Ten Things About The Economic Crisis

Ten Things Your Reader Won’t Know About The Economic Crisis

1. Fact or detail:
There is a widespread belief that the current economic crisis is a result from a financial/banking crisis.
Source information:
http://cynicuseconomicus.blogspot.com/2009/02/economic-crisis-underlying-cause.html

2. Fact or detail:
The economic crisis has gotten so bad due to greed, the housing market, and how the credit well dried up.
Source information:
http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/09/29/economic-financial-crisis-2008-causes/

3. Fact or detail:
The U.S. economy is currently experiencing its worst crisis since the Great Depression.
Source information:
http://www.isreview.org/issues/64/feat-moseley.shtml

4. Fact or detail:
The economy has been steadily declining for over three years.
Source information:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Impact_of_the_economic_crisis_on_unemployment

5. Fact or detail:
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.0 per-cent), adult women (8.0 percent), whites (8.8 percent), blacks (15.8 percent), Hispanics (12.4 percent), and teenagers (25.0 percent) showed little to no change in February.
Source information:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

6. Fact or detail:
The unemployment rate is predicted to decline.
Source information:
http://www.forecasts.org/unemploy.htm

7. Fact or detail:
For every 1% increase in job creation, there would be approximately 250,000 additional jobs created in the United States over the next ten years.
Source information:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/thornton/thornton20.html

8. Fact or detail:
A survey indicates that less than 10% of American workers loose jobs due to American Job outsourcing which makes the picture clear that the problem is somewhere else.
Source information:
http://www.cyfuture.com/outsourcing-american-jobs.htm

9. Fact or detail:
Workers in manufacturing jobs, also known as “blue collar workers,” have long been exposed to foreign competition, losing jobs to lower wages abroad.
Source information:
http://gbgm-umc.org/global_news/full_article.cfm?articleid=2574

10. Fact or detail:
The Economic Crisis of 2008 is believed to have occurred because of global inflation, increased unemployment, high oil and food prices, a declining dollar value, a horrible housing market, and a subprime mortgage crisis.
Source information:
http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Economic_Crisis_2008

Fast Food Nation Post 6

1. All of the history destroyed when new huge houses were built.
2. How competitive the markplace was for ranchers selling there cattle.
3. What sparked the great idea to have chicken finger food.
4. What exactly is in all the food at fast food resturants.
5. What goes on at meat packing industries.

Fast Food Nation Post 5

1. The different inventions that have been created to help with potatoe farming.
2. The competitiveness of selling frozen fries in bags.
3. The prices that potatoes sold for and how much profit the companies would make off of them.
4. How McDonalds use to make their fries.
5. All of the ingrediants that go into making a single milkshake at Burger King.

Fast Food Nation Post 3

1. How every few miles you will see a new cluster of fast food resturants.
2. Half of the jobs in Colarado Springs still depends on military spending.
3. Colarado Springs is slowly starting to turn like Southern California.
4. How a high schooler goes up into work at 6 am at a local McDonalds.
5. How numerous deaths have occured after hours at fastfood resturants due to robbery.

Subject and 5 topics

Subject: Fast Food
Topic 1: Obesity- does fast food play a role in the rising rates of obesity?
Topic 2- Nutrition- how much nutrition is in the meals at fast food resturants?
Topic 3- Diabetes- does fast food increase the cases of diabetes?
Topic 4- Medical Problems Arising from Fast Food- Cause an increase in heart attacks, alzeheimers, and other health problems?
Topic 5- Life Span- is all the fast food consumed causing a decrease in lifespan?

Talking About My Generation

“Generation Dope.”
I got this idea from the New York Times Friday July 31, 2009 issue. The title of the article is, “Stars of Red Sox Title Years Are Linked to Doping.” In this day and age, a lot of athletes are being accused of doing dope and it comes up a lot with sports.

“Generation Economic Crisis, Not Many Show It.”
I got this idea from the New York Times Friday July 31, 2009 issue. The title of the article, which I got my idea from, was “The Pizza Now Costs $5 a Slice. May Say It’s Worth Every Cent.” The economy today is not doing so well, and for people to be paying five dollars for a slice of pizza is a lot. They need to be budgeting their money better.

“Generation Diversity.”

I got this idea from the New York Times Sunday March 15, 2009 issue. The article’s title was, “Where Education and Assimilation Collide.” In America today, we are becoming more and more diverse. To me, this article stated how America is becoming more inter-racial.

“Generation Unemployment.”

I got this idea from the Wall Street Journal’s Saturday/Sunday January 30-31 2010 edition. The title of the article was, “Growth Hits 6-Year High.” I got this idea because I was thinking and the economy is in such a bad state that it is a good thing that the growth rate has hit its high prior to 6 years ago.

“Generation I’ve Been Found.”
I got this idea from the New York Times Friday January 15, 2010 issue. The title of the article, which I got this idea from was, “Can ‘Idol” Still Churn Out Stars? Time Will Tell.” American Idol has been on for numerous seasons and they keep finding singing sensations. Every year, they host a new season and they keep on finding hidden stars. I got this idea because the stars, which have been found, lives have drastically changed because of this show.

Websites and Articles

Websites

http://www.ajc.com/news/community-gardens-grow-fresh-357600.html

-growing fresh vegetables helps to build friendships.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/03/10/family_campaign_against_childhood_obesity_can_be_painless_filling_and_still_taste_good/

- More children are obese these days. How to kick to obesity epidemic.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving2/stories/030910dnlivkidsweight.18ece5a1c.html

-States that there is a 15% higher chance of a child becoming obese if
their grandparents watch them.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/08/aids-virus-can-hide-in-bone-marrow/
-talks about how the AIDS virus can hid in bone marrow and that a lot of research lies ahead about this.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dorm-gender15-2010mar15,0,4585257.story

- Talks about how more and more colleges are allowing co-ed roommates.

Magazines

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/30-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-sugar

-this article informs us of 20 things you did not know about sugar.

http://usnews.feedroom.com/?fr_story=0b22e4508db3aabbca803e5ac1a75a4001779fff
-this video article states that even if one takes junk food away from schools, it does not prevent from over eating at home.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1971906,00.html

-talks about lead poisoning could lurk in spices


http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/02/18/wellness/fitness.html

-talks about 10 different exercises that can help lead to stronger muscles and healthier joints.

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/mar/03-fish-oil-is-no-snake-oil

-talks about the omega-3 fatty acids that fish oils contain has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.