A recent analysis of oil prices by the International Energy Agency revealed dismal data and concluded that oil prices are 'dangerous' for the global economy. The lead energy watchdog group found that oil costs for over 34 countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and...
William "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of The United States. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas to William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., and Virginia Dell Cassidy. When Clinton was three months old, Clinton's grandparents, Eldridge and Edith Cassidy,...
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and present President of the United States. Born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., Obama spent his childhood in Witchita, Kansas. Obama's parents separated when he was a toddler at the age of two, and later divorced....
Unemployment in Nevada rose to a staggering 10.1% in February 2009. In just one year, that rate has doubled. In February of 2008 the unemployment rate in Nevada was at 5.5%. There are two main reasons for the drastic rise in unemployed Nevada residents. First, the housing market in Nevada has...
The study of the production, distribution and consumption of both goods and services is called economics. What economists do is to try to understand the economy and how it responds to the many factors that would influence it. The concept of modern economics started in 1776. This was the year Adam...
For a time in our countries economy when down revenues are the norm and layoffs are all to common there is one company that continues to surge and surge on it did last Quarter. Apple posted record earnings. "Apple reported on Tuesday third-quarter earnings higher than analysts had expected, but...
Societies across the globe are facing the dire consequence that life as we know it is clambering to chaos. Worldwide infrastructures are crumbling, popular culture has become the baseline for values, and dysfunctional governments are now controlling the world. Here are 10 Signs The World Has Gone...
Keynesian Economics is a theory put forth by the British economist, John Maynard Keynes. It was used to analyze the Great Depression and was influential in the decision of the United States government to enforce interventionist economic policies. According to Keyes, a healthy economy encourages...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
The US Federal Cash For Clunkers programs officially gets underway today. It will be interesting to see how this effects the economy will probably see a rise in new car purchases, and increased manufacturing as well as better gas mileage. Either way if your looking to trade out your car now looks...
