Archive for June, 2011

Uneven Aging of America; Cultural Shift Coming; Competition for Resources Between Young and Old Will Be Intense

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Over 23% of all the goods and services made since 1AD were produced from 2001 to 2010.

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One country gets it on bank reforms. Let incompetently run banks go bust

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Bank Of America writes down $20 Billion to settle claims of wrongdoing in subprime mortgages

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Why Lagarde got the IMF job today — every day counts with Greece

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Canada Inflation in May Fastest Since 2003

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Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can’t Be Done — Why do leaders so often double-down on bad bets? No one likes admitting to bad decisions, of course, but there are other factors too. Such as knowing they’ll get credit for rescuing a bad situation, but not for preventing one

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Why China’s Heading for a Hard Landing, Part 2

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Jim Rogers on Bloomberg (29/6/11) – He’s long the Dollar & Euro and short US Government Bonds & Microsoft Calls

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Economic Freedom & Quality of Life

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Greece Austerity Package passes: "There will or won’t be a bailout. Either way Greece will go on."

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3.5 Out of 4, Not bad

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Intercity buses as an alternative to high speed rail: they’re cheaper to passengers, require less in subsidies, and can provide better service

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Jobs Creation and Government Policy–not quite shovel-ready but perhaps spoon-ready…

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It’s All About Greece

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China’s Top Auditor Warns of Chinese Local Government Defaults

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Campbell Soup to cut jobs, save money

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Almost 40 million Brazilians climbed to middle class in the last eight years

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Cardinal Utility: Nonsense on Stilts

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Regional Fed Chief Says US Growth Could Be Four Percent For Second Half Of Year.

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