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Entries in Economy (12)

Wednesday
Apr042012

4 Key to Financial Success – Money Tips to Consider

Are you aware of the financial steps that you need to take to help you stay on top of your finances? If the answer is no, the time is now to read on.

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Wednesday
Nov092011

The American Job: The Promise of Instability

At best, this across the field job neurosis could inspire a sense of camaraderie, a shared misery that reduces the jealousy and hostility that I’m all too afraid will define this era.

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Thursday
Oct132011

Occupy Philly Protest Report

The Lunch Break went on scene last weekend to capture the words and images of the Occupy Philly Protest.

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Wednesday
Sep142011

How Can We Stop the Rising Poverty?

I want to offer solutions so more and more people can have lunch and share in a conversation with optimism.

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Sunday
Aug282011

The Economic Silver Lining of Hurricane Irene's Aftermath

Some big economic players seem to agree on the need for more leadership out of Washington based on comments at last week's annual economic meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Tuesday
Feb222011

Carraway News: Athlete Abuse, Beil's Bargaining, and Oil's Unrest

By Lost Albatross

Taxpayers should not retaliate against public sector employees for a crisis that has been caused by Wall Street.

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Wednesday
Oct272010

The Allowance of Financial Independence 

And that discussion is how we support, financially speaking, our children in today’s cash-strapped, recession lingering, depression fearing society and whether or not many parents’ seemingly excessive, relentless indulgence of their children’s wants (not needs) is having long-term detrimental effects to current and future generations’ ability to sever their dependence on mommy and daddy’s wallets and establish meaningful autonomy in a fiercely and financially competitive world. (Was that a run-on sentence?)

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Wednesday
Aug252010

Is the Future of the American Worker Overseas?  

We do have the skilled labor and the world is looking towards the US to help those developing nations gain a footing in the global economy. America is at a point where we need to go off shore with our skills.

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Wednesday
Aug042010

Ding Dong: The Middle Class is Dead

So to wave this once bulging belly of the American economy good bye (no fat jokes please, let’s not add insult to decimation), I decided to think who was really to blame for this future fossil of world history.The middle classes were created first by God, then the guilds, and finally credit.

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Wednesday
Jul142010

The Price of Happiness on Sale Now

So is there a number that we should be striving for in our careers to find the perfect balance between daily positive feelings and the ultimate euphoria of life satisfaction? So what will it take in cash to make you happy? Maybe less than you think.

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