Summertime often means summer jobs for teens. But is that always a good thing for young people? Not necessarily, I’ve spent many years fielding questions from parents on how to teach their children – grown and underage – to handle money. The trouble is, even though a paying job can help teenagers sharpen their skills […]
Mother’s Day and the history of the origin
The first celebration of mothers took place in the spring in ancient Greece. They paid respects to the goddess “Rhea”, mother of the gods. During the 17th Century, England honored mothers on the fourth Sunday during Lent. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mother’s Day in 1872. Howe who penned […]
Anti-dumping tariffs hurt the economy
Many countries, particularly the developing world, have expressed gratitude when the proper mechanisms for the launching of trade liberalization measures were put into effect. In some aspects, these measures were proven to have helped a great deal in effecting changes in the way trade barriers were addressed. In fact, the establishment of the Uruguay Round for […]