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Posted on: August 19, 2011
In what surely will grab the headlines in the coming days Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has proposed that countries around the world work together to solve the global recession by adopting a plan of higher taxes and overall tax policy reform coupled with overhauling entitlement programs. She has also called on countries to improve their unemployment situations by following through on infrastructure projects.
Category: International Markets | Taxes | The Economy | Top Stories
Posted on: August 1, 2011
Our insane politicians should be commended for giving us cheap entertainment. Too bad the debt agreement solves NOTHING. Here’s why…
Tags: Boehner, debt ceiling, government spending, obama, tax cuts
Category: Taxes | U.S. Investing | US Economy | US Government News | Washington News
Posted on: June 21, 2011
What can Obama do to get us out of debt? The Economist has a suggestion. Follow the post-World War 2 model. From 1945 to ’55, the US’s debt load dropped 50 percentage points, from 116% of GDP to 66%. How did America do it? Negative real interest rates and inflation. Lo and
Tags: austerity, Bernanke, China, global debt, Inflation, obama, QE, us debt, US economy
Category: Taxes | The Economy | The Federal Reserve | US Dollar and Forex | US Economy
Posted on: April 7, 2011
Jeffrey Sachs hates low taxes. He says “Let’s stop this horrendous process where we are being gamed by global companies that are playing off our governments, one against the other and ending up by depriving ourselves of the productive base of our societies.” Who is Jeffrey Sachs? He’s the director of The
Tags: European debt, Ireland, Jeffrey Sachs, taxes, us debt
Category: Taxes | Top Stories | US Economy | Washington News
Posted on: March 21, 2011
Britain thinks that California should consider ditching the dollar and going its own way. Yes it sounds outrageous (as intended). But, as The Guardian points out, California would have “approximately the eighth largest economy in the world and its fairly low debt-to-GDP ratio (about 3%) – would make it one of the
Tags: California, credit ratings, States budget, tax cuts, tax increases
Category: Dividend and Income Investing News | Taxes | The Economy | The Politics of Investing
Posted on: January 26, 2011
John Paulson has become America’s best investor at recognizing when a market overshoots in either direction and making a boatload of money off the correction…
Tags: big banks, Citigroup, John Paulson, TARP, US banks, US recovery
Category: Commodities | Gold, Silver, and Precious Metals | Real Estate | Taxes | U.S. Investing | US Economy | Wall Street
Posted on: January 25, 2011
Hey, Freddie and Fannie only cost us freakin’ $151 billion. So what’s the big deal? The big deal is that the government still wants to play a role in financing housing…
Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, government spending, housing reform, US housing
Category: Real Estate | Taxes | The Politics of Investing | US Economy | US Government News | Washington News
