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Stagflation is Here, and It is a Weapon of Mass Destruction »
Posted by: populist 3 months ago in Business & Finance
Thus with inflation now running at close to ten percent, we have entered a period of stagflation potentially worse than the 1970s. And stagflation is ...
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Inflation 101: Cause Versus Transmission »
Posted by: populist 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
When people get concerned about their money's loss of value as prices rise, they strive to change the prices and wages they receive in ...
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Bankruptcy filings surge to 1 million - up 29% »
Posted by: Xaos 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As things in the economy have gotten worse, the number of people and businesses heading to bankruptcy court has spiked.
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Rising Oil Prices Create Inflation? It Just Aint So! »
Posted by: populist 2 months ago in Business & Finance
The simple truth is that, by themselves, rising oil prices cannot cause inflation. Most people seem to have forgotten the hard-earned lesson that inflation occurs ...
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More Americans on food stamps say aid isn't enough »
Posted by: TimALoftis 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Family
Krystal Follet's husband left her in January. Her boss fired her in March. Her landlord gave her an eviction notice two weeks ago.
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What Spending and Deficits Do »
Posted by: populist 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
Chronic excessive government spending and chronic huge deficits are twin evils. The deficits lead more directly to inflation
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Specter of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 weeks, 3 days ago in Business & Finance
As dozens of countries slip deeper into financial distress, a new threat may be gathering force within the American economy — the prospect that goods will ...
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Seniors brace for pricier drug coverage in ’09 »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 4 days, 15 hours ago in Politics
Robert Clark describes himself as a bit of a tightwad. So he's a little perplexed about the news from his Medicare drug plan. His ...
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Sad Liberty »
Posted by: Pdlpublic 3 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Eight out of ten Americans think their country is heading in the wrong direction. American house prices are falling faster than during the Depression, petrol ...
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Obama Camp Calls Inflation Increase Shocking »
Posted by: capj71 3 months ago in News
The Obama campaign released a statement this morning that said called the rise of inflation to its highest rate in 17 years shocking. They also ...
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With rising fuel prices, even dirt isn't cheap »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months ago in Business & Finance
Even dirt isn't dirt-cheap anymore.
At your local garden center, the cheapest dirt, which often goes by the name of "premium topsoil," may cost ... -
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The Causes of Inflation »
Posted by: populist 1 month ago in Business & Finance
It is not money, as is sometimes said, but the depreciation of money — the cruel and crafty destruction of money — that is the root of ...
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A Tale of Two Bubbles »
Posted by: _kam0_ 3 weeks, 4 days ago in Business & Finance
Credit markets have started to thaw, yet stocks and the larger economy keep sliding. What's going on? Among the problems are the reality of ...
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Jim Rogers' Ultimate Road Trip »
Posted by: populist 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Though written six years ago, Rogers ’s book is a still a fascinating and relevant read. I find it interesting that gold has been mankind ...
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Bracing for Inflation »
Posted by: mozzer 3 months ago in Business & Finance
Growing evidence suggests American consumers, businesspeople, and political leaders should all be bracing for double-digit inflation, probably as early as 2009.
