Retirement- While in your 30s most of us are not concerned with retirement or how you will make ends meet when you are 65. But it is more important than you know to start early in order to get your ducks in a row to make sure your golden years are, well, golden. Requirements to […]
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the only global carbon trading system which is designed to create funding to give poor countries access to new energy technologies; and it is on the verge of collapse. The UN’s system has raised billions of dollars over the past seven years to develop renewable energy projects, such as
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Health Insurance- The stated purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka. ObamaCare) is to provide affordable health insurance to everyone. In fact, the program actually penalizes anyone who does not pay for coverage. The largest victims, however, are businesses who fund their own insurance program in order to keep it cost-effective. Assessment for
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Natural Gas Trends: Europe- Gazprom has Europe’s natural gas market in a stranglehold and Europe is attempting to fight back, first with a raid last year on the Russian giant’s offices and then with a probe launched earlier this week against its allegedly illicit efforts to control the EU’s natural gas supplies. The bottom line
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Healthy Economy- We often hear phrases that make sense, but have you considered their meaning? One such phrase is a “healthy” economy. How is good or bad “health,” in this context, determined? Well, a healthy economy is one that is productive. Production is the process of creating values that other people in the marketplace want
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Will the US Face Blackouts as Electricity Generation Suffers in Drought? Well, its official – the U.S. government has acknowledged that the U.S. is in the worst drought in over 50 years, since December 1956, when about 58 percent of the contiguous U.S. was in moderate to extreme drought. According to the National Oceanic and
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Keynesian vs. Austrian Economics- Economics is the lifeblood of every nation. How money flows through from employers, to employees, to governments, and back again is the basic idea of economics. There are many different theories on how economics actually works however. Two prominent economic theories that are often hotly debated are Keynesian and Austrian economics. The
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History books call the period after the War of 1812 “The Era of Good Feelings.” America was a young nation that had a sense of purpose. National political strife was at a minimum; optimism was in the air. Major advances in technology and engineering brought the country turnpikes for easier travel and “The Canal Craze”
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Fiscal Cliff- We do get these buzz phrases about the economy, don’t we? A special jargon of the financial press and the commentariat, shorthand expressions intended to suggest the speaker has an especially intimate understanding of economic events. Note: See Optio Money’s Financial Jargon directory and Mortgage Jargon Directory for help with the Jargon. Federal
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Spending Trends- The Olympic Games were an impressive spectacle in London over the last few weeks and analysts predict that it will create world-wide spending ripples.  For instance, the jolliness is expected to contribute $2.6-billion into the Australian economy, the bulk of which is believed to be spent at bars and pubs. And, interestingly enough, this time, it’s the
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