Browsing Category
Economics : Business & Finance
Economics: A Waste of Time?
Studying economics may seem a waste of time to the careless observer, but is it really so? In the words of Joan Robinson, one should become familiar with economics in order "to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." Though probably said in humor, the idea is probably not too far...More...
Baby Boomers Reject Traditional Retirement
Baby Boomers don't know what retirement is because the traditional meaning of 'Retirement' does not apply to today's senior population! Many Boomers find it difficult to define what retirement is. Some feel retirement is all about having the luxury of choice in how one spends the...More...
Report Says The US is a "High Tax" Economy
The US and Canada have been grouped in with the Republic of Congo, China, Brazil and Germany in a new study by the CD Howe Institute. The report by the Canadian conservative think tank shows that the US has some of the highest effective tax rates on capital among 81 developed and developing countrie...More...
Orlando, Florida is in an Economic Depression, Not Recession - What's the Difference?
Okay everyone has heard the joke: A recession is when your friend loses his job. A depression is when you lose your job.Definitions:To answer if Orlando is in a recession or an economic depression you have to first define what the terms mean and see which one Orlando currently fits into....More...
Why Do The Swiss Intellectuals Think They Can Tell The Rest of the World How to Live?
Not long ago, I was called arrogant by a Swiss Intellectual, who claims to run in the circles of World's most wealthiest of families. Interesting indeed, as they told our Online Think Tank, how wonderful their ideas were and how terrible the United States was. The fact of the matter is that the...More...
Standing on the Pivot - The Past and Future US Economy From a Housing Perspective
Inevitably even the grizzlies have been watching economic indicators gauging the housing market "recovery", as talk of a 2009 rebound in the United States has now been confirmed by 3.5% growth in the third quarter. Yet there remains the issue of magnitude, regarding a potential housing rec...More...
Fear on Wall Street Lets Dow Plunge More Than 600 Points
No matter where you look today, money are problems. Investors do not want to invest due to risk of volatility and sellers are everywhere. Fear is still spreading on Wall Street and seems like it is not going away any time soon....More...
Mexico City Earthquake Soon!
How long until the big Mexico City Quake? We all know it is way over due and many of us remember the last one in 1985. Can you imagine a city now with some 20 million people in it reduced to rubble in a matter of minutes and after shocks preventing rescue and causing even more destruction? ...More...
The FSA Can Do More to Help British People Get Affordable Loans and Protection From Debt
The FSA are challenged to regulate to ensure anyone taking out a loan could meet the repayments if they were out of work. Because the FSA 'cleaned up' the sale of Payment Protection Insurance and its Income Protection derivative, they could now make Income Protection Insurance a key provis...More...
Fair Trade - Why Is It Important?
Fair trade is based on the twin principles of environmentally sustainable development and humane wages and working conditions.Those goals are accomplished by working directly with fair trade cooperatives.Fair trade cooperatives also emphasize other social issues, such as child care, health care and ...More...
My Two Cents on the Financial Crisis
As an options and currency trader, I'm had to learn a little about economics over the years, and in fact, the study of money, how it works and why, has been a consummate passion since I was a kid. To be a successful trader, it's imperative you understand some basic things about economics, ...More...
Leather Industry - India Fostering Growing Sectors
India is on a roll. The nation of 1.1 billion is finally being taken seriously by the big players on the world economic stage, namely the United States and China. With a young population, a solid private sector and a stable democratic government, India is in the spotlight and it's predicted tha...More...
New Zealand Basks in the Success of Avatar
Avatar, the most expensive and the largest grossing movie ever made, has given a big boost to the New Zealand (NZ) film industry and the economy as a whole. The 3D mega visual has delivered USD $218mn to the NZ economy while it was made in the country as against the politically criticized grant of a...More...
A Thought I Leave With You Today on Free Markets Drifting Away
We need free-markets and we must remember the words of Adam Smith. And too that point I wish to add; Free Markets should allow winners to succeed and losers to fail, not prop up those who fail to innovate and adapt and curtail those with the innovations. Some modern day liberals say that they are le...More...
5 Strategies to Survive an Economic Slowdown
Recession, depression, stagflation, financial doom, financial hardship, economic collapse, or whatever word crosses your mind when you watch the news and read the paper - it's here. So now, what do you do about it? Here are five basic and sensible financial management strategies to help you....More...
Gdp--what' s In It For Me?
The next time you read or hear glowing numbers about the economy, just ask yourself these three questions --...More...
Market Influence of Interest Rates
The result of rising interest rates is that there is an increase in mortgage payments resulting in a lower demand for housing.On the other hand, a fall in interest......More...
Quantum Economics - Philosophy of the Economy - Environmental Policies
Some people probably would suggest I started the conception of Marketism with the effect such economic expansion would have on the Global environment, to whom and anyone else concern about pollution very close of destroying our World this article is directed to. Here, I would directly disagree with ...More...
Gwp Packaging Bags Won A Place On Mod Supplier List
As a leading packaging bags manufacturer, Swindon-based packaging company GWP is able to be in line for more Government-related work after winning a place on a list of approved suppliers to the Ministry of Defense....More...
Can Haiti Break Out of Poverty?
What are the causes of Haiti's ongoing economic struggles? What would it take to change their economic poverty? Can Haiti break out of it's poverty?...More...
Sign in
Sign in
Recover your password.
A password will be e-mailed to you.