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World’s First Flight Of A Fully 3D Printed Airplane
Markets In Everything: Used Lottery Tickets
The World Is Getting Richer: Developing Economies Fall From 58% To 39% Of All Countries In 15 Years
3 Things You Need To Know About Trade Deficits

World’s First Flight Of A Fully 3D Printed Airplane

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 08:19 AM PDT

About three weeks ago, I featured two amazing videos of “3D Printers” on this CD post. There’s another amazing video above of the world’s first flight of a fully “3D printed airplane.” Here’s a report from Gizmag:

“One of the biggest selling features for 3D printers is the fact that you can just whip up a design using CAD software on your computer, then create a physical copy of it to try out – no special factory tooling required. Well, in order to illustrate the potential of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Markets In Everything: Used Lottery Tickets

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 08:03 AM PDT

The Global Lottery Collector’s Society, a worldwide group of enthusiasts who study and collect lottery tickets is having its 23rd Annual “Lotovention” this weekend in Philadelphia.

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The World Is Getting Richer: Developing Economies Fall From 58% To 39% Of All Countries In 15 Years

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek provides a link to this July 2011 report on World Bank Income Groups, which includes the graph above (click to enlarge) based on the World Bank’s annual review and re-classification of countries into four income groups—Low, Lower Middle, Upper Middle and High. From the report:

“More interesting is the shift over the last two decades of countries out of the bottom two groups and into the top two groups (see chart above). The number of Low-income and Lower … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

3 Things You Need To Know About Trade Deficits

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:28 AM PDT

1. Trade deficits are a positive consequence of cost-conscious American consumers and businesses shopping globally for the best value, quality, and price.

2. The trade deficit as most people understand it doesn't exist.

3. Trade deficits are most often associated with periods of strong U.S. economic growth—not decline.

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