Roger Knecht » Economy http://www.rogerknecht.com God, Family & Country Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Exoskeleton for the Military http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/09/exoskeleton-for-the-military/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/09/exoskeleton-for-the-military/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:30 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18802

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Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/09/the-intersection-of-two-moving-averages/feed/ 0 Banking institutions are more dangerous http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/banking-institutions-are-more-dangerous/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/banking-institutions-are-more-dangerous/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:35:13 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18799 ‘I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that…

Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/banking-institutions-are-more-dangerous/feed/ 0 How do you spell market rally? How about “Jobs.” http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/how-do-you-spell-market-rally-how-about-%e2%80%9cjobs-%e2%80%9d/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/how-do-you-spell-market-rally-how-about-%e2%80%9cjobs-%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:16 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18841 A much higher than expected 243,000 jobs were added to our economy in January and that helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest close since May 2008, according to Bloomberg. On top of that, the unemployment rate…

Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/08/how-do-you-spell-market-rally-how-about-%e2%80%9cjobs-%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 The Real “Truth About the Economy:” Have Wages Stagnated? http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/06/the-real-truth-about-the-economy-have-wages-stagnated/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/06/the-real-truth-about-the-economy-have-wages-stagnated/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:42:41 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18817 Prof. Don Boudreaux responds to “The Truth About the Economy” (http://lrnlbty.co/z0ACuH), a recent video featuring former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. In the video, one of Reich’s key points is that most people’s wages have barely…

Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/06/the-real-truth-about-the-economy-have-wages-stagnated/feed/ 0 New pill with ingestible microchip monitors you from the inside http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/26/new-pill-with-ingestible-microchip-monitors-you-from-the-inside/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/26/new-pill-with-ingestible-microchip-monitors-you-from-the-inside/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:08:49 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18771 Soon, patients will be able to buy smart pills that have tiny ingestible sensors that can help track their medication use. Um, the call is coming from inside the house?

Patients not taking their meds as prescribed cost the US…

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For all of you with even any money left, be…

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Late last week, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) announced it was downgrading the credit rating of…

Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/18/the-markets-21/feed/ 0 Capitalism and the Family http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/10/capitalism-and-the-family/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/10/capitalism-and-the-family/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:40:25 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18578 Prof. Steve Horwitz discusses the relationship between capitalism and the family. Prior to capitalism, the primary purpose of families was production. Capitalism was the first economic system to enable individuals to form various types of associations, generating a more dynamic…

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