Archive for the ‘Econ / Finance’ Category
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
In my book, How The World Works, entry 512 is Priorities vs. Budgets.
It reads:
“As a business management consultant I heard a lot about priorities. In the introductory meeting and group management team interviews, senior executives would drone on endlessly about the organization’s priorities. Top priority this and critical priority that; it ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
The web site pagetutor.com put up an excellent illustration of what 1 trillion dollars looks like. The original site is here: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
I excerpted the post here to help illustrate how much the United States spends on health care.
What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill, currently the ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
What drives the rapidly escalating increases for the cost of health care in the United States?
The following are the views of one PhD on that topic.
Key excerpts:
80% of total health care spending linked to chronically ill patients
Rise in obesity prevalence in the US accounted for 27% of the growth in ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
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There are a plethora of plans and proposals for the reform of the U.S. health care system being promoted by every imaginable interest group, vested interest and limelight seeking politician.
I have gathered a few repsentative samples here to give you an idea of what is being offered. It is very ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
A PDF file version of this post is available here: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/healthcarereformfaq.pdf
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Q: Why should I care about health care system reform in the United States?
A: Because:
The nation can no longer afford the current system, not on an individual, family, business, state or national level. Left unchecked, health care system spending will reach ...
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
I was recently asked by our friend, Gary DuBois, to join a conversation of Americans, ex-patriots and citizens of other countries about the state of the health care system in the United States and prospects for meaningful reform. Gary asked me to participate based on my work in the health ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
The United States of America imports 13,468,000 barrels—565,656,000 gallons—of petroleum products. Every day.
America imports 2,163,000 barrels of oil and petroleum products from Persian Gulf countries. Every day.
America imports 5,980,000 barrels of oil and petroleum products from OPEC countries.
Every day.
America sends $150,256,400 to the Persian Gulf countries ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Is what you know true?
Is what you believe to be true actually, in fact true?
Click here to find out some of the answer: www.hackneys.com/docs/trueorfalse.pdf
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Posted in Cultures, Econ / Finance, Geopolitics, Sci / Tech, US Politics | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
This is not for kids due to language, but it is a humorous and informative primer on what happened to initiate the global financial meltdown.
>> Warning: Adult language and themes << http://www.hackneys.com/docs/SubprimeForDummies.pps
(Please note: I did not create the "SubPrime Primer" presentation, but would love to congratulate whoever did.)
If you want ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
The 22 highland weavers of Patacancha, Peru received payment for goods sold today. Their efforts to revitalize and maintain the skills of the ancient craft were rewarded with a small percentage of the millions of tourist dollars that annually flow through the sacred valley into Machu Picchu.
After receiving payment, ...
Posted in Cultures, Econ / Finance, Travel | 8 Comments »
