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Peter Orszag: Outside of Work
Peter Orszag might be one of the most influential and leading economists in the world, but that doesn’t mean his whole life revolves around economics. Instead, Peter Orszag has healthy interests outside of his work and is regularly involved with a number ...
Deadly Japan earthquake risks fiscal crisis
The deadly earthquake in Japan will increase the chances of a fiscal crisis in the world’s third largest economy, British consultancy Capital Economics warned in a report published here on Friday.
“It may be several days before the costs of the disaste...
Are you Home Poor?
The nice American Dream has all the time revolved around proudly owning a home. Positive, having the 2.three kids, the soft corporate job and the fashionable car to drive to work everyday are part of the myth, too, however nothing fairly summed up America...
News of Lanka
Sri Lanka is a beautiful country which can make an amazing travel destination. A country which is famous for tigers and Tea gardens, which produce the best tea in the world it also offers great bio-diversity. Beaches and mountains and green meadows, Sri L...
Government Spending Cuts And The Economics Of Money And Banking
President J. F. Kennedy had a great economic adviser, Walter Heller, from Columbia University. In 1960 Heller was making $21,000 a year working for Columbia University, and he took a cut in pay to $17,000 -- to be President Kennedy’s advisor. Kennedy argu...
Shocking Forecast for 2011 - Economy of Alberta
I had the privilege of hearing one of Alberta’s top economists Todd Hirsch. He talked about his economy of Alberta forecast for 2011. I wanted to share the overview of it and would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Below are the 5 trends that will c...
The Good News Paradox in Obama’s America
It feels like a curse. Ordinarily, we would have no reason to be anything other than joyous about the Labor Department report released on Friday. The economy added 151,000 jobs in October, and economists are starting to see real signs of recovery and di...
Reducing Your Costs - Through Solar Panels
Let's face it, the last few years have been, for many of us, a financial nightmare and, if you are a homeowner, you have, no doubt, been doubly susceptible to the harsh realities of the recession.
However, while the recession has certainly been rough on...
Crisis and Consumerism
We've seen hard times as a nation and in fact we are immersed in it right now. And in these times of crisis what would be the best thing to do? Saving money would be the first thing to come to mind. But not to the economists. Believe it or not you would b...
Five Big Predictions for the Post-Election Economy
With the General Election campaigns already in full swing, Britain is destined to become a very different place before too long. But just how different exactly?
Post-credit crunch reality has set in and whichever party gets into power will have some to...
What is this FSBO thing all about anyway
Selling "For Sale by Owner"(FSBO) isn't much different from listing a home with a conventional realtor. In fact, real estate agents routinely show FSBO homes to future home buyers.
The difference is that FSBO sellers take over the job of the listing...
McGraw-Hill books: Read by millions all over the world.
The roots of this company was set way back in the year 1917 with the base of operations being the city of New York. The business graph of the company, since then has seen nothing but a rise and that too on a global scale.
The world today has many well...
Milking The People, Part One: Recession’s Latest Twist.
The latest twist in the Great Recession Hoax. Government and banks collude….but what exactly are they up to?
True to one of its primary functions of keeping people in the dark, the press announces the Central bank "wants to print money" to heroically...