<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430</id><updated>2011-04-21T23:22:47.190-04:00</updated><category term='BBC'/><category term='managers'/><category term='Posner'/><category term='cancer'/><category term='gandhi'/><category term='China'/><category term='rights'/><category term='Lean Six Sigma'/><category term='death'/><category term='elections'/><category term='FOIA'/><category term='opensecrets.org'/><category term='Gallup'/><category term='North Korea'/><category term='nuclear'/><category term='IHT'/><category term='Book review'/><category term='Newsweek'/><category term='CBS'/><category term='trial'/><category term='voting'/><category term='future'/><category term='Al-Qaida'/><category term='TV'/><category term='reflections'/><category term='information'/><category term='definition'/><category term='ideas'/><category term='links'/><category term='UK'/><category term='BusinessWeek'/><category term='Michelle Malkin'/><category term='LA Times'/><category term='New York Times'/><category term='Nobel Prize'/><category term='Oil'/><category term='power'/><category term='profit'/><category term='diplomat'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='poverty'/><category term='capitalism'/><category term='technorati'/><category term='weekly wrap-up'/><category term='technology'/><category term='introduction'/><category term='democracy'/><category term='Austria'/><category term='Washington Post'/><category term='Asia'/><category term='environment'/><category term='prevention'/><category term='military'/><category term='globalization'/><category term='help'/><category term='AIDS'/><category term='Sweden'/><category term='verdict'/><category term='Dennis Hastert'/><category term='one'/><category term='Wonkette'/><category term='TQM'/><category term='MSNBC'/><category term='Fox News'/><category term='India'/><category term='Middle East'/><category term='Time magazine'/><category term='The Economist'/><category term='milton friedman'/><category term='Internet'/><category term='perspective'/><category term='supercomputer'/><category term='diplomacy'/><category term='lunatic'/><category term='philanthropy'/><category term='United Nations'/><category term='citizenship'/><category term='terrorism'/><category term='National Labor Review Board'/><category term='unions'/><category term='awareness'/><category term='electronics'/><category term='Germany'/><category term='supervisor'/><category term='economics'/><category term='the onion'/><category term='Iran'/><category term='blogosphere'/><category term='CNN'/><category term='healthcare'/><category term='minimum wage'/><category term='Becker'/><category term='Brazil'/><category term='Saddam'/><category term='religion'/><category term='EFF'/><category term='US'/><category term='US Supreme Court'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='markets'/><category term='satire'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Daniel's Global Economics Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>An academic and personal analysis of global economic issues.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-630362118650784375</id><published>2007-10-13T00:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T00:48:30.477-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Trend</title><summary type='text'>I've noticed, in my first couple of posts, that I'm regurgitating what the major news services are throwing at us. That was not my original intention of creating the blog. I created it so that I could get more in depth into current issues which the media may be covering, or which I just find interesting which relate to Global Economics. I'm having a hard time forcing myself to do it, because I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/630362118650784375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=630362118650784375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/630362118650784375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/630362118650784375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2007/10/trend.html' title='Trend'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-3297879074476780911</id><published>2007-10-02T06:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T08:22:46.422-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Historic Day</title><summary type='text'>There are many things I was reading in the news this morning that caught my attention enough to warrant me to write about them.First, the historic crossing of the demilitarized zone in Korea. North Korean President Kim Jong-Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun to his country via President Roh walking across the center of the demilitarized Zone. Here's the story via New York Times. Now, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3297879074476780911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=3297879074476780911' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3297879074476780911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3297879074476780911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2007/10/historic-day.html' title='Historic Day'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-3753682711251896799</id><published>2007-09-30T07:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T15:47:44.987-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Could You Pass A Citizenship Test?</title><summary type='text'>so aNo, this is not one of those online quizzes or a blind link to some sort of wild scheme to pass the naturalization exam, but the New York Times published a story on Friday about how the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Service) has changed the test immigrants take to become citizens. The article says that the test is shifted from factual trivia to practical knowledge. For example, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3753682711251896799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=3753682711251896799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3753682711251896799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3753682711251896799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/could-you-pass-citizenship-test.html' title='Could You Pass A Citizenship Test?'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-122671968123034196</id><published>2007-09-30T06:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T07:06:13.842-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back from Hiatus</title><summary type='text'>Well now that I lost all five of my readers (if I ever really had any...), I'd like to say that I'm back in action. I don't know how well this is going to go, but I'm going to try, anyway.  In the last 10 months, I have had a lot of issues to deal with. Most of those have passed, and so here I am, arriving fresh to restart my commentaries.I will try to blog on schedule, but there is no guarantee </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/122671968123034196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=122671968123034196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/122671968123034196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/122671968123034196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/back-from-hiatus.html' title='Back from Hiatus'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-5454833074707436256</id><published>2006-12-05T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-10T01:30:47.732-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one'/><title type='text'>The One Campaign</title><summary type='text'>There is an organization I'd like to spotlight, and it's called the ONE campaign. They are a nonprofit designated to help relieve poverty all over the world, but most of their work is in Africa. Their mission is two-fold: both poverty and fighting the effect of AIDS.From their website (www.one.org): ONE aims to help Americans raise their voice as ONE against the emergency of AIDS and extreme </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5454833074707436256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=5454833074707436256' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5454833074707436256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5454833074707436256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-campaign.html' title='The