Saturday, January 31, 2015

Rising Unit Labor Costs Not Responsible For Weak EZ Economy

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Stephen Rattner's article, which I posted and commented on two days ago,  argued that anti-business regulations in the EZ, which keep un...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Stanford Public Opinion Poll On Global Warming

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The great majority of Americans , and even 47% of Republicans, believe the scientific evidence about global warming.  Democrats and Independ...

US Economy Grows by 2.6% in Q4

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The US economy grew slower than it did in Q3,  but it was not far from the expected growth range .  Business investment and government spend...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Europe's Economic Problems Due To Anti-Business Policies

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The US has economy has grown much faster that the eurozone economy since 2000.  This article reflects the views of some in Northern Europe w...
Monday, January 26, 2015

The Shrinking, And Changing, Middle Class In The US

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The number of households that satisfy the income definition for middle class has shrunk by 10% since 1967.  The demographics have also chang...

S&P Cuts Russian Sovereign Debt Rating Below Investment Grade

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It will become more expensive for the Russian Government to borrow the funds that may be needed to compensate for its loss of oil revenues. ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Software Based Economy

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Marc Andreesen was one of the developers of the browser (Netscape), which made the Internet useful to ordinary mortals.  Netscape lost out t...