http://technorati.com/tag/economics Posts tagged with "economics" on Technorati Thu, 15 May 2008 11:23:17 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/economics support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 economics http://chartertrust.com/wordpress/?p=156 http://chartertrust.com/wordpress/?p=156 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:08:23 -0700 Apple is changing the iPhone. That’s the message being received by many. Consumers can’t get the old model now at Apple’s internet store. Less than a year ago Apple brought out the iPhone. Many were skeptical, but the iPhone has changed the smart-phone landscape. Their iPhone 2.0 is supposed to be targeted at businesses, as Apple tries to edge in on the Blackberry’s market. Blackberry’s “Bold” is their new entry, and the head-to-head fight for corporate business comes at a time when profits ar 2008-05-15 11:08:23 PDT http://technorati.com/search/chartertrust.com/wordpress/?p=156 1 4 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/cnn-calls-bs-on-bls/2130 http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/cnn-calls-bs-on-bls/2130 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:07:41 -0700 This is getting interesting. The proposition that the government is fudging the major economic figures is starting to go mainstream. The process began with the publication of an article called, "Numbers Racket: The Economy is Worse than We Know" in the May issue of Harper's, by Kevin Phillips — the former GOP strategist who took a turn to the left in recent years. It cites the work of, among others, John Williams of Shadow Government Statistics. As we noted here last week, New York Times colu 2008-05-15 11:07:41 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/cnn-calls-bs-on-bls/2130 51 245 Contrarian Strategy and Stock Market News http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003818.html http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003818.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:03:49 -0700 My first take on sovereign wealth funds I have an article in the latest issue of The American entitled, "The Sovereigns Are Coming!" The main point: No question, the growth of SWFs puts advocates of open capital markets in a quandary. During debates over what to do with the Social Security trust fund a few years ago, there was deep resistance to the idea of having a U.S. government fund pick winners in the stock market. Why should foreign governments get to play? Sovereign wealth funds do 2008-05-15 11:03:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003818.html 174 255 danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner :: Blog http://hoolihan.net/blog-tim/?p=39 http://hoolihan.net/blog-tim/?p=39 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:39 -0700 Drop What You Are Doing… May 15th, 2008 And read this now Posted in Politics, Economics, History | No Comments » 2008-05-15 11:00:39 PDT http://technorati.com/search/hoolihan.net/blog-tim/?p=39 1 1 Tim http://machetera.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/choosing-between-an-astrologer-and-an-economist/ http://machetera.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/choosing-between-an-astrologer-and-an-economist/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:44:30 -0700 It pretty much goes without saying that in the overall scheme of things, Machetera’s worries are trivial. Not quite as trivial as those of the Blocked Cuban Blogger, but trivial nonetheless. She’s not penned into a waterless, foodless open-air prison in Gaza or Cite Soleil, or the black hole of an immigration jail in the United States. She’s not in Dick Cheney’s personally dictated hell at Guantanamo, or trapped on Ronald Larsen’s ranch in Bolivia. She could go on, but you get the picture. 2008-05-15 10:44:30 PDT http://technorati.com/search/machetera.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/choosing-between-an-astrologer-and-an-economist/ 27 41 http://www.theshebeen.org/business-economics/18459-what-do-south-africans-think-about-money.html http://www.theshebeen.org/business-economics/18459-what-do-south-africans-think-about-money.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:43:25 -0700 Although they forgot poor, little, old Namibia, I will assume that the findings for us in Namibia will not differ significantly from those in SA South Africans define financial success as being able to provide the basics of food and shelter for their families, according to a global study carried out by market research company Synovate. Synovate set out to discover how consumers around the world define financial success, their attitudes to cash and what actions they take to get more of 2008-05-15 10:43:25 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.theshebeen.org/business-economics/18459-what-do-south-africans-think-about-money.html 20 28 Namibia Community - The Shebeen http://25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/zimbabwe-blues.html http://25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/zimbabwe-blues.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:42:49 -0700 Em 1980, data da independência, um dólar do Zimbabue valia um pouco mais que um dólar americano. 