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Keynesian economics ( / ˈ k eɪ n z i ə n / KAYN -zee-ən ; also called Keynesianism and Keynesian theory ) is a school of macroeconomic thought based on the ideas of 20th-century English economist John Maynard Keynes . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics

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Tony Avelar/Bloomberg News The deal could double the personal fortune of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/goldman-invests-in-facebook-at-50-billion-valuation/

Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation - NYTimes.com

Why Goldman Sachs’s Facebook Deal Is Bad for Markets - Deal Journal - WSJ

Goldman Sachs is, in substance, underwriting a stock offering of Facebook exclusively to its sophisticated and wealthy clients. Although there is not the typical IPO disclosure, it does not appear to violate any laws. Indeed the principles Goldman is relying on are not cutting edge—they are tried and true. http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/01/11/why-goldman-sachss-facebook-deal-is-bad-for-markets/
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Lobbying - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lobbying (also lobby ) is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government , most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies .

Obama backs economic effort, asks for voters' help - Yahoo! News

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Since 2000, employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have risen by an average of 73%. http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2007/06/universal_healt.html

Debate Room Universal Health Care: No Sick Joke

A private or for profit prison , jail , or detention center is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned by a third party that is contracted by a government agency.

Private prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/ The people most exposed to the tsetse fly and therefore the disease are in rural populations dependent on agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry or hunting. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.g.) accounts for 95% of reported cases of sleeping sickness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010 The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Pub.L. 111-152 , 124 Stat. 1029) is a law that was enacted by the 111th United States Congress , by means of the reconciliation process , in order to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Pub.L. 111-148 ). It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2010. [ 1 ]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act Introduced in the House as the "Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009" ( H.R. 3590 ) by Charles Rangel ( D – NY ) on September 17, 2009
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News Corp’s number-two shareholder funded ‘terror mosque’ planner | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News

Al-Waleed bin Talal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Al-Waleed Bin Talal (also spelled Waleed Bin Talal) ( Arabic : الوليد بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ‎; born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian business tycoon and investor.
Remarks by Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official, on Fox News this week led to a call to boycott the channel. In an awkward moment on Fox News this week, a pundit suggested that a member of the Saudi royal family who has supported the bridge-building work of the imam behind a planned Muslim community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan “funds radical madrasas all over the world.”

Saudi Royal Backs Imam and Fox News - NYTimes.com

Published: Sept. 18, 2010 at 2:00 AM NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. adults disagree on "scientific consensus" because they distrust experts who differ in their cultural view, researchers suggest. Yale University law Professor Dan Kahan, University of Oklahoma political science Professor Hank Jenkins-Smith and George Washington University law Professor Donald Braman say members of the public are sharply and persistently divided on matters such as climate change in which expert scientists largely agree.

Why people disagree with scientists - UPI.com