Obama Ministry of Propaganda, How I Came to Love the New Normal

Obama's Ministry of Propaganda or: How I Came to Love the New Normal
Canada Free Press
Ever since the horror at the end of the Boston Marathon, we have been witness to Obama's Ministry of Propaganda at its absolute despicable worst. The Ministry of Propaganda, euphemistically self-named the “mainstream” media, includes the major TV ...(read more at link above)

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Age of anxiety a medical condition or just the new normal?

The age of anxiety: a medical condition or just the new normal?
The Independent
This is the age of anxiety, the era of the benzodiazepine Xanax – "all jumpy and edgy and short of breath," as New York magazine puts it. Climate change, terrorism, recession – there's something for everyone to worry about, and a medication or a book...(read more at link above)

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Democrats are trying to hide the cost of ObamaCare

The Insiders: Democrats are trying to suppress the confusion and hide the cost of ObamaCare: "Right now, small businesses across America are making the final determinations on how to reduce the working hours of their employees so fewer employees qualify for the mandated, employer-provided health insurance.  Employers are also deciding whether it makes more economic sense to pay a fine to the government or pay for healthcare benefits for their employees.  What this means is that hundreds of thousands – and perhaps even millions – of Americans will learn that they are being dismissed from their employer’s healthcare coverage."

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The Political Economy Of Permanent Stagnation

On The Political Economy Of Permanent Stagnation - NYTimes.com: " . . . . all that matters is the rate of change in the months leading up to the election. In other words, high unemployment could become accepted as the new normal, politically as well as in economic analysis. I guess what I’m saying is that I worry that a more or less permanent depression could end up simply becoming accepted as the way things are, that we could suffer endless, gratuitous suffering, yet the political and policy elite would feel no need to change its ways . . ."

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The New Normal in Retail is Amazon

The New Normal in Retail – It's Amazon
iMedia Connection (blog)
Amazon is the new normal. That doesn't mean all shopping is headed online, or that Amazon will open physical stores. Rather, it's the Amazon approach to retail that is fundamentally shifting the shopping paradigm. But more about that later. There's a ...

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The new normal: Did Bill Gross get it right?

The new normal: Did Bill Gross get it right? - CBS News: " . . . Note that the returns of all five major U.S. asset classes are well above their long-term averages. This still holds true if we consider the losses experienced by all of them in June. If this is the new normal, investors should be thrilled, not worried. Also note that Gross' recommendation to raise more investments outside the U.S. didn't work out well either, as U.S. stocks far outperformed international stocks. His prediction about the status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency hasn't fared any better. While the trade-weighted value of the dollar did fall from 104.2 at the end of May 2009 to 102.8 on June 21, 2013, that's an annualized decline of less than 0.4 percent a year. That's hardly catastrophic and not what you would expect from a currency about to lose its status as the world's reserve currency. Keep this tale in mind the next time you're tempted to alter your plan based on some guru's forecast. In fact, this isn't the first time we've seen a big prediction by Gross come up short. This demonstrates why you shouldn't focus on the latest predictions by well-known gurus. Instead, focus only on the things you can control: the amount of risk you take, the amount of diversification you have, the costs you incur and the tax efficiency of your portfolio." (read more at link above)

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The New 'New Normal' in Higher Education

The New 'New Normal'
Inside Higher Ed
Mandatory tuition and fees at the University of California system have about doubled since 2007, but this year, if the state's governor has his way, they will stay flat. And the University of California is far from alone. Purdue University is freezing ...

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New normal is an unacceptable world for the unemployed

New normal is an unacceptable world for the unemployed
Irish Times
I've been in this economics business for a while. In fact, I've been in it so long, I still remember what people considered normal in those long-ago days before the financial crisis. Normal, back then, meant an economy adding a million or more jobs ...

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The 2011 vintage, and the new normal

The 2011 vintage, and the new normal
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
This is the new normal. None of this to say 2011 was a breeze for Santa Cruz. Even someone with an astute eye for climate, like Rhys Vineyards' Kevin Harvey, found the vintage to be a nail-biter. But the fact that even some of the area's typically ...

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Boehner laments new normal, pushes nation of builders

Boehner laments 'new normal,' pushes 'nation of builders'
The Hill
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday lamented a “new normal” of sluggish economic growth and said the U.S. must “unleash the nation of builders” to recapture its global dominance. “Our economy has been growing so slowly because we've been ...

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'New Abnormal' Is the New 'New Normal'

'New Abnormal' Is the New 'New Normal' – but What Is It?
Yahoo! Finance (blog)
At least that's how it seems based on how often this phrase is being applied to trends and phenomena that appear jarring or strange but which – the coiners suggest – we'd better get used to. The New Normal, of course, was a phrase propagated by ...

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New Normal: US Supply Chain and Logistics Industries Growth Slows

US Supply Chain and Logistics Industries' Growth Slows as "New Normal ...
The Maritime Executive
It also suggests that the U.S. is no longer in recovery mode, but rather in the “new normal” for the economy and supply chain industry as a whole. The research concludes with a brief overview of industry indicators for the remainder of 2013. The annual ...

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French Air Power — The New Normal

Editorial: French Air Power — The New Normal
DefenseNews.com
The demand to do more with less is the new normal. Readiness is an expensive business and France isn't alone in working to map a more economical way of doing business. What's needed is increased collaboration in allied air training to better ensure ...

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Brokers adapt to new normal of low volumes

Brokers adapt to 'new normal' of low volumes
The TRADE News
Fading hopes of an uptick in US trading volumes are leading brokers to scale back their businesses to adjust to a "new normal", according to a report from consultancy Greenwich Associates. Many had anticipated a resurgence in trading activity as a ...

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