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2009 Economic Forecast

In today's world, the health of the global economy is closely tied to U.S. economic policy which, under the Bush administration, can be readilly described with one word: Unsustainable. Unsustainability seems...

6 comments    politics economy united states
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Understanding the G20 and the London Summit

On April 2, 2009, the G20 major economies are meeting at the London Summit (an event some are calling the G20 Summit) to discuss the global economy and the changes that have been taking place within that...

3 comments    politics obama news
Training in a call center79

Globalization and the Impact Upon Unions

I wrote this originally as a class paper in early 2008 to explore whether or not and how much globalization has affected the unions and whether or not this has had an impact upon our standard of living. I...

5 comments    union globalization unions
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Is The Great Recession The Same As The Great Depression?

The Great Depression began in 1929, and did not end until 1941. It was caused by, two key factors. The first being, that European Countries were in debt from World War One. And tariffs were set so high, that...

3 comments    finance make politics
Our Global Economy69

Global Economic Trouble - What does it all mean?

Global Economy Trouble? Global Financial Crisis 2008 U.S Economy faces crisis Global Financial Crisis 2008 U.S Economy faces crisis,The Dow Jones index continues to fall, and the Federal Reserve and Central...

0 comments    financial economy government
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How to Choose the Best Growth Funds: Investment Strategy in a Global Marketplace

In a global economy, the proper domain for investment strategy is the entire planet. Despite of the wealth of opportunities, though, a lot of investors confuse growth funds with risky schemes. As an example, myriads of investors pour billions of dollars into hedge funds that can balloon during an upsurge in the marketplace as a result of massive leverage. Yet the same leverage ensures that the outfits wipe out in droves during the downstroke in the market that always follows on the heels of an u

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The Story of Stuff: Why Our Stuff Will Destroy the Planet

Annie Leonard's revealing video shows us why our spending habits will destroy our lives, health, happiness, and ultimately, our planet. But what can we do to turn things around?

1 comment    shopping recycling recycle
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How the Internet Globalized the Economy

Globalization is basically what the internet accomplished when the world wide web united people from all over the world with information through computer networks. The internet networkings brought the world...

0 comments    hubchallenge america economy
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MARKET Rx: IRELAND, GERMANY, THE MAFIA?

Until yesterday the choices for global safe money were basically Ireland, Germany or the Mafia. Developments in the United Kingdom and Italy have eased some bond and stock market pressures,...

1 comment    business finance politics
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Will Computers Be Our Downfall

  Coming from the time before personal computers, ATM’s and the internet, I have always embraced our new high-tech existence, though a recent incident caused me to cast doubts on our reliance upon these...

0 comments    technology internet shopping
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