Economy
Increasing State Inequality
At long last, politicians in the United States are paying attention (or at least lip service) to growing economic inequality in America. A recent report ……Read More
Economy
Economy
Arctic Oil On Life Support
Oil companies have eyed the Arctic for years. With an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil lying north of the Arctic Circle, the circumpolar north ……Read More
Economy
The Looming Debt Crisis in China
A recent report by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies examines the growing level of debt ……Read More
Economy
The Long Decline in Per Capita GDP Growth
While economic growth in the United States is looking fairly robust as shown on this graph: …in fact, if we look at GDP corrected ……Read More
Economy
The Illusion of Deleveraging A Debt Lesson Not Learned
In large part, the negative impact of the Great Recession on the world's economy was amplified by high debt levels among all levels of government ……Read More
Economy
Oil Prices Changing The Face Of Global Geopolitics
In a documentary that aired recently on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s popular The Fifth Estate program, an allegory of Vladimir Putin was presented. The wily ……Read More