Comparing Reaganomics and Obamanomics with Minneapolis Fed Data February 2, 2011 by Dan Mitchell Ronald Reagan would have been 100 years old on February 6, so let’s celebrate his life by comparing the success of his pro-market policies with the failure of Barack Obama’s policies (which are basically a continuation of George W. Bush’s policies, so this is not a partisan jab). The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has a fascinating (at least for economic geeks) interactive webpage that allows readers to compare economic downturns and recoveries, both on the basis of output and employment. The results are remarkable. The employment chart below provides an equally stark comparison. None of this should be interpreted to mean Reagan is ready for sainthood. *Though he may not be the best President of the 20th Century. Like this: Like Loading...
World Lens App can translate words inside of an image by Mark R I generally report on end-user consumer devices, and usually do not report on cool Apps on this site. Otherwise, I would constantly fill this blog with the cool Apps that come out everyday. However, there are times when Apps show us how far we have gone with technology, and Word Lens from QuestVisual has exploded over the tech blogosphere with what it can do with its Optical Character Recognition technology. Word Lens is the product of two and a half years of work from John DeWeese and Otavio Good. I mean, I have seen augmented reality apps do some pretty cool things before, but to translate English to Spanish (as well as Spanish to English) in realtime is pretty amazing. From what I hear, it doesn’t work this smoothly. If you want to see this App for yourself, it costs about $4.99 on the iTunes store. Source
George H. W. Bush This article is about the 41st U.S. president. For his son, the 43rd U.S. president, see George W. Bush. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Bush postponed college, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday, and became the youngest aviator in the U.S. He became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company, serving as a member of the House of Representatives and Director of Central Intelligence, among other positions. Bush left office in 1993. Early years Young George H. George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts[3] on June 12, 1924 to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush. Bush began his formal education at the Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich. World War II Because of his valuable combat experience, Bush was reassigned to Norfolk Navy Base and put in a training wing for new torpedo pilots. Business career Economy
American Cultural History - 1980-1989 The 1980s became the Me! Me! Me! The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the 1980s. To see the whole picture, we encourage users to browse all the way through this page and then visit the suggested links for more information on the decade. Science and technology made terrific strides in the eighties. heart, cancer, and other diseases. During this decade Wayne Williams was arrested in Atlanta for the murders of 23 black children, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman Supreme Court Justice, 52 hostages were released from their 444 days of captivity in Iran, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial inscribed with 57,939 names of American soldiers killed or missing in Vietnam was dedicated, income climbed more than 20 percent, Ivan Boesky of Drexel Burnham Lambert made headlines with insider trading scandals, Families changed drastically during these years. American was reading. Books
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Jimmy Carter During Carter's term as President, he created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. He took office during a period of international stagnation and inflation, which persisted throughout his term. Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in 1982,[4] a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization that works to advance human rights. Early life Jimmy Carter (around age 13) with his dog, Bozo, in 1937 Carter has Scots-Irish and English ancestry. Education Carter was a gifted student from an early age who always had a fondness for reading. After high school, Carter enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College, in Americus. Farming
America 1980-1989: Business and the Economy Summary Many Americans perceived the 1980s as a prosperous and pleasant decade, especially in contrast to the 1970s. As the 1980s unfolded, however, others argued that the ailments of the nation had not been cured but instead were being pasted over and ignored. The 1970s had been filled with tumultuous events such as oil shocks, the Watergate affair, and the Iran hostage crisis.