One Campaign'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-6673649215405716444</id><published>2006-12-01T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T04:59:10.275-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diplomacy'/><title type='text'>President Ahmadinejad's letter to the Americans</title><summary type='text'>Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written yet another open letter to the American people. This is his second, at least. I know he wrote one a few months ago to President Bush, but it was immediately dismissed. This one, too, has been not well received by the White House, at least according to popular press.You can read the letter here. It seems to me that the letter is quite intentional </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6673649215405716444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=6673649215405716444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6673649215405716444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6673649215405716444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/12/president-ahmadinejads-letter-to.html' title='President Ahmadinejad&apos;s letter to the Americans'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-2897499362288025198</id><published>2006-11-30T19:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T12:55:59.919-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prevention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awareness'/><title type='text'>World AIDS Day, Dec. 1</title><summary type='text'>I know this is tomorrow, but I thought I'd write about it before hand.World AIDS Day was first celebrated 16 years ago, in 1990. The purpose was to bring more awareness to this quick-spreading disease. Since then, science has learned so much about it, and yet we have not come anywhere close to getting it under control.To date, according to the UN, sixty-five million people around the world have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2897499362288025198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=2897499362288025198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2897499362288025198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2897499362288025198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/world-aids-day-dec-1.html' title='World AIDS Day, Dec. 1'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-2665609700798374016</id><published>2006-11-27T11:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-27T12:43:12.974-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gandhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence</title><summary type='text'>As said by Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian nonviolence leader. World poverty is a problem in every country. No one location deals with it the same as the other. There are a few countries who do very well to contain it, and the majority of others who do nothing at all. To start, there are many forms of poverty. But when all is analyzed, it comes down to whether or not people's basic needs are met. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2665609700798374016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=2665609700798374016' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2665609700798374016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2665609700798374016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/poverty-is-worst-form-of-violence.html' title='Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-4482453428335829979</id><published>2006-11-19T23:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T23:48:09.100-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gallup'/><title type='text'>Top Concern Among Americans - Gallup Poll</title><summary type='text'>http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=25486Friday's Gallup poll showed that Americans' concern over gas prices is over. It seems that we have accepted the price at the pump. I don't know how, but that's not for me to decide. The poll done by Gallup shows that now the new top concern in this country is healthcare. I think it's clear to show that two things probably are related: the results of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4482453428335829979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=4482453428335829979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/4482453428335829979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/4482453428335829979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/top-concern-among-americans-gallup-poll.html' title='Top Concern Among Americans - Gallup Poll'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-2180014600026003579</id><published>2006-11-17T12:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T23:38:37.505-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Becker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IHT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='milton friedman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Malkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nobel Prize'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Posner'/><title type='text'>Goodbye Milton</title><summary type='text'>I know it's been a while since I last posted, but there was a lot going on this week. It seems like all my classes just have to have every major project due not only the same week, but the same day. Go figure.Anyway - back to the topic at hand...Mr Milton Friedman has died at the grand age of 94, many sources are reporting. For those who are not as interested in economics as I am, Mr Friedman is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2180014600026003579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=2180014600026003579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2180014600026003579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2180014600026003579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/goodbye-milton.html' title='Goodbye Milton'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-6295823472745733224</id><published>2006-11-10T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T23:36:56.803-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Election Coverage around the world</title><summary type='text'>http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2006/11/arab_media.htmlThis is a post from a blog who covers Arab culture and significant things happening there in the Middle East. I always like looking at things from different perspectives, so I think it's interesting to hear what they have to say about our election. It shows how cultures can differ and what the priorities are.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6295823472745733224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=6295823472745733224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6295823472745733224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6295823472745733224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/election-coverage-around-world.html' title='Election Coverage around the world'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-7126232600039749153</id><published>2006-11-09T04:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T23:36:16.985-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technorati'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogosphere'/><title type='text'>State of the Blogosphere</title><summary type='text'>http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000443.htmlThis report by the founder and CEO of Technorati shows off the development of the blogging world. It is quite interesting how he is able to quantify this giant phenomenon which has taken off in the last couple of years. I guess the main thing for him is that he's only using data from people who have signed up for his service. That does put </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7126232600039749153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=7126232600039749153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/7126232600039749153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/7126232600039749153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/state-of-blogosphere.html' title='State of the Blogosphere'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-8971780659660168603</id><published>2006-11-09T04:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T04:32:26.253-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the onion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='satire'/><title type='text'>Absolutely to the Point...