Some experts claim that a slowing rate of decline in certain indicators is a clear sign that the economy is on the mend. Others say that aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus can’t help but turn things around....
I być może to formę, a nie sam mechanizm funkcjonowania instytucji trzeba zmienić? Może wtedy inwestorzy dadzą szansę Europie? Te pytania stawia dr Charles Gave z WebGave. I przedstawia inwestorom dwa kuszące scenariusze...
These days, when media focus is on the panic surrounding Greek debt, the Icelandic drama is largely forgotten. When Iceland is mentioned it is usually related to the recent Volcano eruption, and not its 2008 meltdown and its...
Why do Americans keep putting a negative spin on things? Why are they so anxious about the future when the bad news is, according to the experts, clearly behind them? Why are they so worried about their financial condition...
Nicole Allen notes that working women have a strong affinity for government jobs even though they generally pay less than equivalent private jobs and she wonders why. The main observation I have from my years in government...
Czy znasz najważniejszych światowych ekonomistów i główne instytucje naukowe świata w tej dziedzinie? Uważasz, że znasz? To zajrzyj do prezentowanego przez nas rankingu IDEAS. Uważasz, że nie znasz? To zajrzyj tam tym...
If the following round-up of holiday spending surveys and news reports (with salient quotes) is anything to go by, those who have been counting on a V-shaped recovery in the (consumer-dependent) U.S. economy might want to...
It’s clear that hostility towards Wall Street is increasing. Considering the well documented role that banks and brokers played in creating the mess we are in and the ways in which they manipulated the post-crisis...
It seems to me that one reason why most economists and Wall Street strategists haven’t quite figured out that things are not getting better on Main Street is because they are theorists rather than empiricists. That is, they...
Remittances are transfers of money by foreigners to their home countries. According to Wikipedia, these cross-border payments constitute „the second largest financial inflow to many developing countries, exceeding...