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Economical and Financial Jokes

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A chemist, an engineer and an economist are stranded on a deserted island. They carry with them some canned food but have no ordinary means of opening the cans. The chemist suggests gathering some wood and... published 15 months ago

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How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy by Bruce Bartlett

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Bruce Bartlett to discuss Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy at LBJ School talk EVENT: A talk with Bruce Bartlett about his new book... published 10 months ago

0 comments    politics bush economics

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Gann's forecast of 1929 Crash in his financial newsletter addressed to his clients in November 1928

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The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 [Free Videos Collection] Norman Dodd: an extraordinary interview According to traditional economists and historians, the 1929 crash... published 9 months ago

1 comment    business education finance

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The World Bank, GATT and Free Trade by Noam Chomsky

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in "Keeping the Rabble in Line" by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian The World Bank, GATT and Free Trade April 20, 1992 DB: In 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire the World Bank and the... published 14 months ago

4 comments    business finance politics

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[Science Fiction] The Domination by S.M. Stirling (the Utopian/Dysutopian Draka Society)

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The Domination from S/M. Stirling is about an Utopian/Dysutopian society called Draka Society. I haven't read this book yet but I intend to because I think it's more entertaining - this is the secret reason... published 14 months ago

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BUSH signed BANKRUPTCY REFORM LEGISLATION: what does it mean for the average family ?

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BANKRUPTCY REFORM LEGISLATION NOW IN EFFECT President Bush signed the Bankruptcy Reform Bill into law on Wednesday, April 20, 2005. The majority of the new bills provisions took effect on October 17, 2005. ... published 14 months ago

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The Conquest of Poverty by Gerald Grattan McGeer 1935

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Table of Contents Conquest of Poverty Foreword I. Democracy or Money Power II. Money is Economic Power III. War and Usury IV. Signs of Emancipation V. ... published 15 months ago

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Why Democracy doesn't really matter as long as the People stay ignorant on One Single Issue

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I've made my education in two engineering schools in France. I had the chance to get a deep financial education in the second one. Nevertheless it was a classical one and I was never told at school the real... published 15 months ago

4 comments    business education finance

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The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

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Written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witt, this is one of the best book ever written on 1929 Stock Market Crash. Unlike historian books which would use classical archives, the two authors have researched... published 15 months ago

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[Video] Confessions of an economic hit man - on South America

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What happens when every one of these Presidents in South America wants to keep his campaign promises ... after he will be visited by an Economic Hit Man as John Perkins used to do when he was one of them. ... published 15 months ago

1 comment    business education politics

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