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Economics Economists, Show Your Assumptions … What if I told you that jumping off a cliff is entirely safe, except for gravity? Would you find my prediction insightful or useful? Strange as it may seem, this is precisely the kind of logic that underpins many of the models that economists build to help them understand the world — and even to make policy recommendations on things such as...Read More

Final fed climate report will present dire picture … The Obama administration is more certain than ever that global warming is changing Americans' daily lives and will worsen – conclusions that scientists will detail in a massive federal report to be released Tuesday. – APDominant Social Theme: Times are grim and getting hotter.Free-Market Analysis: The US government is repor...Read More

Inside Monsanto … The company is using its biotech muscle to genetically engineer crops — but also beef up traditional cross-breeding. Say the term "genetically modified organism," or GMO, and you're bound to get some strong opinions. But what is it? And should we be afraid? Like it or not, humans have been in the business of genetically changing organisms since we first...Read More

Final fed climate report will present dire picture … The Obama administration is more certain than ever that global warming is changing Americans' daily lives and will worsen – conclusions that scientists will detail in a massive federal report to be released Tuesday. – APDominant Social Theme: Times are grim and getting hotter.Free-Market Analysis: The US government is repor...Read More

Inside Monsanto … The company is using its biotech muscle to genetically engineer crops — but also beef up traditional cross-breeding. Say the term "genetically modified organism," or GMO, and you're bound to get some strong opinions. But what is it? And should we be afraid? Like it or not, humans have been in the business of genetically changing organisms since we first...Read More

Dumbbells are and will always be your most valuable tool at the gym. Being very versatile dumbbells allow for many variations, and this to a greater extent than machines.As you know exercises variation is of prime importance for growth, strength and longevity.Here 3 simple ways to instantly change the motor recruitment pattern of any dumbbellcurl exercise:Grip #1: Centered gripGrip #2: Offset grip...Read More

Correction will coincide with six-month seasonal downswingWe're still tiptoeing through queasy stock markets. So, don't rest easy just yet.A correction of some sort is under way - one that neatly coincides with the start of the markets' seasonal six months of underperformance, otherwise known as "sell in May and go away."But some industry sectors are rallying, while some indicators suggest there's...Read More

Worries over emerging markets continue, but North America looks poised for a recoveryThe stock market has been in quite a funk these last few weeks.Expectations of a reduction in stimulus from the Federal Reserve, weak economic data in the U.S., slowing Chinese growth, problems with specific developing countries - all of these factors have triggered a massive wave of selling in emerging markets ea...Read More

In the meantime they had been in deep and friendly conversation with three masked men with Kalashnikovs. "We are just making sure everyone remains calm," explained a sergeant. "These guys are being provoked, they are angry." Who is provoking them? I asked. "The Ukrainian army, of course, the rest of us want none of this bloodshed," the policeman responded. – UK...Read More

How to Teach Better Teachers … U.S. schools don't have enough great teachers. There are various reasons for that, chief among them tenure protections that prevent principals from cutting loose low performers and union contracts that require the worst teachers to be paid the same as the best. But the trouble begins even before teachers arrive in the classroom: Education schools at U.S. un...Read More

In the meantime they had been in deep and friendly conversation with three masked men with Kalashnikovs. "We are just making sure everyone remains calm," explained a sergeant. "These guys are being provoked, they are angry." Who is provoking them? I asked. "The Ukrainian army, of course, the rest of us want none of this bloodshed," the policeman responded. – UK...Read More

How to Teach Better Teachers … U.S. schools don't have enough great teachers. There are various reasons for that, chief among them tenure protections that prevent principals from cutting loose low performers and union contracts that require the worst teachers to be paid the same as the best. But the trouble begins even before teachers arrive in the classroom: Education schools at U.S. un...Read More

The surprise success of Thomas Piketty … The surprise success of the French economist Thomas Piketty's income disparity blockbuster Capital in the 21st Century has forced battlelines to be drawn in the world of political economics. Piketty's unremarkable contention, after having crawled through two centuries of data, is that the inequitable distribution of wealth in Western society h...Read More

Silver looks like gold as slump defies more car-part use … Silver is being undermined by its association with gold. While makers of everything from jewellery to solar panels are buying the most silver in nine years, prices are languishing. Investors are dismissing industrial demand and instead focusing on the waning appeal of precious metals as a haven, with the Federal Reserve paring econom...Read More

The surprise success of Thomas Piketty … The surprise success of the French economist Thomas Piketty's income disparity blockbuster Capital in the 21st Century has forced battlelines to be drawn in the world of political economics. Piketty's unremarkable contention, after having crawled through two centuries of data, is that the inequitable distribution of wealth in Western society h...Read More

Silver looks like gold as slump defies more car-part use … Silver is being undermined by its association with gold. While makers of everything from jewellery to solar panels are buying the most silver in nine years, prices are languishing. Investors are dismissing industrial demand and instead focusing on the waning appeal of precious metals as a haven, with the Federal Reserve paring econom...Read More

Steve Bell - Live @ The Merritt Family Celebration at The Norwood Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba,CanadaRead More

LNG TankerThe $100 billion Prosperity Fund that the British Columbia government claims will be generated by LNG development in the province is unrealistic, according to theCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).The projections are based on assumptions of large export volumes and high prices in Asia, which the CCPA said are "too good to be true." The government said the fund will accumulat...Read More

The Dow Jones industrial average rose to an all-time high on Wednesday after investors assessed more corporate earnings, the latest move from the Fed and an unexpectedly weak reading on economic growth in the first quarter. Sealed Air, a food packing company, and C.H. Robinson, a freight company, were among stocks that rose after reporting earnings. On Wednesday: The Dow Jones industrial average r...Read More