Category: Blog

  • How to Improve the US Economy

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    The United States has been in a recession since December, 2007, as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit research organization. But the American people, and the Osama administration along with the democrat majority congress, seem to be at odds on how to fix the US economy. Choicescart  A robust US…

  • The Economy and the Garbage Truck

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    On the way to work this morning I was listening to two people on the radio go on and on about the economy and unemployment. Their contention was as soon as the economy starts to grow again companies will begin to rehire employees and unemployment will drop. I was just starting to agree with what…

  • Art and Politics

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    Art and Politics examines how the combination can be detrimental to the integrity of the artist and to the quality of art produced by a culture as a whole. Art and politics in my view are like mixing oil and water. Great ingredients for salad dressing but lethal for art. Granted that many old master…

  • Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future

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    America’s economic Crash of 2008 was directed almost universally at Wall Street. In his September release, entitled, Aftershock:  The Next Economy and America’s Future, Robert B. Reich argues differently. He believes the real problem is structural: There’s an increasing concentration of wealth at the top, while middle class Americans struggle to maintain a decent standard…

  • Thailand’s Short Term Economic and Political

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    Thai economic growth is projected to rise between approximately 4 to 5 percent on higher exports and rising economic fundamentals in 2010, reflecting increases in tourist arrivals and employment, as well as the new AFTA Asian Free Trade Agreement. However, political difficulties and domestic turbulence should also be factored in.  Most European and Asian markets…