NOVEMBER 2, 2011 EU and U.S. debt are interlinked through the banking system. By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an […]
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NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At
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OCTOBER 26, 2011 The Post-Global Warming World Moving on from climate virtue. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Then there are those “technical problems.” The process of capturing and compressing CO2 is energy-intensive. Storing the carbon once it’s been sequestered is another issue. In Germany, a 30-megawatt carbon-capture pilot plant has been in operation since 2008. Yet
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The global debt apocalypse approaches. David M. Smick October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 On the issue of public debt, Washington is experiencing what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” The financial news is so relentlessly terrible that people have become numb to it and assume nothing can be done
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OCTOBER 25, 2011 My Tax and Spending Reform Plan Individuals will have the option of paying a 20% flat-rate income tax and I’ll cap spending at 18% of GDP. By RICK PERRY The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S. government spends too much. Taxes are
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THE TELEGRAPH The single currency is close to collapse With Europe on the brink of a disaster, the euro must be reconstituted as an entity based on economic reality, not ideological folly. Crisis: the Franco-German partnership which lies at the heart of the European project is fracturing as never before Photo: AFP By Telegraph View 21 Oct
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Patrick Michaels, Contributor 10/21/2011 The Great Green Energy Crack-Up FORBES Image via Wikipedia History — of the U.S., Europe, the U.K. and its former dominions — repeatedly shows that environmental protection is a luxury good. When per-capita income reaches some threshold, the citizenry tire of opaque air and sleazy waters, various agencies and permanent bureaucracies
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Vice president Joe Biden, left, and Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive announces that the company will produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles at the former General Motors Boxwood Plant, Oct. 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Del. (Rob Carr/AP Photo) By MATTHEW MOSK, BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) and RONNIE GREENE ABC NEWS and iWATCH NEWS Oct. 20, 2011
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THE FRANK ROCHE SHOW rush radio 106-1fm THE FRANK ROCHE SHOW PODCASTS 10/16/11 12:00 – 1:00PM: Week in Review, Occupy Wall St, NASCAR 1:00PM – 2:00PM: Newt Gingrich, Callers, College Republicans Newt soundbites: China cheats, China the Manipulator, US Style Free Trade, Teaching Patriotism, English as official language, Being American, Teaching Immigrants, Assimilation, Guest Workers, Obama 2:00PM
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 Pivot Point: Investors Lose Faith in Stocks By TOM LAURICELLA European nations, flirting with recession, can’t agree on how to climb out from under their pile of debt. The U.S. is careening toward a budget fight that threatens to shut down the government. China’s mammoth economy may be downshifting. Getty ImagesEconomic fragility
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