economy Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/economy/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:33:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 We’re Getting Hungrier https://smthingscount.com/2018/09/24/were-getting-hungrier/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:33:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7291 Droughts, floods, conflicts, and economic slowdowns: they, according to a U.N. report, are the major causes of people going hungry. They all adversely affect food

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]]> How to Add $513 Billion to Our Economy https://smthingscount.com/2017/04/04/how-to-add-513-billion-to-our-economy/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:14:56 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5777 $513 B could flow into our economy if women earned as much pay as men, says the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.  That’s a number

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]]> Stock Market Make-Believe https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/08/stock-market-make-believe/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:45:25 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4434 While listening to the news of the bad effects the weak stock markets are having on the major countries of the world and our own

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]]> Fence out those Immigrants! https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/20/fence-out-those-immigrants/ https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/20/fence-out-those-immigrants/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:29:29 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4316 I live in California, a state that has a large population of immigrants coming in illegally.  I should, I suppose, jump on the bandwagon of

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/20/fence-out-those-immigrants/feed/ 4 Kids are Graduating! https://smthingscount.com/2014/05/07/kids-are-graduating/ Wed, 07 May 2014 17:27:45 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2745 Great news!  We’re closing in on a 90% graduation rate. The National Center for Education Statics has reported that we’re at a never-before-reached 81% and

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]]> Where are the Homeless? https://smthingscount.com/2013/12/03/where-are-the-homeless/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:54:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2310 I thought it a good sign when the homeless hanging around Snell and Blossom Hill Road near my home were disappearing, that maybe the improving

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