International Economics

The Telegraph today bewails the fact that customers of Indian curry houses in the UK - which imports more rice than any other EU country - can now look forward to smaller portions, higher prices, less meat and more vegetable dishes. "We've heard that people are taking away the little embellishments - fish and chips might now be missing the coleslaw...Where before you might be offered a 4oz and 8oz steak, now you can only have the 4oz." Fortunately most of us in Europe and the US will take the... Read Full Story

Your life is going to change in ways you cannot imagine. Many of those upper middle class supporters of Barack Obama are going to find themselves without a job in the coming years. Many of John McCains supporters are going to find that his immigration policy was based upon a profound lack of understanding of the core issue, and their taxes will skyrocket. Eighty million baby boomers will find that the well is indeed dry, just as they need it the most. Those in favor of universal health... Read Full Story

There are many different determinants of productivity that when not kept constant may tend to prohibit or limit a poor country’s ability to catch up with rich ones. In most poor country’s people tend to save very little to invest later in capital due to the low wages of most workers that tend to be so low as to be barely enough to meet the necessities of life as opposed to rich countries who tend to have incentives by the government to save. Since saving and investment plays such an important... Read Full Story

Newer: Karzai only controls 1/3 of Afghanistan » Older: « The Israeli Agenda and the Scorecard of the Zionist Power Configuration for 2008 Home: Most Recent The Christian Commons Project™ View blog reactions  No-Graphics Print Version Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 @ 12:23:56 AM (PST) By Tom Usher The credit storm which began in July when two Bear Stearns hedge funds were forced to liquidate, has continued to intensify. Last week the noose... Read Full Story

League of Dorks Ombudsman Report: Where I reveal my inner hidden dorkiness to the rest of the world for the benefit of dork-nondork relations. The morning after the premiere of Spiderman III, I e-mailed my boss to tell her that I would be coming into the office late because the movie had a run-time much longer than anticipated and as a result, I had not gotten to sleep until well past 3 a.m. She replied with something to the extent of "That's fine. But don't forget to wear your League of... Read Full Story