By Anthony Hussenot | October 23,2018 When we talk about the jobs at risk, artificial intelligence is often seen as the main threat. However, this technology is still at its very beginning, while a lot of jobs are already transforming and even disappearing. Conversely, other jobs seem to resist, even if technologies already exist… Read More »
By David Phinnemore | October 19, 2018 The UK prime minister, Theresa May, has signalled to EU leaders that she is willing to accept a one-year extension to the proposed “transition period” that will follow the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on March 29 2019. This would mean that the UK could remain subject to EU… Read More »
By Deborah de Lange | October 18, 2018 The financial crisis of 2008 has not led us to take sufficient steps to avoid the next economic disaster. The dips in stock markets last February and just recently, together with dire predictions for early 2019, are setting off alarm bells. If you have a defined contribution… Read More »
By Sylvain Charlebois| October 17, 2018 In the wake of this year’s large E. coli outbreak, Walmart notified its leafy green suppliers that they must be using blockchain technology to trace their products before the end of 2019. Walmart, one of the world’s largest retailers, has been piloting blockchain projects with IBM for the… Read More »
Robert H. Scott III ,and Kenneth Mitchell | October 12, 2018 An economy in recession. Pesos fleeing the country. The worst drought in decades. The world’s highest interest rates. The biggest bailout in the history of the International Monetary Fund. Sound scary? For Argentina, it’s more of the same, as it has suffered through many economic… Read More »
By Kevin Judge | October 10, 2018 With another gas tax increase here in the state of New Jersey, I’m reminded of the wisdom of a famous New Jersey resident who once said “it’s Deja vu all over again!” When the gas tax was increased by 23 cents per gallon in 2017, we were told… Read More »
Krittika D’Silva | October 9,2018 Over the past decade, changes in the way people shop have led more and more businesses to close their doors, from small music venues to book shops and even major department stores. This trend has been attributed to several factors, including a shift towards online shopping and changing spending preferences.… Read More »
By Sergey V. Popov | October 8, 2018 William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been awarded the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (colloquially known as the economics Nobel). Both are macroeconomists dealing with long-run dynamics – big questions of what spurs economic growth, the importance of sustainable growth and how to tackle climate change.… Read More »
By Norah Campbell and Cormac Deane | October 4,2018 There are many rational reasons that motivate consumers to spend US$65 billion annually on household cleaning products. But non-rational mechanisms are nevertheless still at work in the cleaning products market, as in all others. Advertisements for domestic hygiene products usually follow the same simple yet powerful… Read More »
By William D. Lastrapes | October 4, 2018 Most Americans seem to think international trade deficits are a bad thing. A March poll, for example, showed that more than two-thirds think the U.S. should take steps to reduce the trade deficit with China, even if a resulting trade war drives up consumer prices. That’s in… Read More »