If the US elections were held on Digg

The results of an analysis in the Social Media Trainer about what would happen if the US elections were held on the social news site Digg.

clipped from socialmediatrader.com What Would Happen If The US Elections Were Held On Digg? With the mainstream media beginning to recognise the importance of social media to the candidates involved, we decided to analyse the front-page stories from the 2008 U.S Elections category to find out what the results would be if the US elections were held on Digg. Average No. of Diggs Per Candidate Total No, of Comments Per Candidate Total No. of Positive/Neutral/Negative Articles Per Candidate Total No. of Diggs Per Party Total No. of Positive/ Neutral/ Negative Stories Per Party Total Number of Comments Per Party

Elections -- Primary Questions: Economy (video)

CBS News poll: 38 percent of voters say that the ailing economy is their number one concern

Katie Couric asks the 2008 presidential candidates how they would fix it.

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Emerging Economies and U.S. Hegemony

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While U.S. financial investors are troubled over a recent downturn in the national economy, other markets across the world are emerging. What does this mean for the global political and economical order? An interesting analysis in IEET by Mike Treder

clipped from ieet.org Emerging Economies and U.S. Hegemony Does the decline of U.S. geopolitical hegemony make multilateral global governance less likely or more likely? A feature story on the CBS Sunday Morning program yesterday dealt with the shifting world economy and particularly with the rise of economic power in Asia. They show GDP as a percentage of total world output. Note the dramatic reversal in just five years. How much more will it change in the next five or the next ten years? The two previous periods of international order in the 20th century lasted for 30 years and then 40 years (see graphic below). Now it appears that the current order may have met its demise after less than 20 years. Does the recent rise of emerging economies and the evident decline of U.S. unipolar power make that global governance scenario less likely or more likely?

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U.S. National debt

National debt by U.S. presidential terms

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Increases in the National Debt Chart

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