NEW YORK – Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests – profits – will invariably promote the common good
16 июля 2021
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NEW YORK – It appears that the international community is moving toward what many are calling a historic agreement to set a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations (MNCs). It’s about time – but it may not be enough
07 июля 2021
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NEW YORK – Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties. Has US President Joe Biden’s administration risked overheating the economy with its $1.9 trillion rescue package and plans for additional spending to invest in infrastructure, job creation, and bolstering American families?
15 июня 2021
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NEW YORK – The only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to immunize enough people worldwide. The slogan “no one is safe until we are all safe” captures the epidemiological reality we face
17 мая 2021
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NEW YORK – The United States expects to “celebrate independence” from COVID-19 by Independence Day (July 4), when vaccines will have been made available to all adults.
26 марта 2021
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NEW YORK – US President Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion rescue plan to help the American economy recover from the pandemic. Many Republicans oppose it, suddenly consumed with the fiscal religion they unceremoniously abandon whenever their party controls the White House. The massive tax cuts the GOP bestowed on billionaires and corporations in 2017 resulted in the highest US fiscal deficits on record, outside of a deep recession or war. But the promised investment and growth never materialized
03 февраля 2021
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NEW YORK – The assault on the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, incited by Trump himself, was the predictable outcome of his four-year-long assault on democratic institutions, aided and abetted by so many in the Republican Party
13 января 2021
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Although some supply shortages were anticipated as the global economy reopened after the COVID-19 lockdowns, they have proved more pervasive, and less transitory, than had been hoped
18 февраля 2022
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Although COVID-19 has been hard on everyone, it has not been an “equal opportunity” disease
16 января 2022
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The World Economic Forum’s first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences that I have attended since 1995
12 июня 2022
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The global economy will not return to normal until the disease is under control everywhere
10 сентября 2021
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The IMF’s job is to prevent national policies from generating negative international spillovers
20 мая 2022
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There is near-unanimous agreement that vaccinating the entire world is the only way to end the pandemic
08 декабря 2021
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US Senate Democrats’ compromise bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, addresses not just inflation but also several key longstanding problems facing our economy and society
14 августа 2022
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US President Joe Biden faces a critical decision
12 ноября 2021
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The Republican Party has long wrapped itself in the American flag, claiming to be the defender of «freedom»
05 марта 2023
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Following the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank this month, the Middle East is teetering on the edge of a major conflict, and the rest of the world continues to fracture along new economic and geopolitical lines
25 октября 2023
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The World Economic Forum’s first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences that I have attended since 1995
12 июня 2022
5 мин.
67285
Central banks’ unwavering determination to increase interest rates is truly remarkable
17 декабря 2022
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The world’s advanced economies are suffering from a number of deep-seated problems. In the United States, in particular, inequality is at its highest since 1928, and GDP growth remains woefully tepid compared to the decades after World War II
14 марта 2019
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Following the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank this month, the Middle East is teetering on the edge of a major conflict, and the rest of the world continues to fracture along new economic and geopolitical lines
25 октября 2023
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48937
As the world was recovering from the pandemic, inflation shot up, owing to widespread disruptions to global supply chains and sudden changes in patterns of demand
14 ноября 2023
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Casual observers of the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) can be forgiven for attributing high stakes to the event
04 февраля 2024
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While we are all paying a steep price for climate change already, today’s children and young people will have to endure far worse conditions, and for far longer
21 марта 2024
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NEW YORK – Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families at the US border, notoriously housing young children in wire cages. But Nielsen’s departure is not likely to bring any improvement, as President Donald Trump wants to replace her with someone who will carry out his anti-immigrant policies even more ruthlessly
15 апреля 2019
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The International Monetary Fund is showing promising signs of changing with the times
23 марта 2022
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It’s old news that large segments of society have become deeply unhappy with what they see as “the establishment,” especially the political class. The “Yellow Vest” protests in France, triggered by President Emmanuel Macron’s move to hike fuel taxes in the name of combating climate change, are but the latest example of the scale of this alienation
16 января 2019
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