Should Europe bail them out, what choices do they have? What options would Portugal have? Can they get out of the EU, or devalue currency or increase productivity or reduce wages? What would you do a…
Started by Miguel Costa in Open Discussion. Last reply by paul 13 hours ago.
Corporations spend trillions of dollars trying to influence our vote in the supermarket. Should corporations also be able to spend money on ads trying to get us to vote for a specific political candi…
Tagged: campaign commercials, corporations
Started by Nathan Andover in Open Discussion. Last reply by paul 14 hours ago.
For the better part of a year I have been helping my sister out with collecting old coins. Coins from the past of course. While most of us rarely pay for anything in cash these days, the times I do…
Tagged: coins, old, local economies, money supply
Started by Larry in Economics. Last reply by Nathan Andover 1 day ago.
We all have been hearing about how big our national debt has gotten. The Bush Administration more than doubled the national debt. They also added a bunch of spending and unfunded liabilities that are…
Tagged: problem, national debt
Started by Nathan Andover in Economics. Last reply by paul Feb 6.
I'm a big fan of pay as you go legislation. PAYGO would require lawmakers to offset any new tax cuts or spending increases with equivalent tax increases or spending cuts. I know there are times when…
Tagged: paygo, legislation, pay as you go
Started by paul in Open Discussion. Last reply by Nathan Andover Feb 5.
Here's the video fo President Obama's weekly address where he talks about jobs, the deficit, the spending freeze and pay as you go legislation:
Tagged: weekly address, economics, spending freeze, Obama, President
Started by paul in Open Discussion. Last reply by James Scott Feb 4.
What does everyone think of the financial regulation reform bills working their way through the congress? I think we need much tighter reforms. I think the lax regulations were part of the reason wh…
Tagged: bill, reform, financial regulation
Started by OICUAM2 in Open Discussion. Last reply by Mary Ayala Feb 3.
The American dollar continues to lose value. What is happening with the dollar? Why is it falling in value? What are the future prospects for the dollar? I'm doing some research on this topic, but…
Tagged: what is happening, dollar
Started by Nathan Andover in Economics. Last reply by paul Jan 31.
Economic growth in the United States is what most of us want, right? So how is it going to happen? Where is the economic growth going to come from? We have a lot of jobs to regain and a lot of debt…
Tagged: united states, economic growth, economics
Started by Willie in Economics. Last reply by James Scott Jan 29.
Ben Bernanke has been nominated by the Obama Administration for a second four year term at the Federal Reserve. It is not clear at this moment if he will get the required 60 confirmation votes in the…
Tagged: federal reserve, senate, second term, ben bernanke
Started by James Scott in Open Discussion Jan 22.
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