'Black swan' events and the global economy
AJE Opinion ... Nouriel Roubini ... Though optimists argue that the global economic slump will resolve itself, other economists say the causes are chronic.
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Life after capitalism
Opinion ... Robert Skidelsky ... If capitalism means that money always talks, does the end of capitalism finish our urge to listen to it?
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The emperor has no economy
Opinion ... Ted Rall ... Corporate profits are up, consumer income is down, and Orwellian talking points are soaring.
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Debt and delusion
Opinion ... Robert Shiller ... Debt-to-GDP ratios should be less of a concern than our inability to see these indicators as artificial and irrelevant.
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What exactly is the US debt ceiling?
AJE Americas ... With August 2 deadline day approaching, a severe shock to the world economy is feared if the US runs out of cash.
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Why is there deadlock over the US debt limit?
AJE News Americas ... The White House and congress are in last-minute talks on how - or whether - to raise the US debt ceiling.
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Pity the world's financial policymakers
AJE Opinion ... Mohamed A El-Erian ... Solving the current economic malaise involves swapping short-term pain for long-term gain, a tradeoff politicians fear.
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The Issue of GDP
The Steady State Economy ... CASSE ... Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
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Crash club: when sputtering economies collide
AJE Opinion ... Mike Davis ... If current trends continue, China, the European Union, and the US are headed towards a synchronised global depression.
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The Debt Ceiling Debate
The Debt Ceiling Debate ... Senator Sanders' Statement on Senate Debt Vote
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Getting economic history right
Richard Wolff ... US Economic Performance ... The plain fact is that corporate profits are the only area of the US economy to recover since 2009. Any other claim is a lie
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US Wealth Concentrated in the Top 1%
AJE Fault Lines ... With 1% of Americans controlling 40% of the country's wealth, we examine the gap between the rich and the rest.
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The future of economic growth
AJE Opinion ... Dani Rodrik ... As major economies face hardships, will developing countries be able to step up and carry the global economy?
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A contagion of bad ideas
AJE Opinion ... Joseph E Stiglitz ... Financial distress isn't the only thing that moves easily across borders - so do misguided economic policies.
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How to Fix Economy of USA
Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Biers talks about the US government budget.
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China's inflation muddle
AJE Opinion ... Yu Yongding ... Economic hardships face China in the near future, but their past record of success seems to espouse promising results.
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Banks, budgets and economic policy
David Stockman Trashes Reaganomics, Bush Tax Cuts, And Hank 'Incompetent, Reckless' Paulson
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Disconnect Between Economics and Ecology
VIDEO The Dangerous Disconnect Between Economics and Ecology ... An interview with William Rees by Thomas A Bernes, INET/CIGI
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The manufacturing imperative
AJE Opinion ... Dani Rodrik ... Despite the rise of service based economies, manufacturing remains an integral part of success.
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Shock Therapy
Shock Therapy ... Naomia Klein ... VIDEO Shock Therapy ... Naomia Klein
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2008 Economic Crisis
VIDEO ... Nouriel Roubini: The Financial Crisis - 1/5
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2008 Economic Crisis
VIDEO ... Nouriel Roubini: The Financial Crisis - 2/5
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VIDEO ... Nouriel Roubini: The Financial Crisis - 3/5
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VIDEO ... Nouriel Roubini: The Financial Crisis - 4/5
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VIDEO ... Nouriel Roubini: The Financial Crisis - 5/5
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -1/6
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -2/6
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -3/6
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -4/6
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -5/6
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VIDEO ... Niall Ferguson: The Financial Crisis -6/6
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Aggregate demand and monetary policy
VIDEO ... A short talk by Joseph Stiglitz on America's Economic Meltdown
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Disaster Capitalism
VIDEO Naomi Klein: Disaster Capitalism
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Milton Friedman debates Naomi Klein
Milton Friedman taking issue with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
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Is capitalism doomed?
AJE Opinion ... Nouriel Roubini ... The recent credit rating downgrade and Eurozone debt crises are slowly showing signs of The Great Depression 2.0.
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Economic Retrospective
VIDEO ... 2012 - The next Great Depression
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Jon Stewart: Economics
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast ... Jon Stewart: On Warren Buffett, socialism and class warfare
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Jon Stewart: Economics
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast ... Jon Stewart: How the poor should solve the economic crisis
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The economy is a 'machine', not a 'body'
AJE Opinion ... Paul Rosenberg ... The unseen power of metaphors in guiding how we think could be key to escaping from a prolonged economic crisis.
