Moreover, the demand for animal product is projected to increase further in China, and livestock production will nearly double in the next few decades [6,7], which means higher requirement for feed grain. In addition to the change of diet structure, the reduction of cultivated land was along...
But two centuries of industrial expansion have been quite enough to render economic reversal very nearly incomprehensible to most people, and almost entirely unacceptable. Our first collective responses have involved simple denial, based on the ‘infinite growth’ promises of an economics orthodoxy firmly...
Banks shall not use price as a means to carry out unfair competition, and no fee should be levied without providing substantive services when it comes to financing businesses, according to China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on Monday. When setting price ranges, banks shall not excess...
In the course of a post called theThe Vanishing Surplus-Revealedthere arose a semantic dispute about what ‘surplus’ means. Well I maintain that the answer to that question is not in authorial intent but instead on audience reception. If you are writing for a popular audience you have an o...
Last week state budget analysts gave Texans a vision of what that means:- About 5,400 poor children in South Texas might no longer be screened for heart ailments.- Surgery and rehabilitative services for 700 blind children would be dropped.- Local property taxes would have to rise by a ...
Banks shall not use price as a means to carry out unfair competition, and no fee should be levied without providing substantive services when it comes to financing businesses, according to China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on Monday. When setting price ranges, banks shall not excess...
The battery voltage of the SHS remains nearly the same when the short time resolution is compared with hourly averaged data, ranging from 11.7 V (minimum) to 14.3 V (maximum). As expected, the battery voltage increases during the day with the significant solar power generation, while ...
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube’s austerity measures are paying dividends with respect to Government finances, once in shambles due to successive budget deficits, with the latest report on the state of public accounts showing that nearly half a billion RTGS dollars s...
At the end of 2018, the national debt of the United States was nearly $22 trillion. China owns about $1.2 trillion of it, while Japan owns about $1.03 trillion. 2. It allows countries to reinvest in specific industries. When there is a surplus of cash lying around because of a trade...
Budget deficits (average) in the EU have dropped by approximately 50% since a 7% of GDP peak in 2009. Debt levels, however, are expected to peak next year at nearly 90% of GDP. Due to early action, Member States now have room to decelerate the pace of consolidation and concentrate more...