Here is a new Post at NYT on the Staggering Manufacturing Economy : CJR.
“Manufacturing makes up about two-thirds of U.S. exports, and contributed more to G.D.P. growth over the last 20 years than any other sector of the U.S. economy,” said David Huether, chief economist for the National Association of …
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How has Russia’s change from a planned economy to a more free market economy improved the Russian economy?
Return Of the Czar – frontline documentary will answer your question. (read the interviews if you don’t want to pay to see the film) Return of the Czar would def. answer your question, it’s really interesting. It talks about how US tried to introduce “Democracy”
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US CBO sees economy shrinking 1.5 pct in 2009 Q4/Q4
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast that the US economy would contract 1.5 percent in 2009 on a fourth-quarter over …
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