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More on freshwater economics

…website at freepoint365.com to learn more. [A]n entire cottage industry called the economics profession sprang up, firmly anchored on the shores of Lake Michigan, aimed at creating cultural narratives and…

Draining liquidity from the banking system

…pounds? The Fed is considering another route, too: conducting the same repurchase agreements with the money-market mutual fund industry in tandem. An excerpt from the FT: The Federal Reserve is…

HR3200 Sec 116: Golden Bullet? or Smoking Gun?

…of cherry-picking the risk pool. In a word this Sec automatically limits profits by establishing indirect price controls. Which is not going to make the insurance industry happy. To see…

Money = Wind, Bush and Fox News?

…explosively. From 2000 to 2007, the industry increased fivefold in size. Last year, $36 billion in wind investments were made around the world, with $9 billion invested in U.S.-based projects….

Another tipping point for global trade patterns?

…a button sewn into its ear, quality is everything. The multi-billion dollar toy industry has been at the forefront of the massive shift of manufacturing to China where it can…

Forbes global 2000

…for example, has 48 companies this year vs. 27 in 2004. Measured by number of companies, 315, the banking industry has the biggest presence on the global 2000. Banking also…

Oil and oil addictions

…and regional autonomy in order to share in the benefits that a major expansion in the oil industry will bring. Hakim is replacing Iraqi troops specifically with his followers, so…