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An article in Reason Magazine outlines a curious fact: this is poised to be the worst summer for employment since World War II. While we all know the credit crunch and economic woes that are going on, this article deals with Summer jobs for teenagers. These would be cheap alternatives to full time [...]

Continuing “The Case for Gold” series here on Dumbagent, I’ve been researching junior mining companies that could potentially benefit from the rise in gold prices.
Please keep in mind that this is for informational purposes only. Junior gold miners carry with them high risks and are volatile in price movements. These companies are not for speculation.

From a British point of view, but an excellent point nonetheless. The Adam Smith Institute reminds us how Switzerland has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, one of the best health care systems and transportation systems, four different languages and 2 different religions, yet its inhabitants have had a peaceful, prosperous [...]

Ronald Bailey from Reason Magazine writes about the 2008 Copenhagen Consensus and highlights a speech by Kym Anderson from the University of Adelaide had to say about trade and migration.
An interesting comparison: Industrialized countries gave $104 Billion to developing countries in 2006. If trade were fully liberalized these developing countries would receive $86 Billion. Not [...]

This map is a convenient way of looking at the various levels of GDP of each US State. It also puts many country GDP’s into perspective.
We must remind you, however, that these only measure overall GDP levels. They do not show the GDP per capita (or how rich each person would be in each state). [...]