In Jobless Rate Fell To 8.3% in January, 2012, as, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 243,000 new jobs were added in the economy, here. This is good. But an unemployment rate of 8.3% means there are 13 million people out of work and looking for jobs. That doesn’t count the millions that [...]
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“Think Global, Act Local,” – Anonymous. “Re-localization is a critical step in moving toward sustainability. The “global economy” is one of the culprits of our present mess,” – John Ehrenfeld. “Sustainability is the possibility that human and other life will flourish on the planet forever,” – John Ehrenfeld. Ehrenfeld, author of “Sustainability by Design,” here, [...]
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The Giant Pool of Money is an outstanding radio documentary which explains, in watch full movie 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 [...]
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