Category Archives: economy

TOMORROW’S TOMORROW by Peter Nolan Smith

April 9, 2012 – 2:02 pm

Every Tuesday morning Oil Can flew from Boston for meetings at his investment firm’s New York office. Traffic on the highway from the airport was lighter than the previous month, which was a telling indicator of the failing economy. No wait at the Midtown Tunnel’s tollbooths was another as well as the drive to 57th [...]

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Soi 6 Of The North

March 28, 2012 – 9:54 am

Tiffany’s in Sydney, Australia is considered the world’s best brothel by ca.askmen.com Nevada’s Bunny Ranch takes the silver medal with the bronze going to Relax in Hamburg, Germany. Bangkok’s Nana Plaza finished seventh, even though prostitution is not really legal in Thailand. Yesterday Canada took a giant step into the competition with the Ontario Court [...]

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Fair Trade In Thailand

March 6, 2012 – 1:24 pm

This week in THE NATION Subhatra Bhumiprabhas wrote a controversial article arguing that many of Thailand’s sex workers are safe at their workplace and are in no need of rescue. “Being a sex worker these days isn’t what it used to be, at least for those whose rights are backed up by the Empower Foundation. [...]

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Call It A Day, Greece

February 28, 2012 – 12:58 pm

Greece joined the EEU with hopes of modernizing its economy and reaping the benefits of one currency, however the banks loaned money to both the public and private sectors of the Greek economy like they were financing a crack binge. Since 2008 the EEU has struggled to lessening the Euro’s risk from the Greek debt. [...]

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Pane Gamisou

February 21, 2012 – 12:28 pm

Europe’s economic powers have issued the Greek cabinet a last bail-out plan. The indebted birthplace of democracy will receive 130 billion Euros in loans and 107 billion Euros in write-downs, but only if the government agrees to slashing more services and jobs from the public sector. A similar pact in 2010 was met by riots. [...]

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