The changed face of Britain.

Government is about the effective management of a Nation to survive change while setting standards that promote opportunity, wealth and healthy prosperity in the face of challenges to its existence. Stability on the other hand is about maintaining a level of control over...

Madoff in prison which leaves $50Billion unaccounted for!.

Bernard Madoff (aged 71) has been jailed for 150 years for swindling investors out of billions of around $50 Billion dollars over a decade(?) and UNDER THE very noses of the US Securities and Exchange Commission [ SEC ]. SEC chairman Christopher Cox stated "I was very...

Bigger isn't better

A return to booming economic growth would put the world back on the path to disaster -- it's time for a radical rethinking.~Bigger isn't Better, By Peter A. Victor.~ " There's nothing like a good crisis to make us rethink old ideas. The Depression of the 1930s led to the...

The far-away food factories

"The plight of sweat shop workers in the clothes industry has been well documented, but what about those who toil in exotic countries to satisfy our exotic palates? One student tasted life on the gourmet production lines." I am the first to put my hand up and admit that,...

Economic Recovery Unlikely

Today’s economic output is for 70% dependent on consumption. Shoppers cannot ‘save’ the world economy anymore and China's economic miracle can't rescue this economy either.The law of personal and financial...

Muslim v Muslim - A conversation

Early in the morning, on daily basis, I have a routine of skimming through newspapers (on the web) with my poor internet connection (Dial-up 56 kbps). Today, like always, I was skimming through and suddenly I got...

End the Fed Rally In Pittsburgh

End the Fed Rally On Saturday, April 25, 2009, people across the United States rallied together to protest the Federal Reserve System. In Pittsburgh, PA dozens of people gathered at the Federal Reserve Building on Grant Street. Even children and puppies displayed their...

Popular Economics for Citizens

The difficult times ahead necessitate better understanding about Economic issues. A comment made by Aurealeus on my article about this Financial Crisis read: “It amazes me that people are not interested in...

The Politics of IMF Conditions

The IMF is back in focus for Sri Lankan economists. It had perhaps been relegated to the back ground in ongoing discussions, because the current regime has declined to meet the Fund’s conditions for some time, and had no ongoing special arrangements with it. But now there...

G20 - Another World Order

A month ago I wrote about: “How G20 should tackle this economic crisis”.When the G20 meeting was in progress, I traveled around Europe, so I couldn’t comment earlier the results.World leaders talked about...

Joel Bainerman on Regional vs Federal Govt. in Israel

A time for change and Joel Bainerman presents us with a system that creates 5 regions within Israel that are autonomous and directly responsible for the collection and distribution of tax revenues and political restructuring of the election process to make the political...

Earth Belongs to Everyone

Alanna Hartzok believes we are "living through yet another dark night of the collective human soul”"Summary: For many people, Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World goes as far as a “responsible” commentator can go in imagining a better...

Economist: US collapse driven by fraud, Geithner covering it up

In an explosive interview on PBS’ Bill Moyers Journal, William K. Black, a professor of economics and law with the University of Missouri, alleged that American banks and credit agencies conspired to create a...

China Family – And their strategy in the “Global Chess Game”

I have just returned from a 3 day visit to Shenzhen China and have had the pleasure of speaking to one of china’s advisors on infrastructure its Commerce and Industry.  It would seem that much of my...

Defining the U.S. middle class

"Most Americans in the United States define themselves as being part of the middle class, but there are differing opinions of what that means."What is your definition of middle class? I suppose mine is concerned with the following: in professional employment, university...

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