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If composers could set still-unmatched records of productivity without copyrights while managing to earn a living, imagine what writers could do in an environment that did not give them the hope of forever subsisting off past accomplishments. FULL ARTICLE by Gennady Stolyarov II |
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Writers Can Prosper Without Intellectual Property
For most people, one of the few positive elements of the current slump is that the sharp decline in the cost of living has somewhat cushioned the blow of declining nominal incomes. But deflation has not been a good thing for everyone. In particular, farmers have been hard hit by declining food prices.
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The IFA and Retail Food Prices
The blog has been worrying for some time about what will happen when governments end their stimulus programmes. It does not share the optimism of financial markets, that these will provide to be the ” escape velocity ” for a quick return to 2003-7 Boom conditions. Today’s data from Germany seems to support its concerns.
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Germany sees 5% GDP fall in 2009
What would happen if Obama succeeds in passing a law to force insurance companies to accept customers with pre-existing conditions at the same price as everyone else who doesn’t have pre-existing conditions? Investors Business Daily Read this IBD editorial by George Mason University economist Walter Williams. (my second favorite economist) Excerpt: Sen.
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What are the consequences of insuring customers with pre-existing conditions?
Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Edward Harrison of CreditWritedowns.com. You can read the full article on Edward’s blog . Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart Click here to download Flash Player now View the full INDEX:SSEC chart at Wikinvest The well-regarded and surprisingly independent Beijing-based media outlet Caijing is no more
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The Chinese bubble economy
Two former National E-Health Authority employees who are pushing a self-developed alternative to individual health identifiers have been threatened with legal action by the authority for what it claims is theft of its intellectual property. …you appear to be claiming ownership of intellectual property of a government-funded entity and offering it back as a business opportunity..
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NEHTA sics lawyer on ex-staffers
Nextgen Networks will in the coming weeks gauge the international carrier market’s response to a proposed Perth to Jakarta, Indonesia undersea fibre-optic cable, which would provide a new link between Sydney and Singapore. The recent winner of the government’s $250 million backhaul deal has teamed up with Singaporean company Matrix Networks and Indonesian company PT NAP Info Lintas Nusa to propose the new cable that would connect Singapore and Sydney via a new link between Perth and Jakarta. Nextgen itself already operates a cable that connects Perth and Brisbane, which runs through Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney along the way.
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Nextgen flags Perth-Jakarta missing link
I have long pointed out that the too big to fails make very little of their money off of traditional depository functions. For example, last October, I argued : Some very smart people say that the big banks aren’t really focusing as much on the lending business as smaller banks.
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Less Than a Tenth of Bank Of America’s Assets Comes From Traditional Banking Deposits
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that it will try to stop several bills that it views as trouble for the economy, and the group warned lawmakers that it will involve itself in House and Senate races this year.
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Chamber of Commerce Warns Lawmakers It Will Play Election Hardball – CQ Politics via Yahoo! News
Joseph Stiglitz says that Wall Street is hyping up the economy to sell more stock. Has it worked? Well, the stock market certainly has rocketed up from its March lows
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"We’ve Never Seen this Before – Such a Huge Rally, and the Little Guy Is Out"
Ambrose-Evans Pritchard notes : Fitch expects the combined state and federal debt to reach 94pc of GDP next year, up from 57pc at the end of 2007. Federal interest costs will reach 13pc of revenues, meaning that an eighth of all taxes will go to service debt
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US Will Hit 94% Debt to GDP Ratio Next Year, Surpassing the Level Where Debt Starts Reducing Economic Growth
Last May, I wrote about the rumor that the Obama administration might seize funds from American’s 401k and IRA accounts. Last week, Bloomberg pointed out : The Obama administration is weighing how the government can encourage workers to turn their savings into guaranteed income streams following a collapse in retiree accounts when the stock market plunged.
