Yes, it's about a steady oil supply, and about getting even with Saddam for making an attempt on his father's life. And yes, it's about neo-liberal expansionism and disposing a brutal dictator from power. But there's one more reason that is almost always overlooked, and that has to with dollar cents and euro cents...Just befo... More..
The first stock market was founded not to raise money or increase profits, but to spread risks on investments, and that's still the most important function of stock markets around the world.In the early seventeenth century (1601) some Dutch businessmen in Amsterdam decided to join forces and reduce the risk of losing everythi... More..
There are several point to point (P2P) download programs: Azureus, Bittorrent, eMule, eDonkey (some versions include Overnet), Overnet and/or Shareaza. You can find the programs by doing a Google search. Download the program and install it. You'll get familiar with how to use each program in no time (actually, it is great fun... More..
At this point in time, the US has a trade deficit of roughly 40 billion dollars a month. Americans, in short, are living partly on borrowed money.Showing growth rates of four, five percent a year isn't hard if you're borrowing that kind of money, so don't be fooled into believing everything is just hunky dory.The simple fact ... More..
The economist Adam Smith was the first to formulate why free trade is benificial to ALL people involved. Bare with me and look at the following example. It's brilliant in it's simplicity and would easily have won Smith the Nobel prize - had that prize existed in his time...Let's say that the Italians manufacture cars for 10.0... More..
There are several download programs: Azureus, Bittorrent, eMule, eDonkey (some versions include Overnet), Overnet and/or Shareaza. You can find these programs by doing a Google search. Download the program and install it. You'll get familiar with how to use each program in no time (actually, it is great fun 'receiving' your f... More..
The British mathematician George Boole published a rather obscure paper in 1854 called 'An investigation into the Laws of Thought on which are founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities', now more conveniently referred to as 'The Laws of Thought'. Obscure, or so it seemed...It wasn't until decades later, dur... More..
Internet is way up there, with fire, the wheel, the zero, empirical thinking, and the 'company or inc'. Each of these 'inventions' have caused a revolution in human thought, life and living standard.When humans started using fire, their range of living increased tenfold. They could fight predators, keep warm and preserve food... More..
John Savanger
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