Ten Great Economists

Adam Smith, Scotland (1723-1791)
David Ricardo, England (1772-1823
Thomas Malthus, England (1766-1834)
John Stuart Mill, England (1806-1873)
Karl Marx, Germany (1818-1883)
Leon Walras, France (1834-1910)
Alfred Marshall, England (1842-1924)
Thorstein Veblen, USA (1857-1929)
John Maynard Keynes, England (1883-1946)
Irving Fisher, USA (1867-1947)
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Economic 101 for the Health Care Reform With a Public Option

Having a Government’s Healthcare with a Public Option as proposed by President Obama will likely cause to bring down and lower your monthly health insurance premium to as little as $25 a month for a full healthcare coverage including dental.
This is how it will work. As it has been reported (see CNN.com) that the premium [...]

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Should Rep. Joe Wilson Resign from the U.S. Congress?

While President Obama was delivering his most anticipated speech last night for his proposed Healthcare Reform, Rep. Joe Wilson (R. South Carolina) rudely shouted; “You lie” (CNN.com) to Obama during the speech, to which Obama shockingly paused and looked unpleasant to the Republican isle where the disruptive sound came from, and simultaneously, the whole House [...]

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Consumer confidence soars, or may be NOT?

“Sentiment reading increased to 54.1 in August, well above economists’ expectations.” reports CNNMoney.com.
That percentage number was based on a research survey mailed to 5,000 households?
That may sound rather peculiar and possibly stupidly unreliable. That’s, how did they determine which household to mail the survey to, okay, I’m sure they did it randomly, but how did they determine which [...]

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Making the Best Out of the Worst, Especially Right Now

Someone once told me that the start is always the easiest but is the end that counts the most. So, whatever it is that you are doing, people will always appreciate how you start, but will always remember how you finish.
Well, for me, it’s been a long journey trying to find my pitch, my niche, [...]

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Who Should We Blame for All the Impact of the Current World-wide Recession?

Today, in the U.S., whether you are a blue or white collar worker and if you still have a job, any kind of job, and have not been laid off or threatened to be laid off, then you are either just lucky, your laid off time hasn’t ticked in yet, your employer’s industry has not [...]

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NAFTA, the Good, the Best, and the Ugly for the Americas

NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, has been getting a lot of not so favorable, and sometimes, controversial headlines in recent years. Some critics blame it for the current labor shortages in the United States, due to the fact that most U.S. companies have been and continue to outsource and ship jobs overseas. While [...]

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The Most, Very Unique Invention Idea to Make Billions, Only for You?

In today’s competitive global economy, it’s all about finding your niche’. Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Google (Page & Brin), and many other entrepreneurs have magnificently excelled at doing this very same thing, they found their niche’, which they have and continue to exploit while making tons of money. You can also find your [...]

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The Daring Power of Honesty

Every one of us, anywhere, are all in need of something, we are all competing for resources, to make a living, to survive, and whatever it is that we may want, we can only get it from each other, if we are completely straight forward with one another.
In order to successfully make it in this [...]

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Surviving the World of Statistical Selection

On November 18, 2008, The New York Times published an article titled, The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill. The article reports the finding of 7,500 patients surveyed in several countries such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Britain and the United States, who suffered from at least one of seven chronic [...]

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