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California gets $14 billion, but what about Georgia?

Michael Krebs Region: United States

ATLANTA - "Marijuana could become an ideal agricultural export for Georgia," I inform the concierge. She smiles warmly and says that it is not her decision. I am in an upscale hotel in Atlanta, operating in a broad space t... more

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Decriminalizing Drugs in the U.S. May Help Mexican National Security

Michael Krebs Region: United States

In a recent Wall Street Journal OpEd by the former presidents of Mexico, Brazil, and Columbia, “The War On Drugs Is A Failure,” the core conclusion – as also expressed by the Latin American Commissio... more

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Are We Experiencing American Perestroika?

Michael Krebs Region: United States

It is midday early in the week and I am caught in a sudden and emotional macroeconomic conversation with a New York City cab driver from a former Soviet satellite nation.  The issue is the credit card acceptance machi... more

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Why We are Coming Out of This Recession Even in the Stink of It

Michael Krebs Region: United States

I have never had a Bank of America account.  But given the 80 percent stock price decline Bank of America has experienced since the rushed announcement of the Merrill Lynch acquisition – inclusive of the $20 b... more

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String Theory in Journalism – One More Account on Economics

Michael Krebs Region: United States

We are just beginning to taxi.  I am over the wing and listening to the many adjustments happening among the aluminum components and the delicate structures that will govern our scheduled ascent. It is easy to strike... more

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Snow and Economic Bellwethers in North Carolina

Michael Krebs Region: United States

I am sitting in a small Italian eatery in Durham, North Carolina – thinking about my morning and about how welcome the construction sounds outside my Raleigh hotel room were just after waking, and the owner comes ove... more

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The Obama Inauguration in Promises Streamed and in Found Forgiveness

Michael Krebs Region: United States

 The Obama inauguration demonstrated one of the key promises of his presidency – it was hip and it was brought forward to audiences through a general embrace of technology.  He was streamed – at times... more

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New Protein Found in Freshwater Animal Offers Hope Against Bacterial Strains

Michael Krebs Region: United States

 Respect cannot be earned until it is first understood.  This is true on playgrounds and in ceasefires and in the many more invisible confrontations that often govern the turning of the world. We have come to ... more

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Burger King’s Angry Whopper – a Case Study in Challenging Times

Michael Krebs Region: United States

 In challenging days such as the ones we are experiencing, it is common to see two lead types of business culture emerge – those that cower and cocoon and those that explore and redefine.  They exist as a y... more

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Why Journalism’s Pursuit of Gloom Has the Market Wrong

Michael Krebs Region: United States

A recent UK study found that happiness is contagious.  President-elect Obama has proven that messages of hope can also have a distinct contagion.  It may be helpful to realize this, as the world is subjected to a... more

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Name: Michael Krebs
Member Since: July 2007
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# of Articles: 60
Earnings: $40.44

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Michael Krebs splits his time unevenly between playing with his two children, tinkering on a first novel, selling advertising space, and bicycling throughout New Jersey. His writing has been published in Marketing Daily, The Courier News, Yankee Magazine, Onionhead, Pudding, Crazy Quilt Quarterly, Buffalo Spree Magazine, Minotaur, Folio, Slipstream, Sonora Review, and many others. He lives in Union County, New Jersey.


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