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World Depression One. What the world will experience in the coming years, if the global financial meltdown is not stopped.
No one could have imagined that the great prosperity of the early part of this century was just an illusion and would end in WDI (World Depression One).
by Joe Rodolico March 18, 2009
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Farmers are planting more and more corn, because the demand for ethanol is creating a farmland bubble by raising the value of their land to previously unheard of heights.
by Joe Rodolico April 11, 2007
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Pension plans are being pared back drastically by the same corporados who squandered billions of the stockholders money, but not before paying themselves huge bonuses.
by Joe Rodolico June 12, 2006
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by Joe Rodolico January 26, 2007
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When the local terrorist group saw al Qaeda getting pounded on TV, they were overcome with an attack of sudden jihad syndrome (SJS), and decided to strike the nearest soft target.
by Joe Rodolico January 8, 2009
Get the sudden jihad syndrome (SJS) mug.A phenomenon in economics in which too much loose cash finds its way into an area of the market, e.g., stocks, housing, dot-com, etc., resulting in a buying frenzy that leads to wildly inflated prices. Economic activity in those areas affected is not sustainable in the long run, so large numbers of late investors eventually go bankrupt.
We were warned of an economic bubble, but bought high-priced shares anyway thinking we could unload them on some poor sap before the bubble burst. Boy, were we wrong!
by Joe Rodolico February 12, 2007
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by Joe Rodolico January 31, 2007
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