28 anos de independência e bom governo levaram a inflação até aos actuais 165.000% e ao lançamento em Janeiro de 2008 de notas de 10 milhões de dólares, que foram substituidas dez dias atrás por outras de 250 milhões que por sua vez são agora substituidas por outras de 500 milhões que valem dois dólares americanos. E agora digam-me que isto não é criar riqueza .... 2008-05-15 10:42:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/zimbabwe-blues.html 29 39 http://actingwhite.blogspot.com/2008/05/acting-white-mccain-says-out-of-iraq-by.html http://actingwhite.blogspot.com/2008/05/acting-white-mccain-says-out-of-iraq-by.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:42:18 -0700 This is an open call to John McCain supporters. Please help me understand how this pledge appeals to your voting sensibilities. He clearly understands something about you that I don't. This war is costing American lives and bankrupting our economy, for the arguable promise of making us safer. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda continues strong, as does mid-east terror. Are there people who really think "Yep, five more years of this, that's what I want, sign me up"? I want to hear from you, please! (I even upd 2008-05-15 10:42:18 PDT http://technorati.com/search/actingwhite.blogspot.com/2008/05/acting-white-mccain-says-out-of-iraq-by.html 44 58 http://www.askdong.com/blog/2008/05/15/credits-cards-the-next-shoe/ http://www.askdong.com/blog/2008/05/15/credits-cards-the-next-shoe/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:52 -0700 I’ve been rather unattentive to my blog. I apologize to my readers for that. Been busy at work, and other stuff. This blog ultimately is not by number one priority, despite my desire to make it at least in my top 10 priorities.  Anyhow, to the main topic. I’m personally perplexed at the state of the Consumerist Americana. I had been very hopeful that with the current housing downturn that Americans were finally ready to learn a lesson. I commented as much a few months ago.  I spoke too soon, a 2008-05-15 10:40:52 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.askdong.com/blog/2008/05/15/credits-cards-the-next-shoe/ 29 37 AskDong http://churchgalposts.blogspot.com/2008/05/ask-working-woman-survey-2008-do-it.html http://churchgalposts.blogspot.com/2008/05/ask-working-woman-survey-2008-do-it.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:00 -0700 Ask A Working Woman Survey 2008: do it! when i was in college i turned up my nose at Woolf's A Room of Their Own. i thought it was classist, elitist and bourgeois. ah, youth. now i reread it and, yes, it's still so very British Public School, but the main point of Woolf's essay is still important: women require economic autonomy and fiscal stability to have the lives they want (and need) in order to support themselves, as well as those who depend on them. when poverty strikes (and, these d 2008-05-15 10:40:00 PDT http://technorati.com/search/churchgalposts.blogspot.com/2008/05/ask-working-woman-survey-2008-do-it.html 12 27 http://changewaves.socialtechnologies.com/home/2008/5/15/italy-la-dolce-vita-no-more.html http://changewaves.socialtechnologies.com/home/2008/5/15/italy-la-dolce-vita-no-more.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:16 -0700 Italy’s love for life? Apparently, it's gone. Italians are now the least happy people in Western Europe. Italians are older, poorer, and more in debt, contributing to their unhappiness. Italians' average age is 42, and they’re not having kids (there is a 0% growth rate). This year, Italy dropped three places to 20th on the Human Development Index. The unemployment rate (7%) is high for a World 1 country. Italians have 106% public debt in proportion to their GDP (the sixth highest in the world). 2008-05-15 10:39:16 PDT http://technorati.com/search/changewaves.socialtechnologies.com/home/2008/5/15/italy-la-dolce-vita-no-more.html 50 64 ChangeWaves - Observations on the Future from Social Technologies http://rowmanblog.typepad.com/rowman/2008/05/the-ups-and-dow.html http://rowmanblog.typepad.com/rowman/2008/05/the-ups-and-dow.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:59 -0700 By Carol Allen In their highly readable book on the California Civil Rights Initiative, co-authors Harry Glynn Custred, M. Aliz Raza, and A. Janell Anderson describe the Ups and Downs of Affirmative Action Preferences. Were they to write a sequel today, they might aptly title it The Ups and Downs of Ending Affirmative Action Preferences. With the decision this month to close down the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative campaign and last month’s similar decision in Oklahoma, it would seem that the 2008-05-15 10:38:59 PDT http://technorati.com/search/rowmanblog.typepad.com/rowman/2008/05/the-ups-and-dow.html 5 7 http://hyperpat.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/west-virginia-almost-heaven/ http://hyperpat.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/west-virginia-almost-heaven/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:49 -0700 The West Virginia primary results have evoked quite a bit of commentary. Many were somewhat surprised at Hillary’s large majority, which was even more pronounced in places like Mingo County (about 88% voted for her). As Mingo County was where I was born, this has influenced me to do a little web research on what the area is currently like. This first item that really struck me is the decline in population of some of the old mining towns. Delbarton, where I spent the first couple years of my l 2008-05-15 10:38:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/hyperpat.