China 2008 - The Beijing Olympic Games

Olympic games are a showcase for countries, cultures, economy for the countries which are awarded the possibility of showing the best they can show to the world. Beijing games are very important for the world to know about this great nation which is becoming a great player in world economy and all areas of human development.

How Gas Prices Affect Our Economy

Over the past few years gas prices seem to always be in the news. In one week they are extremely high and the next they are extremely low. This volatility in gas prices is not a positive trend four our country as we are trying to increase stability and then in turn increase our economic growth.

How Crude Oil Prices Impact the Consumer

While very few of us think to check the current rate of crude oil prices, the fact of the matter is that every chance in the cost of crude oil makes an impact on our lives. Here are a couple of examples of how we are affected by the price of crude oil.

Do You Buy A Newspaper - Or The DVD?

Remember the days when you bought a newspaper for the NEWS it contained? Looking through the newsagents you would be amazed at what they give you just to buy a paper.

The Workers are Endangered Species

Who will rescue workers, made up of rank and file of society? Free trade policies, greed, corruption, very high salaries for private sector managers and senior civil servants conspire to take the stink out of the unions and leave them powerless and disoriented. Christopher J.H Wright, in his book, The Message of Ezekiel, wrote that economic dominance is moving beyond countries and being achieved by companies, some of them controlled by incredibly wealthy individuals - and that real power has shifted from national political communities to transnational economic giants, frighteningly free from serious political, democratic or moral constrains. The transnational economic giants are setting the agenda, and the worker and the unions are being relegated to the backyard of events and times. Perhaps the unions should evaluate their relevance and their strategies and move fast to be relevant in the world where layoffs is the reality of the market, the lean, ideal company, and mechanization the in-think. And even where an industry is labour intensive without option, it still has desperate poor people knocking at their doors. To the transnational and multinationals, the unions and the workers seem to speak unintelligent language.

Flip Globalist Flat World over and see what you get in the Free Trader world.

It is really all about you in the economic global arena where anything goes. Dysfunctional Globalist Free Traders celebrate while workers are betrayed. We have Designer Free Trade that is not trade. Free Traders call it a Flat World as Thomas Friedman does from the New York Times. President Bill Clinton and a Democrat controlled Congress consumated Free Trade in the passing of the unfair NAFTA and GATT trade agreements. President Bush followed in Clinton's footsteps. During this time, the USA has gone through the most massive dislocation of workers in its history.

Global Economy And The Unions

I listened to a Kenyan veteran world trade unionist talking during Labour Day celebration in Kenya, and I felt he echoed a fast fading and receding trade union sentiments. He talked about making sure that government and state corporation officials fly the national carrier only. He also talked about making sure that organizations are headed only by nationals, especially where there are qualified personnel.

Let Them Spread the Rays of the Sun

Rich nations are wary and scary of terrorists. Where do these people come from, in the first place? They come from the impoverished third world countries. The bottom line, therefore, is poverty. Erase it and you erase the fears.

The Fight for La'au Point

The battle over La'au Point in Moloka'i is a microcosm of the ongoing battle between the forces of economics and politics versus that of conservation and culture. Why is La'au Point so important and what does this mean for the island of Moloka'i as well as the rest of the Hawaiian Islands? Read on to find out...

Depression Not a Recession

Most Americans are expecting a recession. They're wrong. It's going to be a depression.

R Is For Responsibility - US Blames China As It Leads The World Into The Next Depression

Congress is blaming China for America's economic problems - rising unemployment, trade deficit etc. The problem lies elsewhere. The finger of blame should be pointing back at America.

Implementation Of Gender Perspectives In The Economic Aspects

Equal economic opportunities for men and women is necessary for economic growth, development and achieving the MDGs in the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Comparative advantage ECE operates in the economic sphere and not been involved in projects in the health sector.

Panama's Economy Set to Surge With Canal Expansion

Panama’s economy is set to surge over the coming years, according to economists and US officials, owing in large part to the recent decision to expand the canal. The expansion, set to begin in 2008, is expected to bring jobs and investment to the Latin American country, doubling the GDP by 2025.