The earnings announcement of another multi billion profit last week Wednesday by Wells Fargo Bank lifted their stock for while, however it fell back 7% for the day, after it became clear that the books were...
Larry Summers (Director of the White House Economic Counsel) made his reputation as an employment theorist, he says: “I thought if you could have areas where there was long-term substantial unemployment, then...
Bloomberg reports “retails sales fell 2.1% in September - the biggest decrease this year.”This means that the "Era of Saving" has begun and that consumers are cutting back on everything that not really is...
During the great credit expansion of 1945-2007, businesses could anticipate, generally, rising earnings. People were buying more and more things on credit. In a national economy, businesses pay wages and then the...
A complete pay-off of debt –deleveraging in economical terms- will take about twenty years to achieve, is explained in previous essays. It was not a very scientific estimate. US$2 trillion over the last 24...
You may think of the sewage pipes that are broken, releasing raw sewage in the sea close to the beach, now that should be easy to repair. The drain in Spain is meant economically and globally a ‘drain’ no one...
Already a few say that stimulus plans make things worse. However too many don’t yet know the right course.It still is widely thought that this crisis is an economic recession that only lasts a couple of years,...
Author Marnie Howard In the spirit of the recent joblessnessness, a new book encourages people to help each other out.Here's a CNN fornt cover on the US joblessness claiming a 26 year high. Number of Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits rises to...
opinion by BobbiTG4M | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 183 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
From a citizen in New York: To revive the economy, I think that both smart infrastructure programs and a bottom-up stimulus package are what is most needed. I'm also in favor of allowing bankruptcy judges to...
created by Karen Hatter | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago 95 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
Mexico is lucky to have a President that sees the importance of making sure that his citizens are treated well outside of Mexico since he has no way of making life better for anyone in Mexico. I am sure if he can keep the focus on the U.S. side of the problem nobody will ever...
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The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano What is the issue with this confidence building? We don't have confidence in the banks because they have so many bad loans on...
opinion by djermano | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 134 views | 4 recommendations | 4 comments