economy

Mullahs rig the price of moolah in Iran

2018-04-21

Iran looks ascendant in the Middle East, but its regime is messing up its own economy

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Automation and American Leadership

2018-04-21

In an era of rapid technological change, it is widely assumed that disruptions to labor markets are inevitable

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No Brexit for a Eurozone Britain

2018-04-02

How much harder would Brexit have been had the United Kingdom adopted the euro back in 2000?

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An Infrastructure Plan That Would Actually Work

2018-04-02

US President Donald Trumps plan to boost infrastructure spending through tax credits has received a cool reception from investors

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Saving the Shrinking Middle

2018-03-28

a rising median household income in advanced economies anchored the growth of a middle class that often opted for the political center

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Is Technology Hurting Productivity?

2018-03-21

It is possible that new technologies are not just doing less to boost productivity than past innovations. They may actually have negative side effects that undermine productivity growth

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A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance

2018-03-11

The recent corporate-tax cuts in the United States have intensified an ongoing global race to the bottom

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The Fuzzy Math of Funding Iraq's Reconstruction

2018-02-20

The country is not getting all the money it is asking for, which is probably just as well.

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What Is A Stock Market Correction?

2018-02-12

Here is what you need to know

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What fuel, bread and water reveal about how Egypt is mismanaged

2018-02-10

The price is wrong, Egyptians are addicted to subsidies that make them poorer

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Why Low Inflation Is No Surprise

2018-01-06

Inflation has remained stubbornly low across the global North has come as a surprise to many economic observers

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Is Bitcoin the Most Obvious Bubble Ever?

2017-12-11

The cryptocurrency is almost certainly due for a major correction. But its long-term value remains a mystery

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Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough

2017-10-28

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did

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The Two Backlashes against Globalization

2017-10-12

Nowadays globalization is inescapable

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The Economic Case Against an Independent Kurdistan

2017-09-27

The costs will be large and exacting

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The “free” economy comes at a cost

2017-08-28

But economists struggle to work out how much

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Why do nations collapse?

2017-08-15

The collapse starts when the individual or the society will be unresponsive and will not be practically affected by its results

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