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06/23/2026
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A Federal Reserve sponsored bull market in the U.S.
09/24/2009
With quantitative easing (QE), the Fed creating money to buy Treasury bonds at a fast pace, and with inflation "exceptionally low" in the Fed's words, there is considerable liquidity to support the surge in stocks. But this could change quickly. Investors would benefit from caution.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/11/2013
Stockmarkets: Don’t worry, be happy
Economist 05/27/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2013
An About-Face for the Stock Market’s 5-Year Return
New York Times 02/15/2014
Telecom in emerging markets and how its transforming countries and lives.
09/24/2009
In many ways mobile phone access as it is becoming universal in these countries is transforming lives.
Grouped Articles
Economist 09/24/2009
Economist 09/24/2009
Economist 09/24/2009
Economist 09/24/2009
New investment strategies that keep a higher weighting in stocks than the "new normal" suggests.
09/24/2009
This strategy would take advantage of the growth in high growth countries overseas, and use oil and commodities stocks as a hedge against inflation.
Grouped Articles
The Peril and Promise of Investing in Russia
BusinessWeek 09/24/2009
BusinessWeek 09/24/2009
Economist 09/24/2009
Hedge Fund Chief Is Charged With Fraud
New York Times 10/17/2009
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2010
Stock Markets Are Poised to Steal the Show Next Year
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2010
A crucial test of leadership of President Obama for the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan- 2009-2010
09/23/2009
Obama has to look at the unofficial reports on the ground to get the facts, and be willing to change completely with the facts, if he is to accept Vice President Biden's view and advisor Reidel's view that counterinsurgency fight is not possible without a credible and legitimate Afghan partner.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
Pakistan's New Top Diplomat Heads to Kabul
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Obama Is Considering Strategy Shift in Afghan War
New York Times 09/23/2009
In Poll, Public Wary of Obama on War and Health
New York Times 09/25/2009
New York Times 09/25/2009
Class conflict in China and widening rich-poor gap.
09/22/2009
The way in which public anger was aroused in Hangchou and the rest of China, over a rich youth in a Mitsubishi racer (retrofitted for speed) running over a young telecom engineer from the poorer class.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2013
Survey in China Shows a Wide Gap in Income
New York Times 07/19/2013
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2013
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2015
China's Rich Youth Spark Bitter Divide
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2009
China's New Cultural Revolution
Wall Street Journal 10/09/2009
Conditions in East Germany.
09/21/2009
Lack of popularity of the Christian Democrats in the the east.
Grouped Articles
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
In a United Germany, the Scars of the East-West Divide Have Faded
New York Times 10/02/2015
Merkel Votes Scarce in Eastern Region
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2009
For Some Germans, Unity Is Still Work in Progress
New York Times 09/30/2010
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
Merkel's Defense of Euro Forged in East Germany
New York Times 01/30/2011
Obesity drugs.
09/21/2009
Grouped Articles
Race for Obesity Drugs Heats Up
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2009
Assessing the Chances for the Next Wave of Obesity Drugs
New York Times 10/17/2009
Shared Meals, Shared Knowledge
New York Times 09/28/2011
Drug Offers Hope in Obesity Fight
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2011
Former Coke executive slams ‘share of stomach’ marketing campaign - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/08/2012
New York Times 06/14/2010
The U.S. situation on the inflation front in fall 2009 with slack manufacturing capacity.
09/21/2009
Utilized Manufacturing capacity at below 70%.
Grouped Articles
Slack Attack: Fed Faces Test on Inflation
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2009
Economist 10/01/2009
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
As Unions Lose Their Grip, Indiana Lures Manufacturing Jobs
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2012
Looking Back- The Ron Wyden Free Choice Amendment in Sept. 2009 to introduce choice and competition in health care
09/17/2009
Wyden's emphasis on choice for all Americans in health care and introducing competition in health care services to pull back runaway medical costs was a critical piece of health care reform that did not find its way into the final health care bill. In the American system quality and cost is achieved through competition. Leaving this out in the final health care bill and the law that was passed means leaving out its vital element without which runaway costs are not checked. The Wyden-Ryan proposal on health care in December 2011 also emphasized this vital element of choice and competition as critical to controlling costs.
