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The Old-Fashioned Secret To Networking

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Connections, Business Connections, Networking Tips, Making Connections, Small Business Networking, Small Business News and Trends, Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit, In Person Contact, Small Business News

In a world where business partners, thousands of miles apart, can chat via Skype, exchange data through email and virtually sign important documents, ...

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The Most Expensive City In The World Is...

Posted 02.16.2012

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Looking to relocate? You might want to take a peek at the Economist Intelligence Unit's new report on which cities have the most expensive cost-of-liv...

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Bryan Caplan, The Serenity Dad, Does Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bryan Caplan, the George Mason University economist, espouses the world's least neurotic parenting philosophy: "serenity parenting." ...

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Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality

Michael Shank | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: National Peace Academy, Richard Wilkinson, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Institute for Economics and Peace, President Obama, Income Inequality, Congressional Black Caucus, Spirit Level, Democrats, Poverty Rates, Michael Shank, Unemployment, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Economist, Kate Pickett, George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Global Peace Index, Republicans, Vision of Humanity, US Peace Index, Occupy Wall Street, Warren Buffett, Politics News

Reduce income inequality and you reduce the rates of every kind of social malaise that are draining our federal, state and local budgets and services. Eradicate both and you have a certain moneymaker for America.

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Economists Scaling Back Growth Forecasts Through Next Year: Survey

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Confronted with an economy that has decidedly underperformed this year, economists are scaling back their growth forecasts for 2011 and ...

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Friday Talking Points -- Give 'Em Hell, Barry!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.09.2011

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President Barack Obama opened his re-election campaign last night with a wowzer of a speech to a joint session of Congress.

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PHOTOS: World's 10 Most Liveable Cities

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.30.2011

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Proud Aussies have an extra special reason to celebrate today, as Australian cities are considered the most liveable in the world, according to a new ...

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Why Asian Women Are Saying No To Marriage

The Economist | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Marriage, Marriage Affects Happiness, Women Avoiding Marriage, Marriage in Asia, Marriage-and-Happiness, Economist, Marriage Rates, How Marriage Affects Women, Women and Marriage, Women News

WITH her filmy polka-dot dress, huge sunglasses and career as a psychologist, Yi Zoe Hou of Taiwan might seem likely to be besieged by suitors. Yet, a...

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Bigger Problem: Jobs Crisis Or Rising Food Prices?

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Jobs Crisis, Niall Ferguson, Inflation, Biggest Economic Problem, Developing Inflation, Global Recovery, Krugman, Poll, Food Prices, Economist, Tradeoff Inflation Unemployment, Business News

Global policymakers are in a bind: deal with inflation or tackle the unemployment crisis? World food prices have risen 36 percent in the last year...

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America's Foreclosure Ghost Towns

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Demolition, Population Decrease, Ghost Towns, Real Estate, Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas, Housing Crisis, Detroit, Economist, Low Real Estate Sales, Slidepollajax, Business News

On the cover of their most recent issue, Fortune declares the "return of Real Estate" to be upon us. With the national housing market wrecked by low s...

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The Economist: 'Deficit Hawkery As Farce'

The Economist | M.S. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Cantor, John Boehner, Budget Cuts, Boehner, Budget, Economy, Gop, Mcconnell, Economist, Eric Cantor, Republicans, Business News

I'M HAVING trouble writing about the GOP effort to reach a compromise over whether to cut $100 billion out of the 2011 budget, or just $50-60 billion....

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'Democracy Recession' Sweeps The Globe

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Global Economy, Economist, Global Recession, Politics, Full Democracy, Slidepollajax, U.S. Government, Norway, U.S., Government, Democractic Recession, North Korea, World News

Norwegians have the privilege of enjoying the most democratic government on the planet, a new report has found. Now in its third edition, the Econom...

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My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 3

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

However preordained the financial crisis was, it's remarkable how long its architects kept the game going. They managed to sustain the unsustainable for five years -- roughly from 2002 into late 2006.

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My Talk With Michael Hudson, Part 1

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Public Integrity, Mortgages, Ameriquest, Debt, Michael Hudson, Financial Fraud, The Monster, Economist, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, William K. Black, Reporter, Bill Black, Subprime, Alan Greenspan, Bernie Madoff, Financial Crisis, Super Imperialism, Mistaken Identity, Business News

We first became aware of the "Will-the-real-Michael-Hudson-please-stand-up?" problem years ago when we started getting compliments from friends and colleagues for each others work.

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7 Classic Bad Calls In Business Journalism

Daily Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, Barron's has a cover story entitled, "Bye-Bye Bear." The basic idea is that the bear market is finally over for good and "America's money m...

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Carmen Reinhart Warns That High Unemployment Could Last 10 Years

The New York Times | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: This Time Is Different, Sovereign Debt, Unemployment, Carmen Reinhart, Financial Crisis, Jobless, Jobs, Economist, Kansas Deficits, Unemployment Rate, Business News

The American economy could experience painfully slow growth and stubbornly high unemployment for a decade or longer as a result of the 2007 collapse o...

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Joseph Stiglitz: Cutting Taxes Won't Help Recovery

CNBC | Antonia Oprita | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize, Economist, Tax Cuts, Stimulus, US Economy, Unemplyed, Investments, Debt, Business News

The US government should stimulate investment in order to ensure solid and sustainable economic growth, not cut taxes, Nobel Prize-winning economist J...

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Should We Have More School Time? Yes -- For Kids

Paras Bhayani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Oecd, Public Schools, KIPP Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Teachers Union, Economist, Chicago News

While American students might be "underworked," American school teachers most certainly are not -- particularly for what they are being paid.

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'Road From Ruin' LIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW TOMORROW 11am EST: Economist Writer Matthew Bishop And HuffPost Washington Bureau Chief Dan Froomkin

Amy Hertz | Posted 12.09.2011

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It's the end of the month and we're wrapping up the conversation on our March HuffPost book club pick on rebuilding capitalism from the wreck of the financial crisis.

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World's Most Livable Cities: 2010 Economist Intelligence Unit Rankings (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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In case the Olympics weren't drawing enough attention to city of Vancouver, this year's Economist Intelligence Unit's list of the world's most livable...

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'Economist' Destroys Bill Kristol Column On Gays In The Military: 'Blatant Bigotry'

Economist | R.M. | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'M NOT sure why I continue to read Bill Kristol's work. He seems to get most things wrong, but I have a perverse fascination with his logic, largely ...

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Cloudy With a Chance of Allergies or Autism?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011

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There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.

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Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Dies At 94

AP | POLLY ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped shape tax policy...

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SUPERFREAKONOMICS

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the only thing that could top Freakonomics Meet the PROFESSORS, PROSTITUTES, DOCTORS, INVENTORS, PSYCOLOGISTS, and OTHER REAL-LIFE CHARACTER...

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Ralph Anspach: Monopoly Game's Creator Spent Decades Fighting Corporate Owner

Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monopoly History, Economics, UC Berkeley, Monopoly, Origins, History of Monopoly, Ralph Anspach, Great Depression, Monopoly Game, Landlord's Game, Monopoly Board Game, Hasbro, Supreme Court, Elizabeth Magie, Economist, Professor Anspach, Parker Brothers, Home News

Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign den...

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