Money does not represent gold, silver or oil. Money represents human productivity – yours and mine. Therefore, the words ‘Money’ and ‘Productivity’ should be interchangeable – right?

Every week, we’ll collect headlines from the Google News Search that contain the word “money” and replace it with the word “Productivity” [in brackets]. If the headline still makes sense, then enjoy the article in confidence that you are being nourished. If it tells a different story, it’s Bovine Economics – suitable for mushrooms and methane

Canada [Productivity] launderer shows holes in Vegas casinos

GM to start paying back bailout [Productivity]

Some taxpayers may have to return [productivity] from a new tax credit

[Productivity] talks in Afghanistan, says army counter-insurgency manual

“Stimulus” [productivity] going to 10 Ohio congressional districts that don’t exist

Our government is minimizing breast mammography to save [productivity] not lives

Prisons, education feel [productivity] pinch

[PRODUCTIVITY] MARKETS-US rates futures gain on Bernanke remarks

On Healthcare, Don’t Follow the [Productivity]

(Editor’s note: This series is an experiment and we’ll get better at picking the gems. Let me know if this is interesting enough for a weekly feature article)