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August 16, 2012

Title: What's In A Recovery? Is The Canary In The Coal Mine Beginning To Feel Lightheaded?
Topic: Economic Crisis

Discussed by Dr. Shawn Ritenour
with www.VisionAndValues.org

Part 1 of 4

Let's look at employment numbers today in America - is it true that we need over 150,000 new jobs per month to keep up with the population growth?

Let's look at true employment figures - is it a given that millions upon millions of Americans have given up looking for a job, therefore don't show up in unemployment figures? Would there be rioting if the total number of citizens without a job was added up?

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Title: Part 2 of 4
Topic: Economic Crisis

Discussed by Dr. Shawn Ritenour
with www.VisionAndValues.org

What causes a recession? When would most economists, and even journalists, be in agreement that any given country is in a recession?

Is our economic performance worse than Japan's during its lost decade? What is the "lost decade"?

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Title: Part 3 of 4
Topic: Economic Crisis

Discussed by Dr. Shawn Ritenour
with www.VisionAndValues.org

For our listeners just now joining in, what happened to Japan? Is America headed down that same disastrous path?

Was Japan about to see the light of day/ about to get back to prosperity when the tsunami hit, and did that send them backwards?

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Title: Part 4 of 4
Topic: Economic Crisis

Discussed by Dr. Shawn Ritenour
with www.VisionAndValues.org

In concluding with Economics 101, what must we do to have true prosperity in America? What's wrong with education in America?

If the government got out of the way and didn't pick winners, is there still enough entrepreneurial spirit in America to lift us up to prosperity nationwide?

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