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• Don Antonius on Will Greece Leave the Eurozone?: My 2 cents on the topic: The sollution would be to drop the Euro all together, return all the ...MoreMy 2 cents on the topic: The sollution would be to drop the Euro all together, return all the separate euro-zone currencies. This isn't going to work out for the Euro-Zone. In my opinion they made a huge mistake when choosing for one currency. You can not have one currency, If all countries in the Euro_Zone keep there own governments. Now every government/country has to be successfull to push the Euro up. Which is impossible, so the weaker countries will always pull the strong countries down. If you have 1 currency you need ONE central government and one monetary pollicy. You would have to have a set up like the USA. 1 president leading all the separate states. For Europe and the EUro the only way is down. THe issue that countries can not print more of their currency to solve or help with their deficit problem is showing to be a economical fatality. Will Greece leave the Euro-zone? No I do not thinks so. Will Greece turn to the Drachmen, its trusty old currency. Well I think that would be a Great sollution.
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• Mike D. on An Rx for Mental Health?: 6 percent of the people in the United States suffer from severe mood-related disorders? Staggering! ...More6 percent of the people in the United States suffer from severe mood-related disorders? Staggering! If you do the math, that is a large number of the population. Is this why the Drug companies are feeding us a prescription drug for every disorder?? These drugs are increasing the suicide rate in our country... I teach Fitness Classes in AZ, and see a ton of students on anti-depressants, and most of them can ween off of them after a few months of hard exercise. Valuing a an activity or goal takes hard work and mental focus. Good Post...
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• Kanan V. Jaswal on Debating Ethics Across Cultures: I don't think that international managers should worry a lot about offending or not the local ...MoreI don't think that international managers should worry a lot about offending or not the local sensitivities; their conduct should be guided solely by their own values and principles. And if these are in conflict with the local practices they should take the trouble to explain the differences to the locals. I have seen in my experience that men or women with strong ethics may not be that much loved but they are admired universally. And that pays even in business.
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• john miller on Stemming the Foreclosure Tide: Lowering the interest rate, en mass, for those still stuck at rates above 4%, would not only ...MoreLowering the interest rate, en mass, for those still stuck at rates above 4%, would not only increase their disposable income, more money to spend on the economy, but would LOWER the income of the investor's owning those 5%-6% (and higher) loans. The home owners that are able to itemize would have less deductions, and would pay more in income taxes. Taxable entities owning the loans would have less income, therefore lower taxes. Probably a net loss in tax collections. But not because of a change in rates, rather, reduced income. (Non profits / pensions/ etc., who would receive less income, would not have an impact on taxes paid to the US). Since Money Never Sleeps, the repaid loans would be in the market for the new loans, or others types of investments. Capital looking for a home (something to invest in) sounds like a winner. (as opposed to so many banks sitting on 'free' deposits and investing in risk free Treasuries.
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• Mike on How Closing Car Dealerships Will Help the Auto Industry: A dealers average daily cost is a direct result of how effectively they maintain? this is overhead, ...MoreA dealers average daily cost is a direct result of how effectively they maintain? this is overhead, every business has it and needs to maintain. The viable points is as an entirety the automotive industry has taking a dive effecting all industry status.
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