$250 for desk, nice chair, 2 bookshelves and all i needed was two strapping young men to haul it in and a screwdriver (and some chewing gum and a paper clip).

U.S. government efforts to combat the recession will prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, said Kim Heeseok, who oversees $160 billion as head of global investments for the service in Seoul.

They can make their own change.5- Protect our jobs6- Global warming, global cooling?

Global currency here we come...

That's probably more important than any set of global assumptions.

lol true that...it all started when USA decided to be independent, and that is good, but in a global economy now needs to communicate and trade globally at least to some extent.)

Perhaps unload it during inflation/hyperinflation, pay off all mortgage debt and start free and clear for the new dollar, amero, or whatever the next more global currency will be.

But when the dollar falls in value, and with the yuan pegged to the dollar, it reduces the value of their currency and their savings.This talk of some global currency reminds me of the Amero discussion that came up a while back.

In version 1, the template is set as a global setting.

This guy has spent a while debating a lot of people, and has came to a conclusion that I think most will agree with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg