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Everybody in the west knows the fabled effectiveness of weight-loss dietary programs designed around intense cardiovascular regimes which burn huge amounts of calories. The people who work hard, doing as much cardio as possible lose weight.…

A post by Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman. The G20 finance ministers and central bankers are meeting in South Korea to prepare for the summit in Toronto in a few weeks time.  There seem to be…

By: Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report Proper planning with your finances is incomplete until you consider the endgame consequences of your investment decisions today. So, what are the tax consequences of selling…

Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally published at New Deal 2.0. This post on deficits in fiat currency regimes is the second in a series of posts on Modern Monetary Theory. Many market analysts, commentators and economists…

Regular readers know that, while I have a little of what Marshall Auerback calls deficit terrorism in my DNA, I fully support fiscal stimulus as a means to arrest a deep downturn.  The horrendous Keynesian nightmare My move into…

Rick Bookstaber certainly thinks so. He recently wrote a piece which defines the pressure points for market risk and found the municipal bond market to be a problem in need of a solution.  Rick writes: I don’t think we will see a…

Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues – NYTimes.com What's Happening to China's Migrant Workers? A New Generation Coming and Going – The China Sourcing Blog States may hold onto tax refunds for months – USATODAY.com Fed Helped Bank…

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I came across an article in the FT by Gideon Rachman which examined “How Reagan ruined conservatism.” It is an interesting piece which claims that traditional conservatives abhor populism and respect knowledge, while the Reagan Revolution…

A few thoughts on the links here Notice Michael Tomasky’s calls for higher taxes. He says: If there is one core attribute that makes Democrats Democrats, it is that they believe in government, which means you have to believe in taxes,…