Does Immigration Boost Growth? A Look at Data From Around the World
Comparative data on immigration doesn’t support the tidy economists’ story that it good for growth…at least not recently.
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“Many Areas of Appalachia and Mississippi Delta Have Lower Life Expectancy Than Bangladesh”
Four Nobel Prize winners agree that rent-seeking is the biggest driver of rising inequality.
Read more...Lessons From the Demise of the TPP
Yves here. This post makes a point at the end in passing about the value of multilateralism, even though the TPP was otherwise a very bad scheme on multiple levels. This serves as a reminder to mention something I’ve neglected to say. Trump’s plan to enter into bi-lateral trade deals (after supposedly tearing up extant […]
Read more...“Peak Trade” is Premature
Over the past five years, global trade growth has been stagnant. With protectionist sentiment intensifying. Will this trend continue?
Read more...Trump’s Win: America’s Failures of Representation and Prospects for Democracy
Looking at why Trump won and the implications for his presidency.
Read more...Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Trump Effect Won’t Stop Credit Crunch
Forecasts for the US depend heavily on what Trump might actually get done. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard thinks Mr. Market is out over his skis.
Read more...Ilargi: 2017 – Where the Truth Lies
‘Respectable’ news outlets have been feeding their readers ‘fake news’ for years now. 2017 will see changes in the offing, as we downsize.
Read more...A Battle Over American-Made Products Is Looming and Republicans Are in the Middle of It
Why “Buy American” is going to be a tough sale for Trump.
Read more...Chanos: Is a Big Change Underway in Global Capitalism?
Storied short seller Jim Chanos takes a long view of recent political and economic changes, including, of course, the Trump win.
Read more...Apple Chases Indian Smartphone Market By Asking Modi Government for Manufacturing Deal
Apple seeks financial incentives to scale up penetration of the second largest world smartphone market, where it has less than a 5% share.
Read more...The Fundamental Flaw in Muddied Brexit Thinking
Brexit negotiators seem clueless about how to get out of their own way. Here’s why.
Read more...As China Fortifies Its Little Islands, PACOM Moves F-22s to Darwin
China and the US are making thread displays at each other. Not big ones, but still meant to be noticed.
Read more...Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
Europe is ignoring the lessons of New Deal era much to its peril.
Read more...The Electoral Consequences of Globalization
A look at some of the economic and political issues related to globalization.
Read more...100% Renewable Powered Town Is The Best Place To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse
One town demonstrates that it’s possible to rely only on renewable power….so why haven’t others taken the plunge?
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