Who Took My Easy Button?
Who Took My Easy Button? Putting a Good Employment Number in Perspective When a College Education Isn’t Enough We’re All Turning Greek Who Can Afford Health Care?

Editorial: Insurance companies’ reserves ripe for study - Sat, 14 Jan 2012 PST
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has again put the $2.4 billion question to the Legislature: Why are health insurance companies allowed to sit on such extraordinary reserves while they continue to raise rates and the number of residents with no coverage increases to more than 1 million? Outsized reserves give Washington’s three major health insurance companies powerful leverage ...

MAULDIN: The US Still Faces Huge Problems, And In Just 3 Years We'll Be Italy
Everyone knows by now that the US is facing difficult choices. Depending on what assumptions you use, the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare are between $50 and $80 trillion and rising.

Job quality worsened in 2011, CIBC report says
Both the number and quality of new jobs in Canada is on the decline, according to a new report from CIBC World Markets that warns the country's job market is perhaps the worst it has ever been during non-recession periods.

The housing crash that wasn't
Australia's housing market has proved resilient over many other asset classes in the past year. And recent rate cuts mean prices are likely to rise in 2012. 13 Jan 2012 6:04 PM