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Converting 401k and IRA Funds Into "Steady Payment Streams"
In October, economist Kent Ninomiya told Stylish magazine that bullion should be the investment of choice for those looking to put their money into gold for the first time. He added that one-ounce bullion coins such as the US Mint’s …
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Gold bullion 'is lowest risk investment' > Gold News > World Gold …
CNN reports that Chavez has devalued the Venezuelan bolivar. In the wake of his decision to devalue Venezuela’s currency, President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he would put the military on the streets to ensure that business owners don’t raise prices. Speaking on his weekly television program, “Alo Presidente,” Chavez railed against merchants who re-price their items in reaction to Friday’s announcement that the Venezuelan bolivar currency, which had been fixed at 2.15 to the U.S.
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Chavez marches Venezuela down the road to serfdom at gunpoint
Financial advisors’ unenthusiastic reception of recently-offered lower-cost variable annuities confirms what most observers took for granted – that variable annuity sales are driven primarily by commissions.
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Why Do They Sell Variable Annuities? – It’s the Commissions Silly
Employers who may be seeking summer interns, who may need some extra help, or who may want to dedicate a few weeks to a good cause, consider hosting a high school summer intern through the Common Goal Program. The Common Goal Initiative is spearheaded by the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and a collaboration of educators, community organizations, and businesses leaders who are working to increase the high school graduation rate in Marion County.
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Summer Interns Available Through Common Goal
An article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Excerpt: According to the federal department of human resources and skills development , 18 per cent of young men 18-24 were in university in 2005-06. The equivalent figure for young women was 28 per cent.
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MUST-READ: Why our schools are failing boys
In due course Ireland needs to have a functioning banking system which is adequately capitalised, does not impose excess costs on the productive economy, and does not enjoy any free insurance on its liabilities. The exit strategy from the guarantee is critical. The banking problem for countries like Ireland is not addressed by the separation of commercial from investment banking – the Irish banks did’nt collapse through casino losses, but through explosive balance sheet growth and huge loan write-offs, a very old-fashioned commercial banking failure.
Our Applications Platforms Group has certified Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i 11.5.10.2 with the 10gR2 10.2.0.4 Database on Microsoft Windows Itanium (2003). This is a split configuration (or database tier-only) certification.
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EBS 11i Certified on Windows Itanium (2003) and 10gR2 10.2.0.4 Database
It is becoming more and more clear to me that the revolutionary process suffers from the absence of a fundamental factor, a vital key of any people: Consciousness of their cultural identity. The symptoms are, in real terms, the presence of expressions – in some cases terrible expressions – of the mass entertainment industry in events organised by the government that should be marked by a traditional character. By Eduardo Parra Istúriz – Aporrea read more
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[analysis] The Necessary Cultural Revolution
Dean Baker The Guardian Unlimited , January 11, 2009 See article on original website The conventional wisdom (CW) is that Ben Bernanke deserves a second term as Fed chairman because of the extraordinary measures he took to prevent the economy from collapsing into another Great Depression. Bernanke is one of the country’s leading experts on the causes of the Great Depression and therefore was especially well prepared for dealing with the downturn. The promulgators of the CW argue that we were fortunate to have the right person in the job when we faced this crisis.
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The Case for Bernanke: A Really Bad Joke
Psychedelia is not lost on the youth, or at least not on the youth in Acton, UK-born avant rock/indie pop act Bullion , whose newest single “Say Goodbye To What”, is a genre-hopping escapade full of funky backbeats and drowsy yet…
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Download: Bullion – "Say Goodbye To What" | THE CULTURE OF ME
During the Cold War, countries throughout the developing world, especially in newly-independent South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, implemented socialist and statist economic models. However, as the public institutions in these fledgling nations were ill-equipped to administer state-centric economic structures, the adoption of such governance systems had, in the overwhelming majority of cases, devastating results
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Urbanization and Decentralization
It seems like your next written assignment puzzles you a little, and you are not sure what a teacher is expecting from essays on artists. Sure, without some specifications, it will be rather difficult to concentrate, because “artists” is a broad topic
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Essays on Artists: How to Create an Excellent Paper
Mérida, January 12 th 2010 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – After officially devaluing the national currency last Friday, the Venezuelan government announced a series of measures to increase the country’s exports, substitute its imports, boost electricity production, and combat price speculation, as purchasing frenzies sprung up in several major cities on Monday. However, union leaders have reacted with concern to the devaluation and recommended wage increases. By James Suggett – Venezuelanalysis.com read more