“When Good Tax Cuts Go Bad”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/when_good_tax_cuts_go_bad.html July 28, 2010 When Good Tax Cuts Go Bad Tom Rowan Tax cuts are a form of stimulus which puts more money in the pockets of Americans by not charging them as much, in comparison to a stimulus package that sends a check to families from the government, which Americans will eventually have to [...]

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Hayek vs. Keynes

For a century Hayek and Keynes values battled for attention on the macro economic scale. keynes valued the socialistic big government values, while hayek beleived in the invisible hand to guide the free market. for the better part of the 20th century the worls was keynsian, policizing his theories. The world went through communist, facist, [...]

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Wall Street Reform

The US so called capitalism economy has socialized its way though the economy with stimlus and bailouts, so when wall street reform is mention, its not surprising. The governments control over commanding heights in the economy, like GM, has increased, so controlling the heart of the market palce would be a stategic move for obama. [...]

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Toyota Trouble 2

Following up my previous post on the car company Toyota: Toyota is desperetly attempting to salvege their repution. The company built an enterprise on the label “moving forward” and having safe, reliable cars. But now Toyota has gone back on many promises. it shoudl always be moving forward, but now, if anyhting, its is rolling [...]

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Greece in Trouble

http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/28/news/economy/greece.fears.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes according to the CNN article, europe has been “dragging its feet” in regard to bailing Greece out during its market collapse. Stimulus and buying their way out fo trouble has been the reaction to the economic downturn most recently. The US had its biggest ever stimulus package signed and released to buy the american [...]

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World’s Best Economy

After viewing the class presentations on the worlds best economy, the current best economy seems to be the United States. It’s high GDP per capita, government expenditure on health care, and tertiary education rates, along with it’s history of power gives it an edge on most other economies. This is all with a captialist economy, [...]

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Japan’s Slump

1.) Deflation is not neccisarly a good thing, as it has caused Japan’s “lost 2 decades”. 2.) Japan depended on exports to help it grow, but when they lost low wages in korea and vietnam, they also lost their growth. 3.) Another problem is Japan’s ageing population, which decreases it’s able work force and its [...]

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Toyota Trouble

This week Toyota is making a major recall for its hybrid cars after evidence of a problem with their anti-lock breaks. Toyota is known for its high-quality cars so a problem like this is dangerous for its repuation. especially in the midist of a financial crisis, loseing confidence in its costumers is not a good [...]

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China????

Contrary to common belief, products made in china are not only much cheaper than western-made goods; they are of higher quality. It’s amazing to me to think that china really has all their bases covered. Why trade with china? Because there are no trade offs. Less money spent for more quality; any businessman’s dream. Not [...]

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Plastic Baggage

By putting a tax on plastic bags, the Irish government quickly and effectively solved a pollution problem. they did not offend anyone, because they                                        didnt remove the choice. they did not hurt the economy, because the [...]

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