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Rich still getting richer

The rich get richer. Andrew Jackson may have been the first to register the complaint in those terms.

Israeli economics 101

Ofek Lavian has two passions: business and Israel, his native land. What he felt that he was missing when he went to college at the University of Southern California was an opportunity to learn about his home country while interacting with people who shared his same interests in it.

Is an annuity right for you?

Grandpa’s fixed pension, that sweet and steady stream of income that started on the day he retired, is nearing extinction. Most Americans today will retire not on company checks, but on personal savings and Social Security. With interest rates low, the stock market jumpy and Congress pinching pennies, it is no surprise that 87 percent of Americans, according to one recent survey, worry about running out of money.

Das Happy Kapital

Just another 30 seconds at the Milken Institute Global Conference, the annual gathering that attracts everybody you\’ve ever seen on CSPAN, the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and FOX, including the owner of FOX, Rupert Murdoch — I bumped into him coming out of the men\’s room.\n

A Micro Solution to Macro Poverty

The outpouring of international charity for the victims of the Asian disasters is a clear sign that we humans are capable of enormous empathy

and generosity

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