</title><summary type='text'>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54918This is the best example of election reporting I have ever seen. Direct and to the point, it cuts through all the rhetoric and delivers the message.Take the time to read it, I couldn't get through it without breaking down... it was just that good.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8971780659660168603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=8971780659660168603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/8971780659660168603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/8971780659660168603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/absolutely-to-point.html' title='Absolutely to the Point...'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-3667127717884001941</id><published>2006-11-08T03:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T03:10:40.448-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunatic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><title type='text'>Eureka... I have it!</title><summary type='text'>After a little thinking, I have discovered that I am very inconsistent with how often I blog. I'd like to think that I have a good blog, but it's maybe a little cold. Maybe I could spruce up the blog with more personal comentary and things, instead of giant linking posts. I also thought of having a schedule so that I could have a topic du jour or something. It's an idea, anyway. I'd like to have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3667127717884001941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=3667127717884001941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3667127717884001941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3667127717884001941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/eureka-i-have-it.html' title='Eureka... I have it!'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-256295350003828991</id><published>2006-11-07T10:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T10:11:38.255-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>Reclaim America</title><summary type='text'>This is a video on YouTube that I came across. It is a good one, and I have to give props to the person who did it. It raises good issues. The only contention that I have with it is that while the comparison between the US and the USSR is a good one, it is rather maybe not as timely as maybe it could have been ten years ago. I know those who deny history are condemned to repeat it. I am not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/256295350003828991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=256295350003828991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/256295350003828991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/256295350003828991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/reclaim-america.html' title='Reclaim America'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-8492134572135593158</id><published>2006-11-07T09:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T09:59:51.519-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opensecrets.org'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='voting'/><title type='text'>Citizens Unite!</title><summary type='text'>I had some interesting experiences this morning. First, while I was chatting with my fellow netizens, the topic came up about today being Election Day. Several people commented on how their vote is completely unimportant because politics in the US is not about public service, but about money and power. I tried to bargain with them, but they were set in their minds, so I backed off. I can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8492134572135593158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=8492134572135593158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/8492134572135593158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/8492134572135593158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/citizens-unite.html' title='Citizens Unite!'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-5791977516031555505</id><published>2006-10-31T12:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T13:19:05.806-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Times'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Economist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington Post'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBC'/><title type='text'>British Study Linking Global Economics and Global Environment</title><summary type='text'>In the UK yesterday, there was a report released by the British Government saying there is a direct link between the future of economic development and the state of the environment. The author, Sir Nicholas Stern, is the head of Britain's Government Economic Service and a former chairman of the World Bank. For a high-level official to come out in support is big news. The report was commissioned </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5791977516031555505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=5791977516031555505' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5791977516031555505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5791977516031555505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/british-study-linking-global-economics.html' title='British Study Linking Global Economics and Global Environment'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-3324132927244275383</id><published>2006-10-29T22:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T13:13:48.704-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BusinessWeek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CBS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oil'/><title type='text'>Oil Companies Still Sky-high Profit</title><summary type='text'>The oil companies are still raking it in... According to BusinessWeek magazine, as of Friday Chevron announced that their profits increased 40% over the same quarter last year. Hmm... maybe that had to do with the high gas prices here in the US? I refuse to be one of those conspiracy theorists... because I do know that the price of oil is not controlled by the oil companies. But - here's what I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3324132927244275383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=3324132927244275383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3324132927244275383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/3324132927244275383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/are-you-kidding-me.html' title='Oil Companies Still Sky-high Profit'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-5266507799287131483</id><published>2006-10-29T22:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T22:47:29.631-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FOIA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EFF'/><title type='text'>Know Your Rights</title><summary type='text'>As I have discovered over the last couple of months, while doing this blog project, it has occurred to me that I don't think I understand what are the rules of engagement for blogging are. That obviously did not stop me, but I just got it in my head. So, in researching something for another class, I came upon the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). They are a non-profit, donation-funded </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/5266507799287131483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=5266507799287131483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5266507799287131483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/5266507799287131483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/know-your-rights.html' title='Know