June 18th, 2008
Jim Lee’s economic analysis in APICS’ on-line newsletter (subscribe at www.apics.org) covers several myths. The first two are pretty straight forward. Myth number 3 takes a bit more brain power:
Myth #3: The stagflation of the 1970s will not be repeated because economies today are more immune to the effects of rising energy prices.
Jim does a […]
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June 17th, 2008
Jim Lee’s great perspectives on our supposed economic woes are mythologized in APICS’ on-line newsletter (subscribe at www.apics.org). Myth number 2 of 3 is:
Myth #2: With soaring food and energy prices, the official numbers on inflation (around 4 percent) are grossly misleading.
He reveals that food and energy are 6% of typical household budgets so don’t get […]
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June 16th, 2008
Jim Lee’s economic analyses in the APICS on-line newsletter are a breath of fresh air. I’ve written about his thoughts before because he strips the discussion down to the facts of the matter. His latest demystifies today’s economy by attacking several myths. Here’s the first:
Myth #1: The consensus is that the world economy is in […]
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June 7th, 2008
Go and see a hilarious spoof website at http://flyderrie-air.com/. Many are posting on this in our business channel. I’m surprised at the sensitivity, or insensitivity, to fat people. This is NOT about fat people. IT IS about the ridiculous lengths that governments and corporations are going to satisfy the ideas of “green”, “global warming”, “sustainability” […]
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May 25th, 2008
According to Manufacturing Business Technology (MBT) opposing energy plans are in process and one is preferred by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Let’s see which one you think NAM favors- is it number 1 or number 2?
1. “includes actions….such as exploring for oil on the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf and in the Arctic National […]
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May 12th, 2008
Global warming is being used to justify statistics that attack the most innovative products in the world. The Prius, Toyota’s amazing hybrid, is now said to have an energy footprint higher than the Hummer. RIDICULOUS! CNW Marketiing’s study was innocently published by the Automobile Club in their May Westway’s magazine (no on-line version as of […]
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