22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Market leaders seen taking S&P 500 to 2,000
Market leaders seen taking S&P 500 to 2,000
Reaching it ahead of schedule is the latest affirmation that stocks are widely preferred to bonds, even with further upside seen as limited as the Federal Reserve remains on track to end its bond-buying stimulus program in October.. The level has more psychological than fundamental significance, and it could prompt market participants to consider whether their holdings have become stretched.
22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ebola Epidemic Numbers Vastly Under-Reported Due To "Shadow Zones", WHO Warns
Ebola Epidemic Numbers Vastly Under-Reported Due To "Shadow Zones", WHO Warns
The stigma surrounding Ebola poses a serious obstacle to efforts to calibrate the outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. As Reuters reports, the scale of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak has been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the existence of “shadow zones” that medics cannot enter, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What Does Bitcoin Mean For Austrian Money Theory?
What Does Bitcoin Mean For Austrian Money Theory?
Submitted by Logan Albright via Mises Canada,
Libertarians tend to agree with each other on most things. We all favor less government regulation, lower taxes, less involvement in international conflicts, and more personal freedom. There are a few areas, however, in which the movement remains sharply divided. One of these areas involves the nature of money.
22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Fed can fix high unemployment, it can’t fix low employment
The Fed can fix high unemployment, it can’t fix low employment
Tyler Cowen links to Binyamin Appelbaum:
These results,” wrote the economists Stephen J. Davis, of the University of Chicago, and John Haltiwanger, of the University of Maryland, “suggest the U.S. economy faced serious impediments to high employment rates well before the Great Recession, and that sustained high employment is unlikely to return without restoring labor market fluidity.”
22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The daughter test
The daughter test
Here’s Adam Ozimek:
Guest-posting at The Dish, Elizabeth Nolan Brown has an interesting piece up discussing prostitution and pornography that is worth ruminating on. She writes:
22 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on White House Accuses Russia Of Painting Military Vehicles White; Merkel Agrees "Actions Represent Dangerous Escalation"
White House Accuses Russia Of Painting Military Vehicles White; Merkel Agrees "Actions Represent Dangerous Escalation"
With no Instagram #selfie image or YouTube clip as proof (yet), The White House issued a statement proclaiming that today, in violation of its previous commitments and international law, Russian military vehicles painted to look like civilian trucks forced their way into Ukraine… and that Russia has no right to send vehicles, persons, or cargo of any kind into Ukraine, whether under the guise of humanitarian convoys or any other pretext, without the express permission of the government of Ukraine.
