Posts Tagged ‘From the President’

Overcoming the Class 5 Rapids

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

This has been quite a year so far for the global economy. The collapse of the mortgage market and much of the rest of the loan market in the U.S. has spread around the world. Energy prices have soared, reacting not just to global demand and supply fears but to the extremely weak dollar (which […]

NEWS & VIEWS

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Latest news

The Current Sub-prime Tsunami

Friday, August 24th, 2007

There are thousands of lives that are tragically altered, and their stories do not make headlines dominated by the huge mortgage companies, banks and brokerage firms that created the greed-driven implosion and now whine about their own fate.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

Here’s something to think about: “The 2006 “Broccoli report” showed that broccoli produced in Sweden led to 60% less greenhouse emissions than imported broccoli. And 99% of all broccoli that is consumed in Sweden is imported, with Spain and and Ecuador as major exporters. Interestingly enough, transporting the broccoli from Ecuador produced about 40% of […]

Performance

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

The word “performance” in modern times has produced everything from Viagra to ergogenic supplements to insider trading.

Christmas Lights(A)

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

The ushering in of 2007 is behind us, with all the promises and parties, and the removal of holiday lights from lawns, bushes, trees, rooftops and windows. Not to be missed by some of us are the giant inflated Disney-like lighted characters that die rather messy deaths during the day […]

Milton Friedman and Us(A)

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Milton Friedman passed away recently at the age of 94. “Among economic scholars, Milton Friedman had no peer,” Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve Chairman, said. “The direct and indirect influences of his thinking on contemporary monetary economics would be difficult to […]

Dear Reader(A)

Monday, January 16th, 2006

How much, we must ask, is enough?

“The High Cost of Low Price”(A)

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

The issues around Wal-Mart extend well beyond the Main Streets of America.

Tallberg, Sweden(A)

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

“How on Earth Can We Live Together?”


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