By Terrence Guay| January 16,2019 Brexit is beginning to look a lot like an “escape room” with no exit. An escape room is an increasingly popular adventure game that requires participants to solve a series of puzzles before they can leave the room and advance into another one with additional riddles. Brexit now seems to be… Read More »
By Richard Brody | January 14, 2019 Many people appear, to automatically, believe, people, who rent a place to live, aren’t able to afford, to buy a home. However, many individuals, don’t want to own a house (prefer to rent), for a variety of other reasons. This may be, because they are uncertain of how long, they will… Read More »
By Barry Eichengreen | January 4, 2019 New Year’s Day 1999 saw the largest monetary changeover in history. On that date, just 20 years ago, 12 members of the European Union formally adopted a brand-spanking-new currency, the euro. Today seven additional EU member states use it, along with Montenegro, Kosovo, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and… Read More »
By Wayne Elsey | January 2, 2019 A few days ago I read a post about a small community nonprofit organization that was seeking advice on how to get funding. Creating a nonprofit is tough, and figuring out where to find the money needed to operate it can be a challenge. New charities rarely have any ability to… Read More »
By Michel A. Bell | December 27, 2018 General Motors’ notice to shutter several plants reminds us that corporate welfare does not produce long-term sustainable businesses. It’s a band-aid and a colossal waste of taxpayers’ funds. Government could apply those funds to help retrain workers, assist them to find new jobs, and minimize loss of income during the… Read More »
Tweet power. nopporn Costas Milas, Theodore Panagiotidis and Theologos Dergiades | December 5, 2018 Can a single tweet make a country’s currency depreciate by 16%? Apparently it did on August 10, when Donald Trump tweeted that US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium would rise sharply. Amid 36,100 retweets, and calls by Turkish President Recep… Read More »
President George H.W. Bush (right) fishing on the Kennebunk River in Maine, Aug. 27, 1990. AP Photo/Doug Mills By Matthew Kahn | December 3, 2018 Former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Nov. 30, was admirable for many reasons, from his skillful leadership through the end of the Cold War to his personal warmth… Read More »
Presidents Xi and Trump don’t always see eye to eye. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais By Jeffrey Kucik | December 3, 2018 Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have agreed to a ceasefire in their increasingly painful trade war, yet their governments’ differing depictions of the deal show just how far apart they really are. While… Read More »
By Markus Schmidt-Karaca / Shutterstock By Anand Menon, and Matthew Bevington | November 28, 2018 Economic perceptions matter. Polling expert John Curtice has shown that expectations of economic impact shape preferences around Brexit. As many as 96% of Remain voters think the UK will be worse off after Brexit, and would consequently vote Remain if… Read More »
Trump had a full hand, but he may have squandered it. Happy Author/shutterstock.com By James Lake | November 29, 2018 As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Nov. 30, the stakes could hardly be higher. The two countries are in the middle of… Read More »