suicide_note Bill Clinton Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who served as United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 and who was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Both Clintons earned law degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. Early life and career William Jefferson Blythe III, in 1950 at age four "Sometime in my sixteenth year, I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. Clinton's interest in law also began in Hot Springs High, when in his Latin class he took up the challenge to argue the defense of the ancient Roman Senator Catiline in a mock trial.[7] After a vigorous defense that made use of his "budding rhetorical and political skills", he told the Latin teacher Mrs. Georgetown University
Reaganomics, by William A. Niskanen "Reaganomics" was the most serious attempt to change the course of U.S. economic policy of any administration since the New Deal. "Only by reducing the growth of government," said Ronald Reagan, "can we increase the growth of the economy." Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax rates on income from both labor and capital, (3) reduce regulation, and (4) reduce inflation by controlling the growth of the money supply. These major policy changes, in turn, were expected to increase saving and investment, increase economic growth, balance the budget, restore healthy financial markets, and reduce inflation and interest rates. Any evaluation of the Reagan economic program should thus address two general questions: How much of the proposed policy changes were approved? The changes to the federal tax code were much more substantial. Most other economic conditions also improved.
Future computers to its next level! Future technology Rene Lee has come up with an exciting device called Bento. It is a single modular device that integrates a tablet, notebook, smartphone, hard drive and battery. The device can be used independently or as a processing network. It not only extends the life cycle of the product but also expands the possibilities of networked use. And thus, it provides easy portability of each component. Bento is short-listed for FUJITSU design award 2011 from over 1000 designs. The basic laptop structure touts a 15″ OLED screen which serves as its structural base. The tablet can display a keyboard and the screen of the notebook can do visualization. Mini Computer!
Gerald Ford Gerald Ford 38th President of the United States August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Vice President Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977) Preceded by Richard Nixon Succeeded by Jimmy Carter 40th Vice President of the United States December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 President Spiro Agnew Nelson Rockefeller House Minority Leader January 3, 1965 – December 6, 1973 Deputy Leslie Arends Charles Halleck John Rhodes Member of the U.S. from Michigan 's 5th district January 3, 1949 – December 6, 1973 Bartel Jonkman Richard Vander Veen Personal details Born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. ( 1913-07-14 ) July 14, 1913 Omaha , Nebraska , U.S. Died December 26, 2006 ( 2006-12-26 ) (aged 93) Rancho Mirage , California , U.S. [ 1 ] Resting place Gerald R. Grand Rapids, Michigan Political party Republican Spouse(s) Betty Bloomer (1948–2006) Children Michael John Steven Susan Alma mater University of Michigan Yale Law School Profession Lawyer Religion Episcopal Signature Military service Service/branch United States Navy Years of service Rank Lieutenant Commander Battles/wars
Fibonacci Extensions | How to Calculate Fibonacci Extensions For Stocks Most traders know what Fibonacci retracements are but you don't hear very many of them talking about Fibonacci extensions (at least I don't). If you have never heard of them, then get out a pen and some paper. What is a Fibonacci extension? Well, we know that a retracement is a move in a stock that "retraces" a portion of the previous move. But what happens when a stock retraces more than 100% of the prior move? Take a look at this chart... In the first example, AIR pulls back from $25.92 (1) to $23.11 (2). Could we have known that this stock might run into resistance at $26.68 (3)? Take the difference in price between 1 and 2. In the second example... $28.75 - $25.00 = $3.75 x 1.272 = $4.77 + $25.00 = $29.77. So, if you buy pullbacks and you are wanting to take partial profits on a stock, you can calculate this ahead of time. Note: The two common Fibonacci ratios used for calculating extensions are 1.618 and 1.272. 2.07 x 1.618 = $3.35 Microsoft actually reversed at $26.76 (3).
Richard Nixon Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. He graduated from Whittier College in 1934 and Duke University School of Law in 1937, returning to California to practice law. He and his wife, Pat Nixon, moved to Washington to work for the federal government in 1942. He subsequently served in the United States Navy during World War II. Nixon was elected in California to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. His pursuit of the Alger Hiss case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. Although Nixon initially escalated America's involvement in the Vietnam War, he subsequently ended U.S. involvement by 1973. Nixon's second term saw a crisis in the Middle East, resulting in an oil embargo and the restart of the Middle East peace process, as well as a continuing series of revelations about the Watergate scandal. Early life Nixon was born to Francis A. Primary and secondary education Nixon in high school, 1930.