Hi, everyone! I know I haven't written in awhile, so this is an update. My mom was in the hospital earlier this week. I'm so glad she's back home. I hate seeing her sick. One good thing that came out of the hospital visit was that I found this amazing lotion in the hospital. It's called Medline…
A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn't want the seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The woman said "I cannot sit here next to this black man." The…
March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest since April 2008 and consumer confidence reached the second-highest level in four years, indicating the labor-market recovery is helping sustain demand.Applications for jobless insurance dropped by 5,000 last week to 359,000…
Notice the outright hypocrisy of the GOP, which they maintain by controlling the only news outlet that the Republicans will watch, i.e. Fox News. On raising the debt ceiling OR 'putting the debt ceiling in context of modern economics': The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,…
Sure, you might be seeing something different upon every read, but you can only perceive so much with the same text. After a certain point, even interpretation is subject to the law of diminishing returns.
One reason for Mixed Economies is presented here. Another reason is presented below. First; The definition of a mixed economy: An economic system in which both the private enterprise and a degree of state monopoly (usually in public services, defense, infrastructure, and basic industries) coexist. A…
First question: From @Justfinethanku Would you be interested in answering questions from an Anarchistic perspective? Answer: [Jon] I think you're more excited about the idea than most people are. People seem mostly apathetic, and rightfully so. They can be as knowledgeable as possible about po…
News Economics Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz gives a gloomy outlook on the world's economy for 2012: "This year is set to be even worse. It is possible, of course, that the United States will solve its political problems and finally adopt the stimulus measures that it needs to bring down unemplo…
