tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47968498665502125582024-03-05T02:34:27.732-08:00The Mina Collins ShowMinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624569978064936920noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796849866550212558.post-50944358040903005682017-08-15T12:18:00.000-07:002017-08-16T09:35:41.000-07:00Danielle DiMartino-Booth is the Founder and President of Money Strong, LLC, and Author of Fed UP: An Insider's Take On Why The Federal Reserved Is Bad For America<div class="yiv7212703316MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502817903663_14024" style="background-color: white; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the early 2000s, as a Wall Street escapee writing a financial column for the </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Dallas Morning News</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">. DiMartino Booth attracted attention for her bold criticism of the Fed's <span style="color: yellow;">low interest rate policies</span> and her <span style="color: red;">cautionary warnings</span> about the bubbly housing market. Nobody was more surprised than she when the folks at the Dallas Federal Reserve invited her aboard. Figuring she could have more of an impact on Fed policies from the inside, she accepted the call to duty and rose to be one of Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher's closest advisors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502817903663_14023">Today, the Federal Reserve is still controlled by <span style="color: yellow;">1,000</span> PhD economists and run by an unelected West Coast radical with no direct business experience. The Fed continues to enable Congress to grow our nation’s <span style="color: red;">ballooning debt</span> and avoid making hard choices, despite the high psychological and monetary costs. And our <span style="color: red;">addiction</span> to the <span style="color: yellow;">"heroin"</span> of <span style="color: yellow;">low interest rates</span> is pushing our economy towards yet another <span style="color: red;">collapse</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502817903663_14023"><span style="color: lime;">"Fed Up"</span> is DiMartino Booth's <span style="color: yellow;">clarion call</span> for a <span style="color: yellow;">change</span> in the way America's most powerful financial institution is run--before it's too late. Her words are in laymen's term where we can get a firm understanding of the Fed and the intrigue behind closed doors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Drawing upon her <span style="color: yellow;">first-hand</span> experiences at the Fed, this book illuminates how the Fed <span style="color: red;">abdicated</span> its responsibility to the American people both before and after the <span style="color: red;">financial crisis</span>– and how nobody within the Fed seems to have learned or changed from the experience. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">More than <span style="color: yellow;">half</span> of Adult Americans suffer from <span style="color: yellow;">one</span> chronic disease and <span style="color: yellow;">1</span> of <span style="color: yellow;">4</span> have <span style="color: yellow;">2</span> or <span style="color: yellow;">more</span> chronic health conditions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">An analysis from the Milken Institute determined that treatment of the <span style="color: yellow;">7</span> most common chronic diseases combined with <span style="color: lime;">productivity losses</span> will cost the U.S. economy more than a <span style="color: lime;">$1.0 trillion dollars</span> annually. Health care spending increased <span style="color: yellow;">5.3 %</span> in 2014, topping <span style="color: lime;">$3.0 trillion</span> or <span style="color: lime;">$9,523</span> per person which is <span style="color: yellow;">17.5%</span> of <span style="color: lime;">Gross Domestic Product</span><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><span style="color: lime;">(GDP)</span>. With the increased costs of Health care these numbers may cause more <span style="color: red;">instability</span> to the U.S. economy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It stresses that to succeed in living to a ripe old age with HIV the most important skill is learning to respond to your illness on an ongoing basis to solve day-to-day problems as they arise. The approach the authors of <span style="color: yellow;">Living a Healthy Life with HIV</span> take--simple, concrete steps to help people find their own answers--has proven to be the approach that works best.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Mina Collins Show, <span style="color: yellow;">Michael Ross</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">Oxford Press</span> are excited to announce a <span style="color: yellow;">Book Club Conference Call</span> with Author Michael Ross. Michael is the author of "<span style="color: yellow;">The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case</span>" on <span style="color: yellow;">Thursday</span>, <span style="color: yellow;">April 16th</span> at <span style="color: yellow;">6:00 p.m. CT</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please join us to discuss "<span style="color: yellow;">The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case "With Michael Ross.</span> This is a great opportunity to speak directly with the author. We encourage you to ask him your burning questions. We are anticipating an <span style="color: yellow;">exciting</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">spirited</span> evening because of your participation. <span style="color: yellow;">Thank you in-advance for joining us.</span> We are looking forward to hearing your questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Robin's latest book, "<span style="color: yellow;">The No Fear Career</span>" Robin reveals how the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> same strategies she uses to invigorate major media and Fortune 500 companies can help anyone harness change, find their passion, thrive in their current position, accelerate their career, or grow a successful business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Robin has been a <span style="color: yellow;">Brand Strategist</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">Storyteller</span> of major media companies including A&E, Food Network, AMC, Bloomberg, CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery, FX, History, Lifetime, and MTV. Utilizing material from her critically acclaimed books, Robin keynotes conference and leads corporate training programs for executives at powerhouse companies such as Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Wharton School of Business, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Mattel, AIG, and Sony.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For those who are interested in assisting in the effort of "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Tutudesk Campaign 2020</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" please contact them at www.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">tutudesk.org</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Also for those who are interested in further information about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Heifer International</span> please<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">contact them at www.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">heifer.org</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></div>
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Minahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624569978064936920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796849866550212558.post-86615462045470921432014-10-10T10:10:00.001-07:002016-01-13T09:30:57.311-08:00Dr. Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Stategist of Progressive Policy Institute<div style="text-align: justify;">
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