Farming subsidies as talked about in class…
nbsp;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/opinio…
I found this that directly relates to the subject, it’s pretty interesting.
Capitalism creates CRISIS!
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Archive for December, 2008
Suing to raise [welfare] payments….
I came across this article in the New York times talking about recipients currently on welfare who are suing the state to raise the amount of money they receive from assistance. According to the article the payment that people receive from welfare has not risen since 1989. This has caused many to have to struggle [...]
Undocumented can’t get public benefits:guide
“Undocumented can’t get public benefits:guide” is a Daily News article I happen to stumble upon online. Author Albor Ruiz discusses the new Guide to Public Benefits for Immigrants released 2 wks ago by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, the New York Immigration Coalition and the Community Service Society of New York. It is a guide to public [...]
A second look at Welfare programs in other countries…
After hearing about the welfare programs in other countries it made me wonder about the welfare services that are offered in Guyana, South America, which is where my family originated from. I did some brief research and it made me realize that to even have a program that provides aid in a country when you [...]
Fighting an Insurance Company When They Don’t Pay
From US News & World Report, via The Week: When Timothy Stewart’s insurer paid only $2,600 of a $13,000 hospital bill, he brought in a hired gun. Medical billing advocates, armed with insider information on billing practices and insurance policies, can help consumers uncover errors and settle disputes with healthcare providers and insurers. You can [...]
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- Links 11/7/09 November 7, 2009Three bald bears perplex experts BBC Antidepressants and Violence EconoSpeak. One of my pet peeves is how psychoactive medications are handed out like candy in the US. Just go to your MD, say you are exhausted, and once they eliminate anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and low thryoid, they assume it’s in your head and will offer [...] […]
- Einhorn: First, Let’s Kill All the Credit Default Swaps November 7, 2009David Einhorn, who enjoys his considerable reputation for hard-fought battles against firms with shaky finances and dubious accounting (Alliance Capital and Lehman), has taken aim at a new and equally deserving target: credit default swaps. In an interesting bit of synchronicity, Einhorn’s comments in a letter to investors overlap to a considerable degree w […]
- Guest Post: Investor Psychology … Fear Turns People Into Sheep November 6, 2009By George Washington of Washington’s Blog. Investors are basically rational, right? In fact, as many studies have demonstrated, the answer is no. But instead of wading through all of the investment psychology research, let’s look at research into people’s basic reasoning abilities. Bear with me for a minute. A study in an area unrelated to investing sheds li […]
- The less optimistic view of Treasury’s handling of the crisis November 6, 2009By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns The Obama Administration is captured. To understand why it has acted as it has, one doesn’t have to take the view that its efforts to save the banking industry were a deliberate attempt to line bankers’ pockets by transferring money from taxpayers to the banking industry. One need merely read [...] […]
- Links 11/6/09 November 6, 2009Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue Live Science (hat tip reader John D) Understanding long term chronic pain symptoms from minor motor vehicle accidents RFK Action Front, This is intriguing. Second Life creates virtual world for businesses Raw Story (hat tip reader John D) Fannie Mae’s results – oh, and what if Bank of America reported the [...] […]
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- Links 11/7/09 November 7, 2009Three bald bears perplex experts BBC Antidepressants and Violence EconoSpeak. One of my pet peeves is how psychoactive medications are handed out like candy in the US. Just go to your MD, say you are exhausted, and once they eliminate anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and low thryoid, they assume it’s in your head and will offer [...] […]Yves Smith
- Einhorn: First, Let’s Kill All the Credit Default Swaps November 7, 2009David Einhorn, who enjoys his considerable reputation for hard-fought battles against firms with shaky finances and dubious accounting (Alliance Capital and Lehman), has taken aim at a new and equally deserving target: credit default swaps. In an interesting bit of synchronicity, Einhorn’s comments in a letter to investors overlap to a considerable degree w […]Yves Smith
- Guest Post: Investor Psychology … Fear Turns People Into Sheep November 6, 2009By George Washington of Washington’s Blog. Investors are basically rational, right? In fact, as many studies have demonstrated, the answer is no. But instead of wading through all of the investment psychology research, let’s look at research into people’s basic reasoning abilities. Bear with me for a minute. A study in an area unrelated to investing sheds li […]George Washington
- The less optimistic view of Treasury’s handling of the crisis November 6, 2009By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns The Obama Administration is captured. To understand why it has acted as it has, one doesn’t have to take the view that its efforts to save the banking industry were a deliberate attempt to line bankers’ pockets by transferring money from taxpayers to the banking industry. One need merely read [...] […]Edward Harrison
- Links 11/6/09 November 6, 2009Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue Live Science (hat tip reader John D) Understanding long term chronic pain symptoms from minor motor vehicle accidents RFK Action Front, This is intriguing. Second Life creates virtual world for businesses Raw Story (hat tip reader John D) Fannie Mae’s results – oh, and what if Bank of America reported the [...] […]Yves Smith