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Anxiety stems from the fact that the current prosperity of the core economies, especially the U.S., rests on foundations that are being undermined, in particular by the ballooning U.S. trade deficit. If these problems aren't solved--and the board offered no easy fixes--the world economy could be thrown into recession as early...
...Congressional government made little difference when the U.S. was a bit player on the world stage. But the very nature of the problems facing 21st century American Presidents calls for strong executive leadership. One must hope that such leadership will be forthcoming, but it will have to overcome obstacles thrown in its path by post-Watergate legislation and fortified by the Clinton impeachment...
Same with speeding. It helps rein us in if, on our way to work, we see flashing lights where other cars have been pulled over and the drivers have been hauled out and thrown to the ground and flogged and their right foot, the accelerator foot, has been cut off by a policeman with an ax. This is the Republican position on impeachment as I understand it. And I agree that watching miscreant drivers hopping around with blood dripping from their stumps would make me slow down, no doubt about it. It certainly seems to work in Singapore...
...haven't done so already, get started now. Whether you're in the peak earning years of your 50s or well into retirement and trying to make your money last, it helps to understand that the old rules of saving and planning for retirement have been thrown out the window by America's happy boom in longevity. It's still true, as New York City-based financial planner Jonathan Satovsky says, that you should "save like mad as early as possible." But that's where the similarities end between your retirement plan and your parents'. If you quit work...
...deserve to be here." His father's abuse is part of what he became, he says. "But not a major part." He put himself in prison, he will likely die there, and his mother, who amazes him, is all he has. "Her love transcends whatever obstacle I've thrown in front...