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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

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The company’s hardball tactics come out of a well-worn playbook that involves successfully using Wal-Mart’s leverage in the form of jobs and low-priced goods to fend off legislation and regulation that could cut into its profits and set precedent in other potential markets. 2012-11-03: Capital Account. Mish Audio Video.

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Obamacare Showdown: Missouri Bill to Gut Obamacare, Ban Penalties, Ban Healthcare Exchange; How Would Obama Respond?

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The Washington Times reports Missouri bill would gut Obamacare Next month, the Missouri Senate will consider a bill which would effectively cripple the implementation of the Affordable Care Act within the state. The cases are as follows: * 1842 Prigg: The Court held that states were not required to enforce federal slavery laws.

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More and More Jobs Today Require a License. That’s Good for Some Workers, but Not Always for Consumers

Harvard Business

But one trend that hasn’t received nearly enough attention is the steady rise of occupational licensing: more and more jobs are requiring workers to be licensed to enter the profession. In the early 1990s, 800 occupations required licenses in at least one state. Today, 21 states require opticians to obtain a license to work.

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Wading Through Molasses: "Did the Real Economy, Not Counting Government, Expand in Last 20 Years?"

MishTalk

Hi tech remains the one area that develops so quickly, the political class is too slow to regulate it to death, and the central banks cannot keep it from providing better things at lower prices, because its productivity growth is so fast it more than balances out the negative effects of money printing and credit expansion.

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What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?

Harvard Business

Energy Information Administration notes that between 2010 and 2012, 14 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity was retired and that a total of 60 GW will be retired by 2020. solar industry is creating a lot of jobs , bringing on new workers 12 times faster than the overall economy. The writing on the wall for the coal industry is clear.

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How Today’s Political Polling Works

Harvard Business

So far this year, pollsters have put out more than 400 national Presidential general election polls, an average of about two per day; if the 2012 election is any guide, pollsters will be releasing as many as four per day as Election Day nears. In 1997, a national sample of about 800 respondents required between 2,000 and 2,500 calls.

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