Archives for: April 2012
04/30/12
Keywords: Global Economy, Country Ranking more »
04/29/12
09:28:16 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe
"Progress" is the major subject of the conversation:Keywords: Technological Progress, Scientific Progress more »
04/26/12
CNBC: Fed Raises Economic Outlook, Leans Toward 2014 Hike, April 25, 2012
The Federal Reserve has boosted its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year and is slightly more optimistic about the unemployment rate, reflecting improvements in recent mon… more »
04/25/12
07:11:37 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 69 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
"[Some people] simply don't believe that when two people trade one is not ripping the other off," exclaims Matt Ridley, zoologist and author of The Rational Optimist. "A big problem with the world is that human beings find positive sum games difficult to… more »
04/20/12
As the U.S. debt and deficit grows, some politicians and economist have called for higher tax rates in order to balance the budget. The question becomes: when the government raises taxes, does it actually collect a larger portion of the US economy?
P… more »
04/19/12
07:35:18 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 54 words
Categories: Economics Switzerland, Economics Global
We met Dan Mitchell of Cato Institute in Zurich last night. One of is key messages is that individual liberty can be enhanced when competition between governments is protected, promoted and preserved.
We recommend to read his blog:
International L… more »
04/18/12
06:08:00 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 120 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
The Freeman: The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of Warning to America
F. A. Hayek’s most famous book, The Road to Serfdom, was written as a warning—to “socialists of all parties”—that socialism, the intellectually fashionable trend of his day, would le… more »
04/17/12
06:53:25 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 83 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Forbes: The Unfairness Of Raising Taxes, April 16, 2012
Taxes are not the only thing that matter in determining job creation and economic growth. But, any politician, pundit, economist or voter who ignores the negative impact of taxes on growth and p… more »
04/16/12
Keywords: Liberalism, Role of Government over Time more »
04/15/12
Republican Paul Ryan (Wis.) who chairs the House Budget Committee about the pillars to get back to a growth path:
- internationally competitive taxes
- Spending discipline
- entitlement reforms
New York Post: Leading for the Future, April 12, 2… more »
04/14/12
10:15:54 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 102 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
MarketWatch: U.S. cost of living climbs 0.3% in March;
Prices of most goods and services rose last month, April 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The cost of living rose again in March even as the price of gasoline leveled off, the U.S. government… more »
04/13/12
Keywords: Jim Chanos, China, Chinese Economy more »
Project Syndicate: The ECB’s Lethal Inhibition, by Barry Eichengreen (Berkeley), April 12, 2012
..."The ECB’s surprise liquidity operation put the continent’s crisis on hold. But now, just fourth months later, matters are again coming to a head. The b… more »
06:56:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 9 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Antony Davies gives good explanations:Keywords: Minimum Wage, Regulation more »
04/11/12
11:07:52 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 7 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Kewords: US Economy, US Growth, Technology, Productivity more »
04/08/12
WSJ: How China Made Its Great Leap Forward, by Ronald Coase and Ning Wang, April 6, 2012Some observers praise its 'state-led capitalism.' But the truth is that leaders, starting with Deng Xiaoping, loosened Beijing's control. read moreKeywords: C… more »
04/07/12
09:46:05 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 128 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Bloomberg: End Double Mandate to Save Fed’s Independence, by Luigi Zingales, April 6, 2012Here is an excerpt:..."The first step would be the elimination of the double mandate. Unlike the European Central Bank, which is in charge only of price s… more »
04/06/12
10:02:39 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 8 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Keywords: Government Spending, Spending Other People's Money, Federalism more »
04/01/12
09:53:41 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 116 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Mercatus Center: Adam Thierer, The perils of classifying social media platforms as public utilities, March 2012
"Are social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter “information monopolies” that should be regulated as public utilities? Wh… more »
09:30:29 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 70 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Looking at various research dealing with recovery after severe financial crisis (with balance sheets in need of de-leveraging) one would expect that we will go through a period of - in the best case - low growth for still quite some time.
Ezra Klein… more »
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