Put a light on Europe’s shadow economy (via The Christian Science Monitor) Anyone looking for a way to help Europe reverse its shrinking economy – and thus save the global economy – might first note some odd behavior in the Greek city of Larissa. In a report last June, three American researchers found Larissa not …
19 Warnings About A Coming Global Financial Catastrophe (via http://dailydopenews.com) Reported By Michael Snyder The American Dream Global leaders have tried just about everything that they can think of, but the coming global financial catastrophe continues to march steadily toward us. We have seen “stimulus packages”, quantitative easing, bond buying, interest rate cuts, emergency… …
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Has the U.S. Reached The Debt Saturation Point? The linked article below is a couple of years old, but contains an interesting chart about our return on debt. It shows that when the change in U.S. GDP is divided by the change in U. S. debt, we actually reached the point of debt saturation in …
By Holly A. Bell By now we have all accepted that we live in a global community. Globalization means we have to think about competition in all areas on a global basis including education, tax structures, and legal environments. Businesses are competing globally for locations, employees, and customers. While there has been a lot of …
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Does Sweden Have The Right Model? By Holly A. Bell While the economies of the U.S. and most of Europe have continued to struggle under Keynesian style stimulus, Sweden has taken the opposite approach enacting supply side tax and spending cuts. The result? Over the last two years (2010 to 2011) Sweden’s real GDP growth …
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“‘FREAKONOMICS” was the book that made the public believe the dismal science has something interesting to say about how people act in the real world. But “Nudge” was the one that got policy wonks excited. The book, first published in 2008, is about the potential for behavioural economics to improve the effectiveness of government. Behavioural …
Obama must reset relations with Russia along economic lines (via The Christian Science Monitor) By Frances G. Burwell and Svante Cornell posted April 4, 2012 at 8:55 am EDT Washington As Vladimir Putin prepares for his May inauguration and return to the Russian presidency, the United States must design a new relationship with this often …
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Trade Battle Brewing Over Rare Minerals (via redOrbit) A battle is brewing over the global supply of 17 rare earth minerals reports the Associated Press this week. The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints on Tuesday with the World Trade Organization claiming that China has set limits on the export of rare …
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US creates new trade unit, targets China (via AFP) The US took direct aim at China Tuesday with the establishment of a new agency to crack down on what Washington judges unfair practices by its major trade partners. President Barack Obama ordered the creation of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center charged with “robust monitoring and …