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The price of 9/11
Opinion ... Joseph E Stiglitz ... Ten years after 9/11, al-Qaeda has been greatly weakened; but the price paid by the US was enormous, and unnecessary.
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The outsourcing bogeyman
Opinion ... Jagdish Bhaghwati ... Outsourcing benefits all countries by focusing on competitive advantage, but many politicians do not understand this.
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Economic stimulus
Rachel Maddow on economic stimulus ... A collection of historic facts that show economic stimulus works
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Youth employment
Gwyn Morgan Troy Media Alberta ... Youth unemployment the most dangerous force in the world
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Is inflation the answer?
AJE Opinion ... Raghuram Rajan ... Using inflation as a tool to restore economic health in the US is a risky strategy - and may just make matters worse.
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Outlook August 2011
VIDEO ... Max Keiser- WW3 is on as Wall St. banks plunder economy.
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Who can we trust to solve the debt crisis?
AJE Opinion ... Danny Schechter ... The world's public is realising that their leaders have no idea what to do about an increasingly global economic crisis.
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Fake Economy
Kevin Drum ... Why Fake Savings Are As Good as Real Savings
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Global Economy
IMF Annual Meeting has focus on Europe ... IMF warns global economic slowdown entering ‘dangerous new phase’ ... reported by Howard Schneider,
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Prominent Economists
Erik Nielson ... Chief economist at Unicredit in London. Danish with experience at IMF, World Bank and Goldman Sachs
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The Eurozone's Three Fatal Flaws
Charles Hugh Smith makes the case that the basic structure of the Eurozone is fatally flawed.
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Global Economy
AJE Business ... Warning about the US economy from the Federal Reserve sends world stocks plummeting.
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How to prevent a depression
AJE Opinion ... Nouriel Roubini ... The most viable option to restore competitiveness and growth is for peripheral countries to exit the eurozone.
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Liberating nations from public debt
Opinion ... Mohamed Rabie ... An alternative solution to the financial crisis is to create a single global currency to manage debt requirements.
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This crisis requires some imagination
AJE Opinion ... Dani Rodrik ... Europe is getting nowhere trying the same failed ideas to solve the financial crisis: it's time to think outside the box.
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The great debt scare
AJE Opinion ... Robert Shiller ... The drop in economic confidence was sharper in July 2011 than it was in 2008, due to fears of a US debt default.
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Steady State Economy
Herman Daly on the 2008 Credit Crisis, Financial Assets, and Real Wealth
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Steady State Economy
Comment stream from essay by Herman Daly on the 2008 Credit Crisis, Financial Assets, and Real Wealth
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America needs a new New Deal
AJE Opinion ... Paul Rosenberg ... Since Roosevelt's era, infrastructure, manufacturing and the viability of our ecosystem have declined dramatically.
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US Monetary Economy
By Adam Belz, USA TODAY ... Kansas City Fed chief Thomas Hoenig sounds alarm
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Is the world too big to fail?
AJE Opinion ... Noam Chomsky explains how the global order of power has been created and describes the mechanisms behind its continuity.
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People ... Media
Bill Moyers
December 3, 2011 Bill Moyers Essay: Plutocracy and Democracy Don’t Mix ... as fresh as ever and very very suited to the times
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Society and Economy
Economics
Economics Of Abundance Getting Some Well Deserved Attention
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Society and Economics
Economics
Step One To Embracing A Lack Of Scarcity: Recognize What Market You're Really In
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Policy, Society and Economics
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs: 'That's not a free market, that's a game'
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Economics, Society and Economy
Most economic indicators show US deterioration since 1980
From Dave Johnson ... Reagan Revolution Home To Roost -- In Charts
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More predictions for 2012
John Terrett: 2012 ... What's in store for the global economy?
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Economics, Society and Economy
Good times down Latin America's way
The outlook for Latin America remains positive in 2012 - despite reduced Chinese and Indian demand for raw materials.
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Incentives
Dean Baker ... Rents are too high: The Apple edition ... Many economists wonder whether society could get the same effort from entrepreneurs if financial rewards were decreased.