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/west-virginia-almost-heaven/ 2 4 http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/1905/ http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/1905/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:39 -0700 John McCain’s recent calls for international financial sanctions against the Sudanese government, have caused Cindy McCain to sell off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation. Since the McCain’s keep their financial holdings separate, he apparently was unaware of his wife’s little nest egg. AP’s Jim Kuhnhenn reports here. 2008-05-15 10:38:39 PDT http://technorati.com/search/seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/1905/ 64 711 http://adityapk.com/blog/2008/05/the-real-problem-with-black-money/ http://adityapk.com/blog/2008/05/the-real-problem-with-black-money/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:37:03 -0700 The Real Problem With Black Money May 15, 2008 We’ve all been told that black money is really bad. The “underground economy” is a real problem, because all that money is probably gotten illegally through bribes and “immoral activities” and what not. It also costs the government lost income tax. All this is true, but there is a much bigger cost. A lost, opportunity cost. When money gets removed from the legal banking system, it is a big problem. The way our modern banking system works is very 2008-05-15 10:37:03 PDT http://technorati.com/search/adityapk.com/blog/2008/05/the-real-problem-with-black-money/ 1 1 Dash-Dot-Dash http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1477 http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1477 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:36:49 -0700 Apparently the mortgage crisis is leading to a “mental health crisis.” Read the story here. Here is my favorite section: “They’re depressed, anxious. It’s affected marriages, relationships,” says Richard Chaifetz, CEO of ComPsych, a Chicago-based employee-assistance firm that is counseling homeowners over mortgage fears. “People tend to catastrophize, and that leads to depression. Suicide rates go up. We see an increase in drinking, outbursts at work, violence toward kids. Before, their hou 2008-05-15 10:36:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.rightpundits.com/?p=1477 349 655 Right Pundits http://25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/epure-si-muove.html http://25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/epure-si-muove.html Thu, 15 May 2008 10:18:47 -0700 The stalled economy 2008-05-15 10:18:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/25centimetrosdeneve.blogspot.com/2008/05/epure-si-muove.html 29 39 http://blog.e-researching.com/?p=5436 http://blog.e-researching.com/?p=5436 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:12:10 -0700 As Danny reported earlier, Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is making a proxy move to oust the Yahoo board in an effort to reignite takeover talks with Microsoft. Just a few minutes ago a press release was issued by Icahn explaining his intentions and rationale. Click to continue reading... 2008-05-15 10:12:10 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blog.e-researching.com/?p=5436 1 77 http://patricksperry.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/bill-o%e2%80%99reilly-interviewed-john-mccain/ http://patricksperry.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/bill-o%e2%80%99reilly-interviewed-john-mccain/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:30 -0700 Ever so often a contributor to one of the forums that I post at comes up with a real jewel. The following was intended in jest. However, it rings oh so true. Enjoy! source: http://amcon.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=trs&action=display&thread=451 Last week, Bill O’Reilly interviewed John McCain on the O’Reilly Factor. Bill O’Reilly really grilled McCain about his opposition to drilling for oil in the ANWR and McCain got visually upset with the questions. Bill O’Reilly is a profe 2008-05-15 10:07:30 PDT http://technorati.com/search/patricksperry.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/bill-o%e2%80%99reilly-interviewed-john-mccain/ 38 56 http://innosmart.in/blogs/?p=23 http://innosmart.in/blogs/?p=23 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:46 -0700 I follow and wait for India’s budget with great enthusiasm, expecting great strides forward from a person who once delivered the so-called “dream budget” way back in 1997. Mr. Chidambaram in his second coming has been really disappointing, to an extent probably undone by the expectations people may have unrealistically had from him, given his self-acknowledged “limited mandate” that the UPA government to govern the nation. His budgets, apart from incrementally expanding the net of service tax w 2008-05-15 10:05:46 PDT http://technorati.com/search/innosmart.in/blogs/?p=23 0 0