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It’s Unemployment, Stupid!

Pittsburgh protesters demand G20 do more for jobs Forbes “We’re not going to accept a jobless recovery,” said Larry Adams, a postal worker who came from Jersey City, New Jersey, for the protest. …

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Operation Rollback: Wal-Mart’s World of Business

The expansion of international “supply chains” from Asian factories to American consumers has certainly created global trade imbalances and international currency flows that are not necessarily sustainable over the long run. A readjustment of the world economy, not a slackening … Continue reading

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The end of the recession will merely be the start of a long, painful journey, says Edmund Conway.

t’s a game of far more than two halves: more tactical than cricket, more stomach-churning than boxing and more complex than bridge. Throughout a magnificent summer of sport, one competition has lasted longer than any other, and generated the most … Continue reading

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Obama’s Volunteer Initiative Is Economically Bankrupt

Responding to the almost monolithically positive coverage of the Obama administration by the national press, Phil Bronstein, editor-at-large for the Hearst Newspapers, observed recently that the Administration and the reporters covering it should “get a room.” And while USA Today’s … Continue reading

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Obama’s Plan For A Debt-Ridden Future

President Obama has officially begun the era of bigger big government by proposing to go on a multitrillion dollar borrowing spree that risks doing to the “full faith and credit of the United States” what excessive borrowing during the housing … Continue reading

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A skill drain with significant repercusssions

A topic not much talked about with a correspondingly similar problem I have noticed in accounting: SKILL LOSS AT BANKING: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/ Banking has suffered a not-sufficiently-acknowledged loss of know-how on the lending side. Back in the stone ages when I … Continue reading

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