As the Covid-19 pandemic slowly retreats, will the economies the major cities of developed nations in particular return to their pre-pandemic ways? Will the wave of telecommuting continue and even increase in scope? The answers will take substantial time to be realized, but there are signs of change that could become permanent. Exodus From Urban […]
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When the words “American Revolution” come to mind, so do the names of the major heroes of the time—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Thomas Paine, and so on. But there are many other participants who played very significant roles in the revolution who history has nearly forgotten. One such revolutionary was Robert Morris Jr.,
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Although about 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water, most of it is unusable in its current state. The Earth’s inhabitants must rely upon about 0.75% of all earth’s water for sustenance. Usable water is eternally recyclable is it goes from seawater to freshwater to irrigation usage to cleansing solvent to sewage removal
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There was a time when millions of office workers throughout the U.S. would commute each workday morning from home to an office building for work. Along came the Covid pandemic which changed everything. To maintain social distancing offices were closed, and office workers worked remotely from workstations at home. As the pandemic winds down, will
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Should investing in the second largest economy in the world seem like a daunting experience to the private investor? A big, growing economy has plenty of good investment opportunities, but there are some pitfalls to watch out for. In March, 2021, equities in mainland China endured a selloff of 15% in two weeks. The state
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Sanctions have become the central tool of foreign policy for many governments. The goal of sanctions is to promote changes in a foreign government’s economic behavior when diplomacy has not worked, and military action is unwarranted. Sanctions can range from trade embargoes to specific actions against individuals, companies, countries, or entire economic sectors. In the
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In the United States Senate, a filibuster is a tactic that is designed to prevent a measure on the floor of the Senate from being brought to a vote. How does it work? A group of Senators (usually in the minority) will simply block the vote on the measure by the entire Senate by continuing
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In spite of the pandemic and recession, US consumers will have an impressive stockpile of cash ready to use. What’s surprising is that household savings generally do not increase during a recession. Net household incomes often fall as pay and/or benefits decline and breadwinners are subject to losing their jobs. Savings are then consumed and
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The Great Lakes that border between the U.S. and Canada, are one of the largest freshwater reserves on the earth constituting about twenty percent of the entire world’s supply. This irreplaceable ecosystem holds as much as six quadrillion gallons of freshwater for the northern portion of the Western Hemisphere. They were created by advancing and
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Long term government bond prices have been on a slide since the beginning of 2021. As the economy improved and the S&P 500 continued to rise, it seemed logical that money would move away from the safety of bonds into risk assets such as stocks. This has a tendency to point to the ten-year Treasury
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