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By Boing Boing on Sep 15, 2019 in: Business, economics, politics
Thomas Piketty, the French economist behind 2014's game-changing Capital in the 21st Century, has a new book, Capital and Ideology (out in France now, coming in English in 2020), which uses the same long-run economic series that Capital 21C benefited...
By Mark Wadsworth on Sep 12, 2019 in: Economics
This appeared in Facebook: On the face of it, it seems logical. Our oil refineries are going to be clobbered on the petrol they export to the EU, at the same time as they are going to be undercut by tariff free foreign imports. This will lead to the...
By North Coast Voices on Sep 7, 2019 in: economics, economy
This was then Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison in 2016 with blunt warning about a future recession and dip in living standards..... The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 August 2016: A generation of Australians has never known a recession or hig...
There are two major scams that the rich and corporations engage in to keep themselves on top, and the poor under their boot. One is the "trickle-down" economic theory, which says if you give more to the rich it will benefit everyone in the country. T...
By TechCrunch on Aug 31, 2019 in: Apple, economics, economy, technology
A new 15% tariff on Chinese imports will go in effect just after midnight Sunday, placing levies on hundreds of household goods and consumer tech, including a bevy of Apple products. The tariffs, put in place by President Donald Trump as part of an e...
By North Coast Voices on Aug 26, 2019 in: economics
The picture is becoming clearer - Donald Trump is not just a political wildcard - he is a very real threat to the U.S. and the rest of the world.Financial Review, 25 August 2019: A world of deepening political body-blows from Donald Trump to Bre...
Republican economic policy has been good for the rich -- but not for anyone else. And it has been horrible for the government and the economy.Sadly, Trump and the current batch of GOP congressmen refuse to admit failure. They tried again with the tax...