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Year 2010 - A 150rowth For Singapores Economy

For years now, Singapore’s economic development has been a hot topic for anyone interested in the fastest growing economic region in the world - Southeast Asia. Recent studies, however, are projecting that the region’s growth will soon dwarf its previous (already exemplary) pace, and ris...More...

Surviving the Kondratieff Winter

The Kondratieff Wave, a largely unknown concept today, is soon to become a household word. This long-wave economic cycle theory may offer the best lens from which to view and understand the current economic crisis. Read on to see how this amazing theory, rooted in the universal laws of nature, has b...More...

Changing Consumer Spending Habits

An economist once told me that the factual "story" behind any economic report or event is almost entirely based on sociology, the study of how human society actually operates and reacts to outside actions. It is certainly apparent that when the economy is either "booming" or &quo...More...

The Decline and Deflation in the United Kingdom

A "recession" is a contraction of the economy marked by a decline in gross domestic product (GDP), an increase in unemployment, and a drop in trade that lasts at least six months. A "depression" is simply defined as a recession that lasts longer and has more serious economic cons...More...

No More Pork Sausages Please

I know it's fall, but no where NEAR Christmas, so why all the ornaments on the rescue package? I mean I thought we were in a sub-prime mortgage clean-up and a solidifying the financial liquidity mode here so that Americans could continue to borrow money to keep their budgets or businesses afloa...More...

Golden Utopia

I have written many articles about Gold, about the Unadulterated Gold Standard, about the components of a Gold based economy. Perhaps it's time for a bit of a 'reality check.' Is the very idea of Gold money, the very idea of honest money in an honest society Utopian?...More...

Global Financing - Hard and Soft Currency

Global financing and exchange rates are major topics when considering a venturing business abroad. In the proceeding I will explain in detail what hard and soft currencies are. I will then go into detail explaining the reasoning for the fluctuating currencies....More...

New Economic Policy

India is a welfare state.The constitutional goal is to transform India into an egalitarian society.The various economic policies of the independent India prior to 1991 did not contribute to the desired objectives or goals. In the year 1991 the country's policy makers opted for a change in the e...More...

The Federal Deficit

With the present state of the U.S. economy, the total amount of the U.S. federal deficit has significantly increased. The outstanding total public debt is now amounting to $14.46 trillion according to June 2011 reports. This number is also equivalent to an estimate of 98.6 percent of 2010's Gro...More...

Cap and Trade Or Cap and Tax?

The government is getting ready to implement the largest tax increase in the history of the United States.Most Americans are unaware that this is about to happen, but we will all feel it soon....More...

Gold - The Key to Financial Freedom and Security

Gold is real money. Unlike paper fiat money, which can be manipulated by governments, gold has stood the test of time as money which can be trusted. And in the current economic environment it may be the only safe haven to protect your wealth from the ravages of future inflation....More...

The Recession Returning?

Economic indicators are still pointing toward the resurgence of the great recession. Some said we were never out of a recession in the first place, though many who believed we were are now accepting that we may be headed back in that direction....More...

Government Debt

Are you aware of the current government problems the United States are facing. The current debt is $14 trillion and growing each day. Learn more about the problems of the United States financial system....More...

Trickle, Trickle, Up, Down (Part 1)

Republican administrations largely use supply-side economics.In a phrase, money is applied to the top level of the economy, with the hope placed in the fairness of industry controllers that it will trickle down to the worker class.Does it work?Sometimes....More...

The Economic Crisis: Is It Really Over?

Is the global economic crisis finally over? Should people start living comfortable once again? These are just two of the usual questions that people ask. They ask these questions because they are hoping there is light at the end of the tunnel. With the encouragement of the US Government, these peopl...More...

A Month Of Surprises

There has been a lot of news since the start of the year. On the economic front, most of it has been good....More...

Knowing E-commerce

E-commerce is becoming popular nowadays, but the truth is that we actually do not see its importance. With all the attention given to this budding industry, we still do not understand what it is all about. By simple definition, this industry refers to online business transactions, like buy-and-sell ...More...

The Lattice Theory in Economics

Simple lattice consists of "nodes" connected to each other, something you would see in science books when they talk about crystal structure. The simplest, or one dimensional, lattice is a line with nodes something like this:...More...