Month: August 2011
No future for pork bellies: Two weeks ago at the ripe old age of 50, pork belly futures passed away. Once the most popular and glamorous contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange it was also the first involving livestock. But,…
Read MoreNew census data show metro areas booming while Rural America empties out. The share of people living in rural areas over the past decade fell to 16%, from 20% and from 72% (yes, 72%) in 1910. Conversely, 51% of people…
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