Tag: economics
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June 16, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
New Times writer Michiko Kakutani has synthesized the wealth of books written about President Bush to come up with a remarkable portrait of who the man is, and how he makes decisions.
According to Kakutani, . . .
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August 26, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
THE CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS IGNORES LONG-TERM, FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AND CHANGES ARE NEEDED NOW.
Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper is a realist, and he wants the U.S. government to get real and give the voters . . .
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September 03, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 trillion a year, or 9% of the US gross domestic product. Some economists predict the cost will rise to 30% by 2050. Author Charles . . .
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July 16, 2006 03:12 AM EDT --
"Who Killed the Electric Car" is an entertaining and informative new documentary film, and one I highly recommend.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
The film clearly illustrates . . .
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December 05, 2008 09:43 AM EST --
On November 10, Bloomberg News reported that the Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers, nor would it identify the . . .
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September 29, 2008 02:43 AM EDT --
According to a Nobel Prize winning economist, the government bailout of Wall Street and the financial sector would be "monstrous" for all US taxpayers.
Joseph Stiglitz, who is a professor . . .
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April 03, 2006 04:55 AM EDT --
Things haven't been good at General Motors in quite some time. And now, perhaps, they are about to get worse.
GM's troubles are many, and cumulatively, they are potentially leading to a once unimaginable . . .
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May 18, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
During recent years, doctors have grown alarmed by the explosive incidence of diabetes in the U.S. and many local, state and federal officials share that concern. Diabetes is growing quickly, even as other . . .
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September 30, 2008 04:43 AM EDT --
How to Bailout Ordinary Mortgage Holders and Not Just Banks
By Ian Welsh
Originally posted on FireDogLake
What the government should do is set up a Trust to . . .
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December 17, 2008 04:51 PM EST --
The FDIC Has $53 Billion to Cover $4.4 trillion in Deposits. Does that make you feel insured?
As of the end of the second quarter, total FDIC assets declined $68.6 billion, to $13.3 trillion. . . .
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September 30, 2008 03:45 PM EDT --
That principle is something that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, alike, seem to agree on at this moment.
The biggest problem with the current bailout plan is that it . . .
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October 01, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
Just this week, the head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said that the proposed Wall Street bailout could actually worsen the current financial crisis.
During testimony before the House . . .
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October 01, 2008 06:36 PM EDT --
A group of 200 economists has signed this petition to Congress, arguing against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan. They believe the government must act — but they call the sweeping rescue . . .
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December 01, 2008 07:09 PM EST --
After financial giant Citigroup lost 60 percent of its value in one week, t he government came to its rescue, announcing it would back $306 billion in risky securities . . .
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August 05, 2006 04:04 PM EDT --
A recent study by the National Center for Education Statistics found that only 31 percent of college graduates could read a ''complex book and extrapolate from it." Furthermore, the study . . .
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August 03, 2006 01:44 AM EDT --
A Texas company, Panda Ethanol Inc., has secured nearly $160 million in financing to build an ethanol plant it hopes to have running by late next year. The twist? The plant will be fueled by mountains . . .
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September 03, 2006 04:26 AM EDT --
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 trillion a year, or 9% of the US gross domestic product. Some economists predict the cost will rise to 30% by 2050. Author Charles . . .
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May 07, 2006 07:05 PM EDT --
IMMIGRATION IS NOT A RIGHT
The debate over illegal immigration is often a passionate one. People become fixed to their beliefs, usually out of emotion. What is sometimes lacking is objectivity, and an . . .
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May 18, 2006 10:50 PM EDT --
IMMIGRATION IS NOT A RIGHT
The debate over illegal immigration is often a passionate one. People become fixed to their beliefs, usually out of emotion. What is sometimes lacking is objectivity, and an . . .
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June 18, 2006 02:16 AM EDT --
As gas prices have increased, so have sales of hybrid vehicles. But many potential car buyers are waiting for the next generation of alternative fuel vehicles -- the hydrogen powered car. Yet auto manufacturers . . .
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