scarcity—a condition caused by the combination of ...