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Insider trading hasn't always been a crime. On the contrary, it was once considered logical and efficient to let any competitive advantage inform decision-making in the free market - a position many economic libertarians continue to embrace today. What some consider to be America's first insider-trading scandal took place shortly after the nation's birth; a former Assistant Treasury Secretary named William Duer capitalized on his government connections to make bets on the country's debt. His investments eventually soured, however, and Duer's bankruptcy brought down much of New York's economy in 1792; he died...
...Indeed, U.S. President Barack Obama wants to spend even more. "My economic team," he said last week, "is looking at ideas such as additional investments in our aging roads and bridges, incentives to encourage families and businesses to make buildings more energy-efficient, additional tax cuts for businesses to create jobs, additional steps to increase the flow of credit to small businesses, and an aggressive agenda to promote exports and help American manufacturers sell their products around the world...
...governments will make decisions based on what they believe is best for their economy and people. The winners will be those who can draw the correct lessons from the still unfolding economic crisis and can act on them speedily - yet also have the flexibility to change tack as the decisions of other policymakers and other external events change the economic picture. Brace yourselves for more uncertainty and volatility...
...nature of the product will make Maclaren's task even harder. "Anything relative to child safety tends to be off-the-charts viral," says Pete Blackshaw, a brand consultant for Nielsen Online. According to Blackshaw's data, new mothers are three times more likely than others to use social media and start blogs. "Given the higher order of sensitivity, parents are much more diligent," says Blackshaw. "They want to talk to friends, family and even strangers about their decisions. They'll go the extra distance...
...housing projects and emergency shelters. Of course, there's no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of them - you can't force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvard's Mapp, you have to make progress where you can. "Family engagement is a shared, reciprocal partnership between educators and parents," she says. "It's a two-way conversation between home and school...