October 20, 2008 – 3:00 pm
We’ve all seen the price of a barrel of oil plummet over the last few weeks to half of what is was in the summer, now $70-$75. While gas prices at the pump have gone down by a lot too, roughly 29% since July, that’s still not half (-50%) to match the decline in a [...]
By Saabir
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Posted in Business, Commodities, Dow Jones, Economic Development, Economy, Finance, Futures, Inner-City, Mutual Funds, NASDAQ, Politics, Rural, S&P 500, Stocks, Wall Street, energy
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Cynthia McKinney, economic plan, food, gas, groceries, inflation, John McCain, presidential debate, sustainability, taxes, wages
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August 11, 2008 – 6:17 pm
I watched this on CNN last night, and for those urbanites disgusted with their job prospects in the inner-cities, may want head to the Great Plains. Apparently, Stanley, North Dakota, “is teeming with activity — all thanks to rich oil deposits sitting deep below the surface.” Now what this means for the current price oil [...]
In the midst of this “near-recession,” there have been many culprits to blame for the weak state of the U.S. economy – the main one being America’s dependence on foreign oil and the rising prices associated with it.
But we at Phiscal Matters offer a counter opinion that is neither anti-oil or anti-alternative energy. We argue [...]
By ph
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Posted in Business, Commodities, Dow Jones, Economic Development, Economics, Finance, Inner-City, NASDAQ, Politics, S&P 500, Stocks, Urban, Urban Development, Wall Street
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Also tagged Americanism, capitalism, Commodities, energy, energy dependence, energy policy, free markets, natural gas, solar power, wind power
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