Your Rights'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-9159050486555723811</id><published>2006-10-27T12:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:03:32.285-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='citizenship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington Post'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><title type='text'>New Citizenship Requirements</title><summary type='text'>In case you didn't notice, the Bush administration has raised the bar for becoming a US citizen now.The Washington Post highlights some of these changes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102601799.htmlThe article states that the US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services is drafting new rules which will change the ability of immigrants to apply for and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/9159050486555723811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=9159050486555723811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/9159050486555723811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/9159050486555723811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-citizenship-requirements.html' title='New Citizenship Requirements'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-2528852075424644137</id><published>2006-10-23T13:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:16:08.058-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minimum wage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><title type='text'>Seven Days At Minimum Wage</title><summary type='text'>www.sevendaysatminimumwage.orgI happened upon this website at random today, but either way, it looks really good. It profiles seven families who live at the minimum wage levels, to identify who these people are that live at $5.15 per hour.Minimum wage laws are very interesting, economically. The fact that the government allows for a price floor on wages is one of the reasons why America is not a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2528852075424644137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=2528852075424644137' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2528852075424644137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2528852075424644137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/seven-days-at-minimum-wage.html' title='Seven Days At Minimum Wage'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-1060877367230169593</id><published>2006-10-22T14:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-22T15:29:34.010-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='supercomputer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philanthropy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cancer'/><title type='text'>You Own a Supercomputer!</title><summary type='text'>I know that many of us think that our computers are not fully functional sometimes. Whether it be spyware, malware, or just lack of RAM, the computer's resources are not always being put to good use.You may not feel like you have the best computer, but you can put that computer to good use. There's a program called UD Agent, and it's put together by United Devices.The program runs in your system </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1060877367230169593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=1060877367230169593' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/1060877367230169593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/1060877367230169593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/you-own-supercomputer.html' title='You Own a Supercomputer!'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-2508966104703254396</id><published>2006-10-17T10:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:29:39.080-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saddam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='verdict'/><title type='text'>It's all about timing...</title><summary type='text'>I came across this article in my email box, and it seems quite devious. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15285264/The headline seems innocent... but the second half of the tagline is what caught my eye. Saddam's verdict will be read on November 5. This is probably going unnoticed, as shown by where MSNBC placed this. Timing is everything, and it seems more than coincidental that two days before the US</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/2508966104703254396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=2508966104703254396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2508966104703254396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/2508966104703254396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/its-all-about-timing.html' title='It&apos;s all about timing...'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-6089813685229612567</id><published>2006-10-17T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:30:23.458-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBC'/><title type='text'>German confidence is slipping</title><summary type='text'>The BBC reports that German investors are weary of their markets these days. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6059022.stmIt's so bad that it is apparently at a "thirteen-year low". Who knew that something that analysts considered to be hitting a confidence high three months ago could be crashing so hard... it just doesn't make sense. Although, this summer Germany did sponsor the World Cup, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6089813685229612567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=6089813685229612567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6089813685229612567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/6089813685229612567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/german-confidence-is-slipping.html' title='German confidence is slipping'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-675620399004793373</id><published>2006-10-16T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T17:27:23.525-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Korea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diplomat'/><title type='text'>UN Sanctions for North Korea</title><summary type='text'>The UN recently unanimously condemned North Korea's nuclear test, which is no surprise.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/172395.stmBut now what they are doing is seeing if there should be more action taken against this "rogue state". The Economist has a great article about the "what if"s...The Nightmare Has Come To PassMy take on it all is... if there are so many sanctions against North </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/675620399004793373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=675620399004793373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/675620399004793373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/675620399004793373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/un-sanctions-for-north-korea.html' title='UN Sanctions for North Korea'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116076502036805414</id><published>2006-10-13T12:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:17:00.084-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weekly wrap-up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nobel Prize'/><title type='text'>Friday end-of-week economic wrap-up</title><summary type='text'>It's Friday and I thought it would be appropriate to assess how the markets fared this week, in addition to a few other notably interesting topics.Now, let's start the great whirlwind economic tour in Europe this time.http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/12/bloomberg/bxeuro.phpLooks like the big news from the other side of the Atlantic is that their Dow Jones index (Dow Jones Staxx 600) finished </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116076502036805414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116076502036805414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116076502036805414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116076502036805414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/friday-end-of-week-economic-wrap-up.html' title='Friday end-of-week economic wrap-up'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116059614348516832</id><published>2006-10-11T15:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:32:01.741-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='future'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBC'/><title type='text'>When will the Internet break?