Archive for November, 2008

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Global Food Crisis – East Africa Emergency!

As a follow-up of yesterdays post on Poverty Facts: 10 Detestable Statistics In Pictures, I received a letter in the mail from World Vision (I Sponsor 2 Children). I opened the envelope quickly expecting news about one of my sponsor children, to find an information sheet full of condemning statistics about 4 countries in Africa [...]

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Poverty Facts: 10 Detestable Statistics In Pictures

Over 3,000,000,000 People Live On Less Than $2.50 A Day! (Source: WorldBank.org ) (Photo Credit: greenyodadude – Flickr) The Top 1% Of The World’s Richest People Earn As Much As The Poorest 57% (Source: Food4Africa.org) The great news is that we are seeing the richest people all over the world stand up and decide that [...]

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Economic Warfare: Is The United States Revolutionising War

I heard a theory just last night from a friend of mine. It involved a new term that I had never heard of, and honestly I had never even thought of it. It is the idea of economic warfare! Economic Warfare…What That? The idea is that the United States government has forced itself into a [...]

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What Is A Recession?

With all the talk about the world economies entering into a recession, I thought now would be the perfect time to spend a bit of time on the question ‘What is a recession?‘ A recession is when we see a decrease in a nations GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of 10% over a period of more [...]

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What Happens During A Recession?

A bit of worry is starting to come to light with all this talk of the world currently entering a recession. I think the majority for this fear is due to people not understanding what a recession is and what happens during a recession? Firstly lets find out what a recession is. Dictionary.com define a [...]

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