Grouped Articles
Sen. Ron Wyden Is Set to Get a Wider Platform
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2014
Health Reform’s Missing Ingredient
New York Times 09/17/2009
Joseph Rago: The Forgotten History of Ryan's Medicare Reform
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2012
Beneath Budget Battle, a Health-Spending Juggernaut
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2012
Ryan's Plan for Medicare Is Huge Bet by GOP
Wall Street Journal 04/05/2011
The Federal Reserve and the government's involvement in the mortgage markets.
09/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Fed Likely to Keep Buying Mortgage Instruments
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2009
How the Fed Can Avoid the Next Bubble
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2009
U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments
New York Times 11/29/2009
Homeownership Rate Declines to 15-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2012
Indonesia after the global financial crisis and the election in 2009.
09/10/2009
Grouped Articles
Indonesia Faces Price Rise as Currency Weakens
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2013
Economist 09/10/2009
Economist 09/10/2009
Economist 09/10/2009
Economist 09/10/2009
Economist 09/10/2009
Some rare insight and wisdom from Eisenhower.
09/03/2009
Eisenhower quotes Eric Hoffer in a response to Mr Biggs, a terminally ill veteran's letter to Ike. Even in ademocracy too many people tend to want not to have to think about tremedously complex and difficult questions. And not just ordinary people, even Congressmen and politicians. Healthy skepticism is often missing, and few people wish to look at the difficult questions and problems in any detail and think for themselves, preferring to trust a higher authority.
Grouped Articles
Bill Marriott Jr., on Inclusive Decision-Making
New York Times 05/25/2013
The Gang That Always Liked Ike
New York Times 11/15/2014
Reading 1945’s Signs of Peace in Life Magazine
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
New York Times 09/03/2009
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2011
New York Times 02/25/2012
The task of setting up a new reserve currency for the global economy that improves its growth prospects.
09/03/2009
Stiglitz and others talk about how a new reserve currency is needed to improve global growth prospects, in a win-win situation for the U.S. and for developing countries. The dollar as a reserve currency works to the disadvantage of both the U.S. and developing countries.
Grouped Articles
Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Farewell to the Dollar as the World's Currency of Choice
Washington Post 09/03/2009
World Bank Head Sees Dollar’s Role Diminishing
New York Times 09/29/2009
Zoellick Sees 'Other Options' to Buck
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2009
The Meltdown According to Stiglitz
BusinessWeek 01/14/2010
Social finance and the GIIN initiative to meet the needs of poor countries.
09/24/2009
Grouped Articles
Economist 09/24/09
The drought situation in Africa and the famine conditions in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya in 2009
09/24/2009
Shortages of food aid as price of maize, the staple, has doubled.
Grouped Articles
Rising Food Prices Make Africa Fight Ebola on Empty Stomach
Wall Street Journal 10/10/14
Economist 09/24/09
BusinessWeek 04/28/11
How America Leads the Fight Against Africa's Famine
Wall Street Journal 08/16/11
Ethiopians contemplate a nation without Prime Minister Meles Zenawi - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/08/12
Narrow Victory Seen in Kenya Presidential Race
Wall Street Journal 03/09/13
The problems with medical malpractice.
09/23/2009
Grouped Articles
Medical Malpractice System Breeds More Waste
New York Times 09/23/09
The Wind Energy Industry in the U.S.
09/22/2009
The job creation aspects of this industry, and the need for government mandates for renewable wind energy to prevent a slowdown.