</title><summary type='text'>I know it seems like a concept that has eluded us all, but pretty soon, the majority of users on the `Net will not be North American or European. The majority will shift toward Asia, for obvious reason. Based on sheer numbers, Asia outweighs most of the rest of the world by leaps and bounds. This is a problem because, as we can tell, most of these programs which we use to access the internet are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116059614348516832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116059614348516832' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116059614348516832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116059614348516832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-will-internet-break.html' title='When will the Internet break?'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116050270664849526</id><published>2006-10-10T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:32:44.886-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='definition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Labor Review Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='managers'/><title type='text'>Update about manager definition</title><summary type='text'>I know you all were waiting with baited breath on the National Labor Review Board's decision about what constitutes a manager. Well - hate to say it, but now we are all managers and therefore can't join unions. Oh wait. That's not entirely true. But, the Board has decided in the case under review to use the broadest definition of the word manager as to suggest that anyone who has input into when </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116050270664849526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116050270664849526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116050270664849526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116050270664849526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-about-manager-definition.html' title='Update about manager definition'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116050108738063559</id><published>2006-10-10T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:33:24.225-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perspective'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dennis Hastert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wonkette'/><title type='text'>Quickly, on how perspective matters...</title><summary type='text'>I was reading the Wonkette blog (for those of you who don't know, she writes a blog about Washington DC and Congressional things), and she had an interesting article about House Speaker Dennis Hastert.More at the link - http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dennis-hastert/dennis-hastert-media-master-206488.php</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116050108738063559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116050108738063559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116050108738063559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116050108738063559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/quickly-on-how-perspective-matters.html' title='Quickly, on how perspective matters...'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116049734861200747</id><published>2006-10-10T12:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T20:48:33.338-04:00</updated><title type='text'>technorati</title><summary type='text'>Technorati Profile</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116049734861200747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116049734861200747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116049734861200747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116049734861200747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/technorati.html' title='technorati'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116049958768492272</id><published>2006-10-10T12:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:34:01.924-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Economist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IHT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Korea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear'/><title type='text'>North Korea - how crazy IS Kim Jong-Il?</title><summary type='text'>OK by now hopefully everyone has heard that North Korea "tested a nuclear bomb" yesterday morning, Eastern Standard Time. Now, depending on which report you have read, it will give clear reasons for why this is a problem, outside of the fact that it is a nuclear weapon.Here's International Herald Tribune / New York Times' take on it: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/09/news/nuke.phpNow, when </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116049958768492272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116049958768492272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116049958768492272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116049958768492272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/north-korea-how-crazy-is-kim-jong-il_10.html' title='North Korea - how crazy IS Kim Jong-Il?'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116033885001440173</id><published>2006-10-08T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:34:40.301-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Time magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TQM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lean Six Sigma'/><title type='text'>Can the military run like a business?</title><summary type='text'>Time magazine had an interesting article a couple of months ago that I ran into while waiting in a doctor's office this week. From the July 10th edition, the article is called "Lean and Mean". It just highlights one colonel is trying, while armed to the teeth in business books, to transform some of the units from unproductive to highly efficient using Lean Six Sigma. The military, as with any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116033885001440173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116033885001440173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116033885001440173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116033885001440173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/can-military-run-like-business.html' title='Can the military run like a business?'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-116015578740966251</id><published>2006-10-06T13:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T19:35:18.257-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electronics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='voting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Would you vote on the internet?</title><summary type='text'>Say it was possible for you to vote on Election Day... online. Would you? I know there are many things how people would manipulate, hack, or whatever to change the results, but it is just an idea I was having. I know the present system we have is horrible... but not as bad as those who are still using punch cards! There was a federal law that signed into law in 2002 called the Help America Vote </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/116015578740966251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=116015578740966251' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116015578740966251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/116015578740966251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/would-you-vote-on-internet.html' title='Would you vote on the internet?'