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The main life insurance types to know are whole, universal, variable, variable universal, and term.

Submitted by Bill Bonner via Bill Bonner & Partners,

A vision of Hell troubles our sleep.

It is the vision of what the United States will be like when the authorities have obliterated almost three millennia of monetary progress and have their boots on our necks.

Here’s Peter Bofinger, a leading German Keynesian economist, in Der Spiegelmagazine:

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Earlier this month we learned that in 21 out of the 26 OECD member countries that have a minimum wage, working 40 hours per week at the pay floor would not be sufficient to keep one’s family out of poverty. That rather stunning revelation comes as Democrats in the US push for a $12 minimum wage by 2020 and as pressure grows on companies like McDonald’s to raise wages for its lowest-paid employees. 

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Earlier this month we learned that in 21 out of the 26 OECD member countries that have a minimum wage, working 40 hours per week at the pay floor would not be sufficient to keep one’s family out of poverty. That rather stunning revelation comes as Democrats in the US push for a $12 minimum wage by 2020 and as pressure grows on companies like McDonald’s to raise wages for its lowest-paid employees. 

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Stocks barely touched the brakes Friday as the market coasted into a three-day weekend. The Nasdaq was essentially flat, while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average trimmed 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively. The IBD 50 rose 0.1%. Volume fell across the board, which allowed the S&P 500 to dodge distribution. The market has been moving timidly up and down since the Nasdaq’s 1.4% gain on May 14.

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The low oil price environment could continue for some time and while producers are focusing on efficiency, investors may also need to manage their expectations

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

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