economic

04.30.09

is the pandemic real? economic, Justice, Uncategorized | (0)
I find it fascinating the debate whether the swine flu is real or not. It's interesting that as you travel and work with NGO's you realize most of the time governments don't actually report the true extent of pandemics (eg. HIV/AIDs in Asia). They tend to either downplay the problem because of their shame culture, economic fallout, or because they don't want to spread panic. So is the swine flu real. Well, here are two reports to check out. One from a friend working in Mexico City with the poor and artists and another from USA today that cites how ...
03.23.09

The Next Great Depression? church, economic | (5)
The Next Great Depression. . . Is this what we need? People are telling us just to ride this economic downturn out. You may want to reconsider this advice. The FDIC is backing up our 3 trillion dollars in consumer debt with 44 billion dollars of assets. Some are saying sure the market may recover in 2010 for a short period if time but is it the calm before the storm? Today the focus is laying off people. I just heard of another large flagship church cutting 28 percent or of their staff. What’s next? For those who have jobs, the ...

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