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October 10, 2008 Before paying that $700 billion ...

Editor - It's all a story older the Adam Smith (not Adam and Eve). You have a commodity and you inflate its value when you want to sell it to someone else. ...

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle,  USA


October 09, 2008 SIEDC, Chamber now have seperate boards

US Rep. Bob Latta, R- Bowling Green, was the keynote speaker at the meeting, where he discussed his views on the current economic and energy crisis. ...

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Source: Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, OH


October 09, 2008 A run on gold in Poland

Andrzej Sadowski, economist at Adam Smith Centre recalls that gold has been one of the safest investments during times of financial turmoil and its price is ...

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Source: Polish Market, Poland


October 08, 2008 Gold fever in Poland

“In moments of crisis gold becomes a natural circulating medium, not losing its value,” Andrzej Sadowski of Adam Smith Research Centre pointed out. ...

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Source: Thenews.pl, Poland


October 08, 2008 America must adjust foreign aid to a new world order

...an insider's knowledge, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, recently told me that no matter who wins the White House, the United States will dramatically change how and to whom it bestows billions in foreign aid each year. Smith is a senior member of the U.S. Ho

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Source: The Seattle Times


October 07, 2008 Michael Amato

...Communications director for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) Age: 27 Hometown: North Wales, Pa. Marital status/children: Single, no kids Last job: A legislative aide for a city councilman in Philadelphia until January; contract work until mid-August for a comp

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Source: The Hill


October 07, 2008 America must adjust foreign aid to a new world order

By Lynne K. Varner WITH an insider's knowledge, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, recently told me that no matter who wins the White House, the United States will ...

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Source: Seattle Times, United States


October 07, 2008 ADOPT VARIED RESPONSES TO AVERT GLOBAL RECESSION, ADVISES DEPUTY ...

When Adam Smith had written The Wealth of Nations, Malawi, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United Republic of Tanzania had been the ...

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Source: 7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY


October 07, 2008 News of record

SMITH - McKENZIE: Nicholas Adam Smith, 24, of Chillicothe, Mill's Pride, Amy Nicole McKenzie, 23, of Chillicothe, Mill's Pride. MAY - BLISS: Robert Jordan ...

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Source: Chillicothe Gazette, OH


October 06, 2008 Congress moves on Travel Promotion Act, Laptop Security

as well as Rep. Adam Smith, (D-Wash.), requires the Department of Homeland Security to have a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity before searching ...

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Source: Medical Meetings (subscription), MA


October 06, 2008 Dulverton mark cup return with victory

Dave Buckingham and Joe Enticott added one each while Adam Smith scored for ’Grove. Exmoor Rangers had a 2-0 away win at Middlezoy Rovers Reserves. ...

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Source: Sommerset County Gazette, UK


October 06, 2008 The Democratic Credit Crisis

Unbeknownst to Democrats, economics reached its apotheosis when Adam Smith and Milton Friedman wrote the definitive textbooks a long time ago. ...

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Source: American Daily, OH


October 06, 2008 Congress Proposes to End Electronics Seizures at Border

Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) provide traditional legal citizen protections to residents crossing borders back into the US, ...

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Source: Circuits Assembly, GA


October 05, 2008 Washington state representatives vote against bailout again, except for one

...and car dealers in my district can keep their jobs." "This was not an easy vote, but we are not in easy times," said Rep. Adam Smith, a Tacoma Democrat who supported the bill. "An economic slowdown cannot be avoided at this point, but this bill can make

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Source: Miami Herald


October 04, 2008 Irish Economy: State bank guarantee tolls the death knell of the ...

Apart from taking a strong position on pay issues, IBEC, the main business representative body, shies away from issues that would put politicians' noses out ...

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Source: FinFacts Ireland, Ireland


October 03, 2008 Arbitrary Seizure of

and House bill HR 7118 was tabled by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), representing Washington State's 9th District. CBP spokesperson Amy Kudwa declined to discuss ...

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Source: InternetNews.com


October 02, 2008 Lessons From A Crisis

The invisible hand of Adam Smith didn't create this mess. That honor belongs to ham-fisted politicians such as Barney Frank. Or take the notion that we ...

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Source: Forbes, NY


October 02, 2008 Brier Dudley Bill would protect against laptop snooping

Excerpts from the blog Lost in the bailout melee was a bill that US Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, introduced Monday to address intrusive. ...

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Source: Seattle Times, United States


October 02, 2008 Bill would protect against laptop snooping

...from the blog Lost in the bailout melee was a bill that U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Tacoma, introduced Monday to address intrusive and inappropriate laptop snooping by the Border Patrol. Smith's statement in the news release: "The chief responsibility of th

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Source: The Seattle Times


October 01, 2008 Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced an identical bill in the House. Given the little time left in this year's Congress, there's little chance the measure will ...

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Source: Wired News


October 01, 2008 Invisible bailout

Not the invisible hand of Adam Smith's marketplace, but the invisible hand of the Founders' representative government. If the narrow and unexpected ...

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Source: Daily Press, VA


October 01, 2008 The political nature of the economic crisis

Classical economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo referred to their discipline as “political economy.” Smith’s great work, “The Wealth of Nations,” was ...

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Source: Business Intelligence Middle East (press release), United Arab Emirates


October 01, 2008 Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border

...opposes new rules, saying they would lead to crippling litigation, restrictive policies and eventually a terrorist attack. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington) introduced an identical bill in the House. Given the little time left in this year's Congress, ther

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Source: Wired


September 30, 2008 The US Media Reform Movement: Going Forward

In 2008, too, Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) co-sponsored the Internet Freedom Act, legislation that not only calls for ...

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Source: RedOrbit, TX


September 30, 2008 Bill would limit Homeland Security laptop searches

US Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and US House Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., introduced the Travelers Privacy Protection Act ...

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Source: CNET News, CA


September 30, 2008 Legislation looks to patch privacy protections at borders

...camera or other electronic gear at the US border. Last Friday, Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Travelers Privacy Protection Act on Friday to, as Cantwell put it, "strike the right balanc

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Source: BetaNews


September 29, 2008 Bill would ban suspicionless laptop searches

Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA). “Most Americans would be shocked to learn that upon their return to the US from traveling abroad, ...

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Source: Raw Story, MA


September 28, 2008 The fox is guarding financial henhouse

...it who said "crack-brained meddling by the authorities" can "aggravate an existing crisis"? Ronald Reagan? Milton Friedman? Adam Smith? Not even close. It was Karl Marx. Unlike most leftists today, Marx studied economics. Is the current financial crisis

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Source: Recordnet.com


September 28, 2008 The fox is guarding financial henhouse

...it who said "crack-brained meddling by the authorities" can "aggravate an existing crisis"? Ronald Reagan? Milton Friedman? Adam Smith? Not even close. It was Karl Marx. Unlike most leftists today, Marx studied economics. Is the current financial crisis

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Source: Recordnet.com


September 27, 2008 Bailing out a blue economy

Any true free market-loving, Adam Smith-quoting, laissez-faire proponent worth his or her salt should be four-square against any plan to use taxpayer money ...

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Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL


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