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Tiger Woods may be a great golfer. But I wouldn't buy a mortgage from him. Here's why.
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Economics II: Macroeconomics and Political Economy
The way for the government to stimulate the economy and to avoid or climb out of a Depression, as John Maynard Keynes wrote, and as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proved with [...]
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In his State of the Union Address <video, transcript Englsh, en español>, President Obama said “The best anti-poverty program is a world classeducation.” He described a positive, or reinforcing, feedback loop. Education enables people to accomplish more, earn more, and better educate their children, who also accomplish more and earn more. It is one of [...]
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In an e-mail to supporters, Rush Holt, D, NJ-12 said, I just now voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I want you to know about this development and what the bill means for you. This bill would provide secure and stable health coverage regardless of whether you change jobs or [...]
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If it is right for the government to distribute flu vaccine, and try to stop smallpox, malaria, other epidemics, then it is right for the government to institute a national health care plan - "Single Payer" or "Medicare for All," or "The Public Option."
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The Giant Pool of Money is an outstanding radio documentary which explains, in large part, our current economic woes. If we have the chronology right, this episode of This American Life - now rebroadcast as "Return To The Giant Pool of Money" led to NPR's creation of the blog Planet Money. Click here for other economic [...]
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The "Public Option" versus The Status Quo.
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I have a good full-time job. I buy the health insurance my Human Resources Dept tells me to buy. (This is not, by the way, a "free market" as described by Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and other neo-classical economists.) I pay enough that I could be driving a Hummer about [...]
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In response to Paul O'Neill's opinion piece “Health Care’s Infectious Losses,” in the Times of July 6th, one letter stands out, which we here reprint in its entirety: To the Editor:Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill leaves out a significant factor in his formula for reducing hospital-acquired infections and medical costs: making sure [...]
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Mindgrowth, a U.S.-Canadian company - distributes biofeedback equipment - with and without tracking software - used for, among other things, pain management/reduction, treating PTSD, panic disorders, and other uses.The GSR2 (pictured below) is designed and manufactured in North America by Thought Technology, the largest manufacturer of biofeedback products in the world. There are more than [...]
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How to fix GM: Bio-Diesel Hybrids sold with 2KW solar energy systems. Medicare for all employees, retirees, limit executive salaries and everyone else
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Bob Coffield, an attorney specializing in health care law, is the proprietor of the Health Care Law Blog.(Those of you paying close attention will notice that between the URL and the name -- the words are reversed. It's the right address).This is an excellent blog - but of the posts I've read so far, Coffield [...]
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From the Pump Handle
Stimulating Broadband