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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A new form of capitalism is needed: Geonomics

Yes, we do have economic choices! The following analysis explains them very clearly. I'll mention it again: Phillip J. Anderson's book "The Secret Life of Real Estate - how it moves and why" (amazon.com) is a MUST read, and a wonderfully told story of the foundation of the...

Saudi Cleric Educates Children on How to Hate Jews.

This video is devastating because the shadows of his remarks have been presented on Now Public in the commentary sections by some known and not so known contributors to this site. What is truly sad is the...

London Progressive Journal

"Making the Case for Equality Peter Mandelson proved true to his word when he said that new Labour was “intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.” While the last 10 years has seen an end to the...

Reinvigorating old ideas: Who Owns the World

From the March edition of Tinteán, the magazine of the Australian Irish Heritage Network.–A review of Kevin Cahill's masterful work, Who Owns the World, (This website features sample chapters from the book) Published by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh,...

Playing Out the Clock for the Banks

Finance Ministers in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austrian seem to be acceding to the OECD's demands on bank secrecy. Louis Ruffieux suggests the terms on which they have "agreed" constitute a form of playing out the clock.Meanwhile, under Classical Economic...

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