The better question, argues Mattick, an emeritus professor of philosophy at Adelphi University and the former editor of theInternational Journal of Political Economy, is why was it so low for so long. With an eye toward explaining a complex economic t...
“we know he resents the success of nato. we know that he genuinely reviles the expansion of nato eastward. we know that he has an eye on history, he's getting older, he is mindful of how he's going to look in history books and he sees himself as kind of a neo-czar who would...
But the here-and-now economy the most important thing on Americans’ minds. Ironically, Washington’s disregard for what’s happening right now is also worsening the long-term budget problem. That problem is not the debt per se; it’s the ratio of debt to the overall economy. If the eco...
The lack of fully-functioning government does not seem to have hurt the Dutch economy. It has rebounded strongly from a COVID-19 slump and boasts one of the strongest growth rates in Europe. MORE: Places the U.S. Government Warns Not to Travel Right Now But pressing ...
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Being more closely tied to fast-growing China is certainly a welcome development for Japan’s export-reliant economy, which shrank to 2004 levels in the recent financial crisis. Some uncommonly upbeat reports from Japan reflect the shift. Exports to China jumped almost 8% in November from a yea...
Scott Pelley: But inflation has been falling steadily for 11 months. You've avoided a recession. Why not cut the rates now? Jerome Powell: Well we have a strong economy.Growthis going on at a solid pace. The labor market is strong: 3.7% unemployment. With the economy strong like that,...
A broad coalition of interest groups have joined the cause, from law enforcement groups to faith leaders. Supporters argue the proposal would be revenue-neutral due to federal offsets and would boost the Kansas economy. Hawkins thinks Kelly’s work requirement is too...
In this article, I will explain why listening comprehension in Chinese is so hard. There are some obvious reasons I’m sure many of you already know, but there are also some important factors I didn’t realise until grad school. Let’s have a look!
Since then, the U.S. has gone positive. But we’re seeing that in Europe, gold is taking off in euro terms, and in Japan it’s taking off in yen terms. They’re running at negative real interest rates the way we were on a relative basis up to 2011. ...