Public Affairs & Policy
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-07-15 | Author:Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele

Even better for Arison and his family was yet another provision in the SEC public offering document that said: “The company intends to distribute dividends to all shareholders in at ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-06 | Author:Arianna Huffington

“WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN?” Three weeks after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, BP finally released underwater video showing a massive column of oil gushing out ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |ru | 2012-03-25 | Author:Paul Krugman

CHAPTER EIGHT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DEFICIT? There may be some tax provisions that can encourage businesses to hire sooner rather than sitting on the sidelines. So we’re taking a ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-20 | Author:Thomas Geoghegan

5 Clash of Civilizations Meanwhile, America had become dark. There was the nightmare of Bush v. Gore. We did not seem like a democracy. We had big tax cuts for ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-01-02 | Author:Richard Wilkinson; Kate Pickett

Bigger differences in material wealth make status differences more important, and in more unequal societies the weight of downward prejudice is bound to be heavier; there is more social distance ...
( Category: Social Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-09-08 | Author:Paul Krugman

Argentina isn’t an Asian country. (Duh.) But Argentina had an Asian-style crisis in 2002, one that offered a painfully clear demonstration of how widely praised economic policies can lead a ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-05-21 | Author:Schiff, Peter [Schiff, Peter]

Hurting the Vulnerable Think about the way Social Security pays out benefits: once you retire, SSA determines your monthly benefit, and then pays that to you every year (adjusted for ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-06-03 | Author:Stiglitz, Joseph E. [Stiglitz, Joseph E.]

UNMASKING THE DEFICIT AGENDA: PRESERVING AND EXTENDING INEQUALITIES It might seem strange, in a country where tax rates at the top are already lower than they are in most of ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Jeffrey D. Sachs

The Importance of Meaningful Work Nearly every study of happiness underscores the importance of meaningful work to personal well-being. Unemployment is the single largest factor in the public’s unhappiness and ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Collier, Paul [Collier, Paul]

Are There Investment Opportunities? Could the reason why investment in Africa is so modest simply be because it does not offer a high return? After all, investors vote with their ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-19 | Author:Steven Rattner

The head butting led Ron reluctantly to conclude that Fiat and the UAW would never reach agreement on their own. He summoned both parties to Washington and installed them in ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-27 | Author:Mark Steyn

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD The ruling class divides its subjects into Representation and Taxation categories. Favored groups are those that will expand the dependent class and, therefore, the dependent-administration class. ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-06-05 | Author:Luigi Zingales

THE WRONG FIXES One natural political response to this state of affairs is protectionism. Given the economic fundamentals, there has been surprisingly little pressure for that so far. One possible ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-08-01 | Author:Richard Heinberg

FIGURE 39. World Energy Use and GDP. Sources: US Energy Information Administration, International Monetary Fund. Another often-ignored factor skewing the energy-GDP relationship is outsourcing of production. In the 1950s, the ...
( Category: Environmental March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2004-09-08 | Author:Cavanagh, John & Mander, Jerry [Cavanagh, John]

196 CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING SCALE Changes in energy, transportation, and agriculture systems will make them more compatible with local economies and eliminate the wasteful resource uses that go with long-distance ...
( Category: Economic Policy March 25,2014 )