The History of Stock Trading: Where It All Began
Although the concept of trading debts and government securities can be traced as far back as 12th century France, the fact of the matter is that the stock markets as we now know them are relatively modern. Whether More...
California’s Barbara Lee on President Obama’s SOTU address, talks gun violence, racism, education
Congresswoman Barbara Lee released this statement following President Obama’s State of the Union address: This evening, the American people and the world had an opportunity to hear directly from our President More...
Legendary singing and dancing child star Shirley Temple dies at age 85
Shirley Temple, the enchanting singing and dancing child star with the beautiful corkscrew red curls who also helped America escape from the emotions of the Great Depression, died Monday night. She was 85. A statement More...
Marvin Horne, California raisin farmer faces $650K in fines for Great Depression era law
A California raisin farmer is facing at least $650,000 in fines for defying a Depression-era law that requires him to set aside some of his crop and turn it over to the U.S. government without being compensated. Public More...
The Federal Deficit is a Symtom, Not the Disease
Member of Congress are infamous for attacking symptoms of a problem instead of going straight to the heart of the disease, and the current “discussion” on the massive federal deficits are yet another More...
Greece PM Antonis Samaras says country is in a ‘Great Depression’
Image/CIA Greece’s recession is very deep, in fact Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton earlier this week that Greece is in a “Great Depression”, reminiscent of More...
David Broder perpetuates the fallacy that war is good for the economy
Last Sunday’s Washington Post had veteran journalist David Broder suggesting that President Obama starting a war with Iran could be the trigger to bring us out of our economic doldrums. He of course uses FDR and More...
