After a steady half-century of trade liberalisation it is fair to ask, what do Americans have to show? As it turns out, quite a lot, says the Institute for International Economics (IIE).
Using four different methods, IIE researchers estimate:
The combination of shrinking distances thanks to container ships, telecommunications
Jan Edling, a little-known labour-union economist from the big LO blue-collar union, is suddenly in the policy spotlight with his assertion that Sweden’s real jobless rate is closer to 20 per cent than the official 5.5 per cent rate.
He suspects that the government is putting people into benefit categories that
Any attempt at federal tax reform must address two issues: the complexity of the tax code and the burden it imposes on the economy, says Steve Forbes.
In testimony before the Presidents Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform on May 11, Forbes made several key points:
The tax code has been
Experts have prescribed sweeping changes to the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland which would lead to more people being treated at home or in local clinics rather than as hospital inpatients.
The group, led by cancer specialist Prof. David Kerr, urged NHS boards to do more to help patients with
Americans are often chided for spending too much and saving too little. However, Robert Samuelson argues that the opposite is true: people elsewhere are saving too much and spending too little. This is causing a dangerous imbalance in global markets.
Many nations with large savings rates do not invest all of
