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The Close Tie Between Energy Consumption, Employment, and Recession

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

The number of jobs available to job-seekers has been a problem for quite a long tine now—since 2000 in the United States, and longer than that in Europe. If we look at the percentage of the US population who are … Continue reading →

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The Growing Part of the World in Charts

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Some parts of the world pretty much sailed through the 2008-2009 recession, while other parts of the world had huge problems. The part that sailed through the recession is what I call the “Growing Part of the World.” I thought … Continue reading →

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