Daily Archives: November 2, 2012

The effects of climate change–believe it or not

A discussion on the role of global warming in storms like Sandy with Paul Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek, Bryan Walsh of Time Magazine, Steve Coll of the New Yorker and Charlie Rose. Here is a direct link.

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Sandy costs: net negative

New York City Comptroller John Liu says Hurricane Sandy will result in permanent economic losses of $100-$200 million a day in New York City. Here is a direct link. A distinction of Hurricane Sandy when compared with other natural disasters, … Continue reading

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Customers needed

As politicians prattle about how they “make jobs” and business leaders boast about how they are the true “job creators”, the humble truth is that customers create jobs.  To have sustained consumer spending, customers need–not even more credit on credit … Continue reading

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