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    Ten Free Copies Of Hazlitt's 'Economics In One Lesson'

    great book. No other can be better to get real economic principles. If you add "Free to choose" you get a great deal of economics.
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    offshoring/outsourcing reduces salaries in tech sector: proof?

    Interesting..............but what's your point??
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    If you never went to college, what's the best job to have now?

    I have an MBA in Finance. Such a thing will always be in demand. Whatever education you have...........................you will always have. Not so much with other things.
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    offshoring/outsourcing reduces salaries in tech sector: proof?

    GREAT POST Technology has enabled countries to exchange factors of production like never before in history. That is why the tech sector has suffered so much, it is the easiest one to outsource. Outsourcing nothing else but one party benefiting at the expense of the other. Imagine...
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    Kansas City to close half of its Schools

    sad just sad :(
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    Help---Question on Bonds

    200 shares...........................5:1 ratio.
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    Help---Question on Bonds

    No problem: Let say you buy a bond at 1000 par value at 5% with a convertible clause of 5:1. Meaning your 1000 par value bond can give you 200 stocks. Currently the stock is selling for 4.50. THIS IS THE DATA. Now, if at the present market rate your bond has a value of 1000 but the conversion...
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    Help---Question on Bonds

    It is just a question about the yield. Regardless of what the interest rate is bond prices fluctuate to reflect the true market yield. Bond prices and interest rates are inversely correlated. Obviously if you are trying to speculate I suggest you go short on the bond as interest rate increase...
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    Liberty-state-economy-anarchy-socialism

    Every now and then I hear/read about guys who virtually support anarchy. Others argue for liberty or libertarianism. I still can't draw a line between libertarianism and anarchy. There are little organizations in this country against government.........assuming we have too much government...
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    Senator Jim Bunning blocking benefit extension!!!!

    Indeed..................
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    Senator Jim Bunning blocking benefit extension!!!!

    I am discussed by everybody's comments here. You are victims of politics. You sold your intellect for 10 billion against trillions expend everywhere. I would love to see these same comments if you were to lose your job. How about the two wars, the bailouts, the waste everywhere. 10...
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    Senator Jim Bunning blocking benefit extension!!!!

    I wonder if you will still agree when you lose your job.
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    tipping point for american capitalism

    Nice article. Thank you.
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    Paving the road for Inflation

    Radical thoughts on 19th Street A higher inflation target for central banks would be a bad idea Feb 18th 2010 | From The Economist print edition EVEN in economics, the guardians of orthodoxy are not given to capricious changes of mind. So when economists at the IMF question received...
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    Let big financial firms fail -Volcker

    That would be the beginning of the end of corporatism.
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    Debt Economy vs. Real Economy…no so different……

    You are missing the point. This is not about the car industry, but I used as an example to demonstrate how this industry has change the quality of its product thanks to cheap credit.
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    Debt Economy vs. Real Economy…no so different……

    I agree, but why (for example) cars use to last more than 3 decades just fine, and now their life expectancy has been reduced to just one. I think debt economics has enable the real productive economy to design products with a shorter useful life. If I am not wrong, cars used to be able to...
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    Debt Economy vs. Real Economy…no so different……

    Debt Economy vs. Real Economy…no so different…… I will try to keep this simple. And pardon my bad English. The US economy has relied on huge debt to fuel its massive economic growth. Since 1971 there is virtually no restrain on the amount of money and the types of moneys...
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    Do you think debt fuels the economy of a state?

    I think it fuels the UNIVERSE.
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