Grouped Articles
Wind-Turbine Makers Press for Green Mandates
Wall Street Journal 09/22/09
Enter the Recession’s Waiting Room
New York Times 09/27/09
California and Texas: Renewable Energy’s Odd Couple
New York Times 10/18/09
Wall Street Journal 12/16/09
After Summit, 'Cleantech' Firms Reset Strategy
Wall Street Journal 12/23/09
Green Powerâs High Cost Scuttles Projects
New York Times 11/07/10
China's Foreign Aid assistance and lack of transparency.
09/22/2009
Corruption in Chinas foreign aid programs.
Grouped Articles
China Spreads Aid in Africa, With a Catch for Recipients
New York Times 09/22/09
A Tiny Tax Could Do a World of Good
New York Times 09/24/09
Wall Street Journal 11/26/11
Chinese Lawyers Chafe at New Oath to Communist Party
New York Times 03/22/12
Political Risk Casts New Shadow Over China
Wall Street Journal 03/25/12
Japan's consumer market shifts to thrifty buying and discount stores do well.
09/21/2009
Cheap is fashionable and price is No 1 on people's minds.
Grouped Articles
Once Slave to Luxury, Japan Catches Thrift Bug
New York Times 09/21/09
Safeway Shifts Tactics in Grocery Price War
Wall Street Journal 10/16/09
The New Japanese Way: Downmarket
Wall Street Journal 08/05/10
Wall Street Journal 03/01/11
The Frugal Japanese Customer.
09/21/2009
Frugal consumers in Japan.
Grouped Articles
Once Slave to Luxury, Japan Catches Thrift Bug
New York Times 09/21/09
Retail and the Rise of the Frugal Consumer
Wall Street Journal 10/07/09
Versace to Shutter Its Japan Stores
Wall Street Journal 10/08/09
Spendthrift to Penny Pincher: A Vision of the New Consumer
Wall Street Journal 12/18/09
Wall Street Journal 03/01/11
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
Consumer gadgets like flat screen tvs and the growing greenhouse emissions.
09/20/2009
Lack of standards for consumer gadgets and products is amajor problem that needs to be addressed.
Grouped Articles
Plugged-In Age Feeds a Hunger for Electricity
New York Times 09/20/09
The Wyden-Ryan Medicare proposal in Dec. 2011
09/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Sen. Ron Wyden Is Set to Get a Wider Platform
Wall Street Journal 01/14/14
A Bipartisan Way Forward on Medicare
Wall Street Journal 12/15/11
Paul Ryan is Romney’s pick for vice presidential nominee - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/12
New York Times 08/12/12
Health Reform’s Missing Ingredient
New York Times 09/17/09
Washington Post 08/14/12
Actions to shore up confidence in financial markets in the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis
09/12/2009
Efforts to limit the damage from the mortgage crisis especialy to the healthier financial institutions and to overall financial markets. Actions taken within the market by financial institutions themselves to shore up confidence or to make good investments.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
A Year After a Cataclysm, Little Change on Wall St.
New York Times 09/12/09
Bonds backed by Mortgages Regain Allure
New York Times 02/18/12
Long-term understanding of the U.S. economic crisis - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/19/12
Homeownership Rate Declines to 15-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 05/01/12
Health care policy-Lessons from FDR.
09/03/2009
Lessons from FDR in the area of health care policy.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/03/09
Richard Haas on Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. national security goals, and action needed to redirect resources.
09/03/2009
Haas calls Afghanistan a strategic distraction and calls for the redirection of resources. The $125 billion spent there each year should go to address national security goals in areas that need it badly-, to reduce the deficit finances which weakens the US, the growing threats from N. Korea and Iran's nuclear development, and modernization needs in defense.
Grouped Articles
In Pakistan, Echoes of American Betrayal
New York Times 07/31/10
A Foreign Policy Flirting With Chaos
Wall Street Journal 04/30/14
U.S. Exploring Deal to Limit Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
New York Times 10/15/15
Wall Street Journal 12/20/10
Wall Street Journal 12/27/10
U.S. efforts fail to convince Pakistan's top general to target Taliban
Washington Post 12/31/10
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