Say what you will about Dollar General Stores--and many have,particularly in Wisconsin--but their placement in rural communities and, well, out in the middle of nowhere, essentially, has long been a boon to convenience. They've cornered the market on "quick trips to the store." I have o...
MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. The euro exchange rate dropped below $1 for the first time since July, according to Forex Capital Markets. As of 10:53 am Moscow time, the euro-dollar pair traded at 0.9998, falling to 0.9995 by 11:09 am. Meanwhile, the dollar exchange rate against the rub...
or the way in which US economic policy makers have sought to respond to those challenges, necessarily imply that the dollar must inevitably decline, let alone sharply, against any other currencies (the 'fundamentals' for which are not, in general, significantly stronger than ...
I was first turned on to Dollar Tree a few years ago by a friend. I always kind of figured they were like Dollar General or Family Dollar in that most of the items in the store cost more than $1, but boy was I wrong. Damn near everything in the store will only set you back a...
And I’m not sure what the relationship between the general rate of PP decline has to do with the very strong auto price inflation vs CPI over the last several decades… You are correct, however, in pointing out that auto inflation has indeed been “hedonic” primarily and ...
Milton Bradley 1977: Town Dump Did you ever playMilton Bradley’s game Town Dump? The object was to bulldoze trash onto your opponent’s property. Unlike the many other quality games from Milton Bradley, this one appears to be rubbish. ...
Jared Sexton (30) writes:If, in the economy of race, whiteness is a form of money—the general equivalent or universal standard of value—then Blackness is its gold standard, the bottom-line guarantee represented by hard currency.1Like gold, which has no intrinsic monetary value, the ...
Frost is an honored poet and has taught many people important things from his poetry. His style consists of recognizing the beauty in life that other people don’t. A few good examples of this are “A Boundless Moment”, “A Question”, and “A Prayer in Spring.” He wanted people to...