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In a distinguished career he became the father of Indian finance, a key figure in the founding of today's Standard Chartered Bank and founder of the Economist Magazine.

First-time homebuyers in Canada will soon find it more difficult to secure a mortgage. But given recent events in the U.S., protective measures are essential.

As the U.S. economy continues to soften and unemployment nears 10%, Keynesian economists push for more stimulus, while GOP leaders united to oppose more spending.

The role of economists is to advise what will happen if a certain course of action is taken; however, the profession got the recession badly wrong.

F.A.Hayek's "The Intellectuals and Socialism" and "The Road to Serfdom" were penned before his Nobel Prize for Economics.Hayek's markets and morality are inseparable.

In the beginning months of 2009, politicians finally started to acknowledge that the United States was in a state of recession, but how long will it last?

The world is flat. The sun revolves around the earth and human behaviour is intrinsically rational. MIT professor, Dan Ariely, shakes yet another enduring belief.

The banking crisis could affect working women having babies, making economists worry over future taxpayers. Environmentalists won't mind.

Everyone could use a little more money, especially in the current economic climate. But how effective is a check for every American worker toward stimulating the economy?

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may be the world's most generous philanthropist, but the foundation that owns the IKEA Group is technically richer.

Economists mostly define a recession as two consecutive quarters of falling Gross Domestic Product; there is no consensus on what constitutes a depression.

Barack Obama has asked President Bush to support aid to General Motors; Bush may withhold his endorsement until a controversial trade deal is passed. What is at stake?

The history of money holds valuable lessons, but few money gurus ever consult it to seek answers to contemporary problems, thinking they are dealing with new situations

Ben Allison began taking a new direction with his 2005 release Cowboy Justice and he continues his quest on his latest, Think Free.

A concise summary that is an accessible explanation of economics that is aimed at everyone. Its topics range from work to globalisation, the environment to high finance.

Credit unions are member-owned. Most have stayed solvent during the 2008 economic crisis. What did they do differently than banks?

Frank Dabba Smith's enthusiasm for Leica cameras led him to research the wartime altruism of Ernst Leitz II who aided the escape of Jews and non-Jews from Nazi Germany.

Friedman's perspectives represent the most famous and frequently cited opposition to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

John Maynard Keynes as an economist and government advisor had a significant world impact through his ideas. Less well known is that he made a fortune from investing.

President Obama deals big bucks off the federal deck to help rescue a world running out of cash, while the scary brainchild of a Russian economist grows more ominous.

Greenpeace has used civil disobedience in order to defend the environment for nearly forty years. What has Greenpeace accomplished recently?

Public anger is growing at the way in which senior executives are paid while average workers are struggling to get by.

New York and Chicago police have lowered crime rates through programs designed to make officers a more integral part of individual communities.

With the nation still mired in the worst economic downturn since The Great Depression, some economists are optimistic that a recovery is on the horizon. Here's why.

Americans are saving not buying so frantic China urges its workers to consume, while refusing to free the yuan. The US considers devaluing the dollar. Trade war is feared

The United States is facing ripples from failing states close to home; a human tide has been crossing the U.S. border with Mexico for years.

Public pension plans were not intended to provide income for a quarter of a century or more, but that's what they are having to do today.

The government's economic policies have helped banks, but the average American continues to have money problems, according to a survey from the Economic Policy Institute.

Luxury vacations in Maui, Kauai and others in the Hawaii island chain may be temporarily inconvenienced by Aloha shutting down. Are there larger ramifications as well?

Alex Salmond is the leader of the Scottish National Party, and is the First Minister of Scotland. He is also the Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan.

On October 21, 2009, the best and brightest in Canadian business leadership meet at Toronto's Carlu Conference Center for the 2009 Canadian Business Leadership Forum.

With layoffs, lost investments, and too much debt, consumers are cutting back and postponing non-essential purchases.

Placing the indices of well-being, peace and communal responsibility within the definition of economics would restore the balance between money and real wealth.

What does the mortgage crisis and the financial meltdown of 2008 mean for U.S. credit unions and their members? Are credit unions affected in the same way as banks?

The American economist Milton Friedman seems to be taking much of the blame for what has gone wrong with the economy.

Internet technology has begun to affect the newspaper industry and is forcing them to rethink their strategy and conform to the demand of the people. What are the costs?

Economic principles of John M. Keynes, best-known for The Economic Consequences of Peace and General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

It was Roll Call that first reported the arrest of the Idaha senator in a Minnesota airport men's room, but Craig vented his anger on the Idaho Statesman instead.

The concept of "kick starting" a faltering economy with large infusions of cash was conceived by John Maynard Keynes and introduced into US policy by Alvin Hansen.

Where can one go to find information on free market economics and the Framers perspective on the United States Constitution?

Facing an economic calamity brought on by the profligate behaviour of financial institutions, legislators are running up massive debts.

Nobel Laureate Yunus formed a new party amid the political chaos that has enveloped the nation.

News media release attention grabbing headlines about trillion dollar debts and deficits. Use country GDP figures to place these scary financial headlines into context.

Conventional wisdom has it that young people playing video games will turn their brains to mush and become violent monsters; that's not necessarily so say new studies.

Researchers are finding evidence that people associate white with moral purity and black with its opposite.

With financial news dominating the headlines in recent month, it's a word that's been thrown around a great deal, but it's hard to get a solid definition for it.

Economists put great store in certain numbers and few are more highly regarded than the Gross Domestic Product; but this may be delivering a distorted picture.

The self-delcared mystic president of The Gambia says that he can cure asthma and HIV/AIDS. Patients have rushed to Banjul hoping to be healed.

Payutto, a Thai Buddhist, examines how Buddhists can live within market economies and how they can develop a new way of economic thinking to help make the lives they want

As shell-shocked Americans struggle with corporate bankruptcies, bank bailouts, tight credit & economic insecurity; home foreclosures maintain the negative fiscal cycle.