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  Public Pension Crisis: States, Localities Lack Funds to Meet Commitments
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  State governments face a serious pension crisis, one that threatens the economic well-being of both political entities and individuals. There is simply not enough money to pay the pensions promised to employees of many state and local governments. For instance, Pennsylvania is $41 billion in...

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  Why Graduating From High School is More Important than Ever
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  Earning a high school diploma is all but essential for a successful life. That's a perennial, too-obvious fact, but it's one that has never been more true. Parents say so, of course, and so do teachers, guidance counselors and potential bosses. But there's also hard, research-generated data...

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  The Widening Racial Wealth Gap
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  The Great Recession has truly taken a toll on American households, widening the racial wealth gap between white families and African-American and Latino families. According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, the dwindling housing market was given as the main factor that...

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  Taxpayers Should Be Leery Of Warren Buffett's Faux Noblesse Oblige
  Article by Charles Kadlec

  Billionaire Warren Buffett‘s call last week for higher capital gains and income tax rates on those with incomes above...

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  Winning Back Their Hearts and Minds: Rebuilding Workforce Commitment
  Article by Dennis Hopwood

  We must return to the basics of sound, conservative management practice. We must rebuild our organizations with hard ...

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  Nixon's Colossal Monetary Error: The Verdict 40 Years Later
  Article by Charles Kadlec

  Since Nixon killed the gold standard, the unemployment rate has averaged over 6% and we have suffered the three worst...

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  Killing the Golden Goose: The Sad, Sad Tale of What Happened When Business Process Reengineering Met The Pharmaceutical Industry And How It All Went Horribly, Horribly Wrong
  Article by Dr Dennis Lendrem

  In the pharmaceuticals industry, business process reengineering probably increased expected times to marketing author...

• Do Cities Still Matter? The Economic Strength of Cities and the Economic Failure of Globalism in Promoting Regional Technological Innovation and Economic Prosperity
  Article by Thomas Vass, Insurance+Investments

  Regional interindustry relationships are the communication pathway of technical knowledge, and without the flow of ta...

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  Republicans Finally Discover A Growth Agenda
  Article by Charles Kadlec

  Finally, the Republican Party is discovering anew the importance of offering a growth agenda, not only for its own po...

• Dreaming for an Improved American Economy: The DREAM Act's Imaginable Stimulus
  Article by Gordon Patzer, Ph.D.
• Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation
  Article by Jonathan Michie
• American Governance: Allowing Taxpayers to Decide How Their Own Tax Payments Should Be Spent
  Article by J. Marvin Herndon
• Game Theory - Subway vs. Quizno's
  Article by Kevin W Cain
• Horse Racing Doubles Down on a Bad Bet
  Article by Gina Spadafori
• A Homestead Act for Local Economic Development
  Article by Matthew Hisrich
• MLR Regulation Creates Challenges for Future of Affordable Coverage
  Article by Roy Ramthun
• Obama's Work Permit Plan Offers Hope for Young, Undocumented Americans
  Topic by Sebastian Murdock
• Ranks of Uninsured Americans on the Rise
  Topic by Kate Prengaman