Thursday, April 24, 2008

Wall Street Journal,April 24, 2008 page A12

Interest rates and the dollar's value are related. Dollar's depreciation has contributed mightily to the outsized increase in the food and energy component of CPI since 2002 as applied economics.

Amazon stands tall amid slowdown as an evidence of online business.

Euros maybe a saving mechanism to some but I would recommend art, antiques and other metals with intrinsic values as investment without fluctuations of the $.

Senator John McCain stresses job training in community colleges in Kentucky. Cf. The Future of Community Colleges,July 18, 1974 issue."Keys for Economic Understanding" www.Amazon.com for reference.

After my two visits for 7 weeks in last six months in China, I am convinced that China is moving toward the values of democracy under the market system. The arts, economics as represented by Olympics in Beijing 2008 are cultural bridges that all folks in all nations. Such goodwill must be strengthened with the determination to build good cause for humanity in the 21st century.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao on Thursday,April 24, 2008 at 9.14 p.m.

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