Preparing for Next Big One? Via Pension Pulse . Before getting into my latest topic, a follow-up on my last comment. Mike Shedlock wasn’t impressed, calling me ” another Keynesian clown “: I am sick of Keynesian clowns who do not know the cart from the horse, who think debt is a free lunch, who [...]
Product DescriptionThis text examines the patterns of foreign direct investment and its impact on the global, regional (trade bloc), national and sub-national scales. The contributors describe the global-local interplay apparent in the operations of multinational companies…. More >> Fdi and the Global Economy: Corporate and Institutional Dynamics of Global-Localization
Sonoma County MarketHall moving forward See where it stands three months into development. And how the foodie community is reacting. Read more on The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Product DescriptionOnly a few years ago Chinese government leaders were optimistic that their country could quadruple its GDP between 2000 and 2020 while only doubling energy consumption. For any other developing country this would be considered an unrealistic goal, as energy consumption during development tends to grow as fast as or even faster than GDP. [...]
Vote on despite candidate’s killing by cartel gunmen Gunmen from an alleged drug cartel killed the leading candidate for governor of a northern Mexican state only days before Sunday’s elections. Read more on CTV.ca
How much do you know about your student loan interest rate? Chances are you don’t know as much as you should. Often we get so caught up in our studies that we don’t really think about the details of our academic debt. We simply sign the forms and go to class. Unfortunately, you get hit [...]
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Product DescriptionWalden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau lived [...]
Product DescriptionPoor people in the South have every reason to protect their own environment: they depend on it more directly than the rich and are more immediately affected by its destruction or deterioration. Yet in many places they are powerless to defend or improve it. With full-color case studies which draw on Oxfam’s experience, One [...]
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-30 03:46 Thai stocks set for weak open amid global weaknesses BANGKOK, June 30 (Reuters) – Thai stocks are expected to open lower on Wednesday, with investors wary of weak sentiment in global markets, and falling U.S. crude prices may put pressure on energy shares. Read more on Interactive Investor