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Economic Theory
Rey Ty ... It is not only Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations that matters, but also the background and context described in his Theory of Moral Sentiment
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Economic Theory
Economic Theorists of history ... Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman
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What makes the economy dysfunctional
Stephan Richter ... Is the source of America's prosperity its much-maligned bureaucracy? ... Bureaucracy as a Root of American Prosperity
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Capitalism
How it is working ... Branko Milanovic explores the reasons why ... Adam Smiths of Capital, Friedrich Lists of Labor
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The dynamic of bubbles
Robert Shiller ... Bubbles without markets ... The recent worldwide financial crisis pales in comparison with earlier 'bubbles' promoted by totalitarian regimes.
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The failure of Republican economics
Paul Rosenberg ... Those clinging to Bush-era ideologies and illusions show they simply do not understand economics.
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Analysis of 2007/2008 financial crisis
Paul Rosenberg ... Prosperity economics: Answering America's top unasked questions The whole narrative of the economic crisis facing America has been framed wrong since the beginning.
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Analysis of 2007/2008 financial crisis
Paul Rosenberg ... Prosperity economics: Answering America's top unasked questions The whole narrative of the economic crisis facing America has been framed wrong since the beginning.
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How the US economy works
Goutham Bhadri ... It's the entrepreneurs, stupid! ... The entrepreneurial spirit that guided every great surge of innovation in America's past is as alive as it's ever been.
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Social Capital Markets
Charles Cameron ... From 2009 ... Who will build a more efficient marketplace? ... This week is Social Capital Markets week!
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Economic Ideas
Fortune ... Colvin and Sloan ... Forget Washington: Here's how we'd fix the economy
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Village economics
Economic dynamics ... A powerpoint presentation prepared by Peter Burgess in 2006 to highlight the mechanics of economic development at the village level
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Dysfunctional Economics
Dean Baker on The wrecking society: Economics today ... The amount of damage being inflicted on countries around the world by bad economic policy is astounding, writes Baker.
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Stuff ... the makings of a 'Wastonomy'
The Stream tackles the subject of 'stuff' and consumerism with a great group of serious activists who are making a difference
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Inequality
Dean Baker ... Inequality: The silly tales economists like to tell ... Some economists don't get paid to know about the economy, but to justify the trickle-up of wealth.
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Plutocracy Rising
Bill Moyers, Chrystia Freeland and Matt Taibbi ... Plutocracy Rising. Bill Moyers in conversation with Chrystia Freeland and Matt Taibbi
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Trade Deficits and Fiat Currencies
Robert Murphy ... Mises Institute ... Trade Deficits and Fiat Currencies
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The limits of GDP
The limits of GDP ... Measuring well-being beyond GDP ... The most successful is the UNDP Human Development Index
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2008 Economic Crisis
Professor Richard Wolff | The New School | Screened March 2010 ... Capitalism Hits the Fan Film Screening and Q&A with
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Systemic Dysfunction
DEMOS Policy Blog ... High Profits, Low Wages, and the Growth of Inequality
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Capitalism
What about Capitalism?, This review by Stergios D. Marangos is from: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Paperback)
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Inequality
Trends ... Inequality ...
Liebrary - Does giving the 1% greater rewards benefit everyone? Compare data for Britain and France to see this is not true
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Record Corporate Profits
Economix Blog ... By CATHERINE RAMPELL ... Corporate Profits After Tax doing very well while everyone else is in economic trouble
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The US Fiscal Cliff
Robert Reich ... UNDERSTANDING THE FISCAL CLIFF (VIDEO) ... 8 IDEAS THAT MATTER
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EuroZone Crisis
AJE News Europe ... Global economy 'set for sharp downturn' Eurozone debt crisis 'remains the greatest threat to the world economy at present', the OECD warns.
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Country ... USA 40 Years of Gutting the Economy
Financial Firms Have Been Hollowing Out America for Decades -- Now We're on the Verge of a Debtpocalypse
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All transaction ... No value
Brecht Forum ... Mark Ames ... MILTON FRIEDMAN: FROM CORPORATE SHILL TO NOBEL LAUREATE
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Profits up ... Wages down
Dean Baker ... Profit share hits record high ... If economic debates in the US were focused on reality, the demand gap would be at the centre of the discussion.
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