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By Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation In a beleaguered economy, the country needs entrepreneurs – the nation’s job creators. Fortunately, a recent poll shows that the

[View larger image] By Catherine Austin Fitts Something special happened this week. I finished paying off Nissan Motors. In 2000, I leased or purchased three

By Stacy Mitchell Under a measure that passed the House last Thursday, you may soon be able to invest in a portfolio of your favorite

France President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Obama By Yann Le Guernigou “I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones

By Associated Press The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that

By Nieman Watchdog Longtime journalist and commentator Bill Moyers was the keynote speaker on October 20 at the 40th anniversary celebration of Public Citizen, the

By Malcolm Gladwell One of the great puzzles of the industrial revolution is why it began in England. Why not France, or Germany? Many reasons

By Sarah A. Low and Stephen Vogel This study uses nationally representative data on marketing of local foods to assess the relative scale of local

By Intelligent Speculator at Seeking Alpha I recently spent an entire evening talking to a good friend of mine about annuities. Why? Because his father