Tags: john lounsbury
Wealth on a Boeing 747
May 25th, 2013
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Econintersect: The richest 400 people are wealthier than the bottom 60%. We are not talking about the 1% here - this is the top 0.00013%! That is the top 1.3% of the top 1% of the top 1% of the top 1%. Watch an explanatory video by visually after the… more »
Are IMF, World Bank Purveyors of Assisted Suicide?
May 25th, 2013
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Econintersect: A feature program from RT, "The Truth Seeker", has an 11-minute program on activities of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank. The program theme for the episode covered in this report is that the two organizations rea… more »
Ross Garnaut: China Rebalancing Will Change World Economies
May 25th, 2013
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Econintersect: Australian economist Ross Garnaut, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, was interviewed this week on the newly formed Macro Business TV. The host of the session was David Llewellyn Smith, Macro Bu… more »
Study: Extended Unemployment Benefits Do Not Delay Return to Employment
May 24th, 2013
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Tornado History
May 23rd, 2013
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Econintersect: Associated Press Science writer Seth Borentstein has reported that the strength of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on 21 May 2013 dwarfed the "awesome energy of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima". Just how powerful was this storm? How… more »
