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Detecting Fake US Currency Bills

How To Know If Money is Fake
Let me start off by saying that counterfeit currency is not a huge problem in the US today, and most money is safe. In addition, changes to US currency made in 19996 made money much harder to print up.
But fake money does get passed off as real money, [...]

Ben Bernanke Made Incorrect Diagnosis of the U.S. Economy

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve made a huge mistake in diagnosing the current economic crisis.  As an old vanguard of the Great Depression school of thought, Mr. Bernanke sees an economic crisis as a result of deflation.  Such view could impact significantly on the efforts to recover the economy from [...]

The U.S. Federal Reserve Should Learn from the Zimbabwe Experience

Zimbabwe is a country where almost all citizens are billionaires.  This sounds good, right?  However, a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe costs more than 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars so even if you have 100 billion Zimbabwe dollars there is no chance that you can eat a loaf of bread to soothe your hunger fangs.  The [...]

Obama To Reverse Stem Cell Research Restrictions

An 8 Year Restriction on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Will Be Reversed
Proponents of stem cell reseach believe that it could one day alleviate serious diseases. Diabetes, Parkinson’s, and many other ailments that could be managed, but not cured, may one day be less serious. This is because embryonic stem cells are considered “master cells”, or [...]

US Families Cutting Back On Health Care

Is Cost Cutting, also Cutting America’s Health?
According to a study by the Kaiser Foundation, more than half of the people polled replied that they did cut back on health care because of cost concerns.
Here’s what they (53%) did instead :

Over The Counter Medications Instead of Prescription Medication
Home Remedies
Skipped Dental Care
Put Off Tests or Treatments That Doctors [...]