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For the past couple of days I have been thinking about  my recent post on the claims from members of the Black press that they are being "fenced out of economic justice". Unable to put this issue to the side, I decided to do some online research on advertising in the Black community. My first stop was to look at advertising in the world of Hip Hop. Here is a ...More

George Jeffersonomics, that is. TV Land's Labor Day Weekend The Jeffersons marathon got us wondering about economics and economic myths. Weezy somehow managed to convince George that he was charging to much for dry cleaning and that he had a social responsibility to cut prices and ... lose money. At episode's end George was cutting prices - but the George we know and love certainly jacked them back up as soon ...More

I have been on the phone for almost 1/2 hour to for a simple explanation. In short, the right and and left hand are freaking clueless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't tell if I am talking to a machine or a live person. Hmmmmm! Sounds like Washington :). More

Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. spends more on primary and secondary education than most developed countries, yet has larger classes, lower test scores and higher dropout rates, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported. The U.S. spent about $12,000 per student, second only to Switzerland among the 30 OECD countries based on 2003 figures, the OECD said today in its annual report on education. The U.S. outperformed only five ...More

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