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115998327830236287</id><published>2006-10-04T13:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:14:15.422-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='supervisor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Labor Review Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LA Times'/><title type='text'>Labor Review Board to Rule on Supervisors</title><summary type='text'>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-labor4oct04,1,5657950.story?coll=la-headlines-business&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=trueMy understanding of this article is that a federal labor review board is to review their definition of what a "supervisor" is, and under federal rules, supervisors are not subject to protection in lieu of joining a union. So ultimately what could happen if the board was to set a broad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115998327830236287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115998327830236287' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115998327830236287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115998327830236287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/labor-review-board-to-rule-on.html' title='Labor Review Board to Rule on Supervisors'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115980936039970598</id><published>2006-10-02T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:13:27.903-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Times'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Supreme Court'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Austria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nobel Prize'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBC'/><title type='text'>So Much to Say, So Little Time</title><summary type='text'>It's Monday and I feel like I'm already a week behind!This past weekend was very eventful in the life of economics and politics so I might as well just get to it.First, elections. Unaware to me, there were a number of elections happening this past weekend that I just found out about, namely Austria and Brazil. Austria's election was rather quiet with the Social Democrats eeking out a small </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115980936039970598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115980936039970598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115980936039970598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115980936039970598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/so-much-to-say-so-little-time.html' title='So Much to Say, So Little Time'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115973283802260613</id><published>2006-10-01T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:14:46.027-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IHT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weekly wrap-up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='markets'/><title type='text'>Round the World Speculation in Three Links</title><summary type='text'>http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/bloomberg/bxeuro.phpWe'll start this post in Europe where we find that the economy is rising through commodities, and the stock markets are coming around secondarily. Mining seems to be driving this upswing, but the energy companies, such as BP and Total, are following right behind.http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/bloomberg/bxasia.phpFrom Torino to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115973283802260613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115973283802260613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115973283802260613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115973283802260613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/round-world-speculation-in-three-links.html' title='Round the World Speculation in Three Links'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115955001286036793</id><published>2006-09-29T13:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:11:01.892-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington Post'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>House Passes Measure on Religion Suits - washingtonpost.com</title><summary type='text'>House Passes Measure on Religion Suits - washingtonpost.comThis is really interesting story, especially since my Constitutional Law class is covering the topic of religious freedom. It makes me really question this and how long it will take before a lawsuit comes out. The fact that the House is willing to take up such a small issue their last week in session before official campaign season </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115955001286036793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115955001286036793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115955001286036793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115955001286036793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/house-passes-measure-on-religion-suits.html' title='House Passes Measure on Religion Suits - washingtonpost.com'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115925674984413722</id><published>2006-09-26T03:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:10:04.787-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><title type='text'>Sunday morning President Clinton</title><summary type='text'>WOW... even if you're not political you need to watch this!Even my professor has commented upon this in his blog, so it must be big in the blogosphere...President Clinton yesterday apparently gave Chris Matthews a tongue lashing on Fox News Sunday. He got very hot and bothered by what Matthews was trying to say and called him out on a number of topics.For a transcript:http://</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115925674984413722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115925674984413722' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115925674984413722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115925674984413722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/sunday-morning-president-clinton.html' title='Sunday morning President Clinton'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115904037107369347</id><published>2006-09-23T15:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:09:21.423-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capitalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy (book review)</title><summary type='text'>The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of DemocracyBy Noreena HertzA reviewThis book is a very good one in a modern interpretation of globalization and some of the interesting side effects of the last century. It is very skeptical of the impending interconnectedness between business and government, and that is one of the main points.Miss Hertz starts with the premise that her book </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115904037107369347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115904037107369347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115904037107369347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115904037107369347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/silent-takeover-global-capitalism-and.html' title='The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy (book review)'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115860437935981652</id><published>2006-09-18T14:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:08:12.257-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Al-Qaida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newsweek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MSNBC'/><title type='text'>al-Qaida's Hold on Markets</title><summary type='text'>Osama bin Laden and his contemporaries have an interesting way of using their terrorism to their advantage: through the market.If their goal is to disrupt normal activities for the US and the West, then they have something else coming to them. According to Newsweek's Robert Samuelson, the terrorists' main point to disrupt normal daily life has been achieved because our spending on terror defense </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115860437935981652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115860437935981652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115860437935981652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115860437935981652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/al-qaidas-hold-on-markets.html' title='al-Qaida&apos;s Hold on Markets'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115860421519674498</id><published>2006-09-18T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:07:14.527-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BBC'/><title type='text'>Update on Sweden's elections</title><summary type='text'>Those tracking the election were right. It was a close election. The Moderate Party gained the plurality advantage by one percentage point, according to the BBC. The new government looks to swiftly go into action, with their other parties in their coalition, to make good on election promises. These include lowering taxes and control resources some of Sweden's giant welfare state.Sources: BBC (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115860421519674498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115860421519674498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115860421519674498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115860421519674498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/update-on-swedens-elections.html' title='Update on Sweden&apos;s elections'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115844678219087173</id><published>2006-09-16T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:06:16.783-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><title type='text'>Parliamentary Elections in Sweden</title><summary type='text'>Tomorrow, 17 Sept, Sweden will have an election for their parliament. Since they only have one chamber, it is for the whole control of government. The force to be reckoned with is the Social Democrat party, who have the majority right now with 144 seats. In addition, the prime minister is from that party also. His name is Goran Persson. (There is an umlaut above the first o in his name.)Election </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115844678219087173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115844678219087173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115844678219087173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115844678219087173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/parliamentary-elections-in-sweden.html' title='Parliamentary Elections in Sweden'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115838334456794592</id><published>2006-09-16T01:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T20:48:32.578-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Crazy</title><summary type='text'>That last post took me a good bit of time to put together... that's why there's so much time between posts. That and I have a crazy schedule. Working full-time and going to school full-time will really put the cramps in a person's social calendar. I get by though. Thanks for your patience. Don't worry... there will be more great economic analysis coming. I promise.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115838334456794592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115838334456794592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115838334456794592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115838334456794592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/crazy.html' title='Crazy'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115799064233464115</id><published>2006-09-11T10:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:05:14.536-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Economist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><title type='text'>Introduction, part 1:  Globalization Primer</title><summary type='text'>Globalization is an important word when dealing with global economics. It is being more frequently used in business, governmental and everyday language and will likely remain part of people's common speech. The global economy is a very large demon or ghost, depending on your view point. The reality of globalization is so mind-blurring that there is not a consistant definition of what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115799064233464115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115799064233464115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115799064233464115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115799064233464115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/09/introduction-part-1-globalization.html' title='Introduction, part 1:  Globalization Primer'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115697448487089059</id><published>2006-08-30T17:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T00:47:43.454-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Getting Ahead of Myself...</title><summary type='text'>Looking back at the earlier post I made, maybe I have gotten ahead of myself. I am someone who likes structure to things, as much as I don't provide myself with said structure. First I need to define this blogging quest that I will taking.Before I do that, let me introduce myself.My name is Daniel and I am 26 years old. I am a senior at Indiana U. - Purdue U. Fort Wayne (IPFW), where I will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115697448487089059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115697448487089059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115697448487089059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115697448487089059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/08/getting-ahead-of-myself.html' title='Getting Ahead of Myself...'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115691026836366230</id><published>2006-08-29T22:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T00:41:18.462-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Swedish Pirates</title><summary type='text'>As you may know, I have an interest in the global economy and its various facets. Two of these interests are politics and business. Politics are interesting because it shows how unbusinesslike governments operate (for good reason), and business is interesting because it shows what policy can do for business practice.One group who is trying to control business is the Swedish Pirate Party. They </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115691026836366230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115691026836366230' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115691026836366230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115691026836366230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/08/swedish-pirates.html' title='Swedish Pirates'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33315430.post-115648255372828580</id><published>2006-08-25T00:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T19:04:15.833-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><title type='text'>Welcome!</title><summary type='text'>This is the first post of my blog on global economics. I hope it stays the course and does not evolve into one about politics, but economics and politics are very related. The interrelationship of every country on this planet is for the very survival of our species. That is what makes global economics so exciting and interesting. Over the next few weeks, I will be looking deeper into this issue </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/115648255372828580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33315430&amp;postID=115648255372828580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115648255372828580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33315430/posts/default/115648255372828580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daniels-global-economics-blog.blogspot.com/2006/08/welcome.html' title='Welcome!'/><author><name>Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02425386916508511577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://lh5.google.com/danieldouglas01/RTMI793iABI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kDZzEyffbL8/Picture%2014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
