Surplus

Abundance: A Reminder of the Need to Focus on Our Surpluses and Not Just Our Shortages

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, Peter Diamandis, Abundance, Cognitive Surplus, Surplus, Problem Solving, Books News
Arianna Huffington

With unemployment still over 8 percent, we currently have more ingenuity, energy, and expertise than we have jobs -- and definitely more time on our hands. That's one reason I was so drawn to Abundance, a new book by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler.

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Amid Deficit Gloom, Several States Have Money To Spare

AP | By BECKY BOHRER | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Energy, State Budgets, State Deficits, Deficit, North Dakota, Video, Energy Profits, Budget Cuts, Surplus, South Carolina, West Virginia, Budget Surplus, Alaska, Massachusetts, Politics News

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The budget questions that sent Alaska lawmakers into special session this year had nothing to do with austerity measures or disagree...

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China's Trade Surplus Suffers Due To More Imports, Lower Demand

Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Wang Tao, Ubs, Beijing, Surplus, Huatai United Securities, European Union, United States, Weather, Lunar New Year, Coal, Demand, China, Citigroup, Business News

BEIJING (Kevin Yao and Zhou Xin) - China posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in May of $13.1 billion because of soaring imports and weake...

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Senior Bashing Is Back in Season

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Entitlements, Congress, Benefits, Aging, Social Security, Surplus, The Rich, War, Recession, Seniors, Trust Fund, National Debt, Corporations, David Brooks, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politics News
Bernard Starr

How can Social Security possibly reduce debt? It might sound too good to be true. But in this case, it is true.

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Can We Please Stop Talking About the Social Security Trust Fund?

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carla Fried, Eugene Steuerle, Social Security, Social Security Trust Fund, Urban Institute, Surplus, Medicare, Cbs, Tea Party, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

Nothing get clicks from seniors like a scary story about Social Security, and the Associate Press supplied a real granny-grabber last week.

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Soda, Surplus, and Food Stamps: A Short History

Daniel Bowman Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Food Stamps, Surplus, Rhubarb, President Lyndon Johnson, New York City, Sugar, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Soft Drinks, American Beverage Association, Avacodos, Soda, Vegetables, Community Food Security Coalition, World War II, Pop, New York Times, Washington Post, Food News
Daniel Bowman Simon

Lately there has been a lot of hoopla in the Big Apple about the federal food stamp program, now officially known by the snappy acronym SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Everybody, it seems, has an opinion.

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Anticipating a Great Victory for Real Americans Today

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Trade Deficit, Bush Administration, Gdp Growth, National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Surplus, Elections 2010, Obama Administration, Real Americans, Clinton Administration, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Dorian de Wind

We really told them phony-baloney Democrats today. What a great day for patriots, for Real America, for Real Americans. We voted for real change, not for that phony hopey-changey.

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The Myth Of The American Fiscal Conservative

The New York Times | SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Surplus, Financial Reform, Recession, Afghan War, Subprime Mortgages, Gdp, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Bill Clinton, Treasury Department, Tax Cuts, Banks, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Politics News

Certainly, some people consider themselves fiscal conservatives -- some of the right and some of the left -- but none can yet be taken seriously. The ...

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Spending Our Cognitive Surplus

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time, Surplus, Wasting Time, TED Conference, Crowdsourcing, Youtube, Clay Shirky, Lolcats, Productivity, Media News
Bradley W. Bloch

For the large swath of humanity that lives in modern industrial societies, the great existential question is simply this: What are we to do with our free time?

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The G20 Summit: Hijacked by Neo-Liberalism

Marshall Auerback | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monetary Policy, Imf, Obama, Surplus, Deficits, Neo-Liberalism, g20, Business News
Marshall Auerback

Government deficits are not an aberration; they are the norm. Our first (and possibly greatest) Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, called the national debt a "national blessing."

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NYT: Who's Responsible For The Federal Deficit? Overwhelmingly, Bush

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George W. Bush, New York Times, Bush Deficit, Surplus, Deficit, NYT Economics, Surplus Deficit, Politics News

There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years. The first is that President Obama's...

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Seven Years of Plenty or The Bible Told Me So

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Taxes, Bust, Religion, National Debt, The Bible, Boom, Surplus, Famine, Pharaoh, Gross National Deficit, Seven Years of Famine, Bush Administration, Pharaoh Dreams, Gdp, Seven Years of Plenty, Financial Crisis, Business News
Reese Schonfeld

Since we didn't raise taxes in 2001, our time of surplus, those of us who do not sink under the coming depression, will wither under the burden of the coming inflation.

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