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Last night the duty officer woke me up at midnight. We had a passenger along from Marroco to France, he had a truckload of blood plasma. There were some problem with the cooling of the truck, and the only manual in the truck was a list of alarm codes and service centers. I figure out that the...

Source Another one bites the economic crisis dust.

Interesting paper with a collection of studies on health, technology and economic performance. How did the West become rich? Amartya Sen,an economist and recently President of the American Economics Association, has pointed out that an important marker of the success of an economy is the...

No joke. Do you realize that the lions share of your county taxes goes for public schools? Do you realize that people from limited income groups, like the elderly, have had their parents pay for their education, and now they are paying themselves, when they have been out of school for years...

The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Scott Burns This is a good book I was reading today - the authors, economists, discuss the gigantic problems with Social Security and Medicare, and how Bush's plan doesn't do enough to...

And I'll admit I am one of them. Help me out here. Let's forget economics 101 and start off with 01 instead.:D Okay, somewheres in the distant past, people bartered and traded for goods and services. Then along came a money system, right? Who started the whole thing off by giving who the...

Economist: China Loses in Dollar Stability Wednesday January 26, 3:47 pm ET By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writer China Has Lost Faith in Stability of U.S. Dollar, Top Chinese Economist Says at World Forum DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- China has lost faith in the stability of the U.S...

Remember, it's the economy, stupid. Source: reuters economic indicators article

From the Conference Board - more bad news for the dems: conference board 2004 forecast

Today, there's this headline in a Brazilian newspaper: Crisis improves the "faith industry". It goes on to explain how the sales of religious artifacts and self-help books have increased following a year of economic crisis. Brazilians have lost 16% of their purchasing power in the last 12...