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Clelia K

Europe's Last Hope - 1 views

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    Fiscal Policy and the EU's Economy
Iqtyider W

Japan finance minister Aso: Monetary policy alone can't end deflation - 0 views

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    TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that monetary easing alone is not enough to end deflation and push up prices. "The deflationary mindset that has beset Japan for such a long time won't change suddenly. But we've seen some changes in the past two years, which is significant," Aso told parliament.
Anthony E

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett says Grexit 'may not be bad' for euro zone: Reports - 1 views

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    The implications of fiscal policy when Greece leaves the Eurozone.
Iqtyider W

Now Is the Time! Use Fiscal Policy to Support Sustainable Growth - 1 views

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    In the global context of a moderate and uneven economic recovery, sound management of public finances can secure elusive growth and jobs.
Kim D

Demand-Side Policy Gave Us the Big Economic Fizzle - 0 views

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    Nearly five years since the recession ended in June 2009, economic policy discussions continue to focus on dubious short-term countercyclical measures to "stimulate demand." The Economic Report of the President for 2014 wastes an entire chapter rehashing the jobs supposedly "saved or created" by the 2009 fiscal stimulus and Federal Reserve easing.
Kim D

Time for a Serious Policy on Water Pricing - 0 views

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    This article talks about high demands for water and dwindling supply. This is forcing government/companies to raise water prices so it would restrict usage of it. Like California where drought is causing high prices and low usage of water. Water has pretty neutral elasticity so government and businesses can make decisions capitalizing on its elasticity.
Clelia K

A Lot Fewer Americans Get Unemployment Benefits Than You Think - 2 views

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    WASHINGTON -- The share of unemployed Americans who receive unemployment insurance benefits has dwindled to its lowest point in decades, thanks in part to benefit cuts in Republican-led states. Just 23.1 percent of unemployed workers received state unemployment benefits at the end of 2014, according to a new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal Washington think tank.
Ayenew L

How Obama's $3 Trillion Health-Care Overhaul Would Work - 5 views

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    The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.
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    The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.
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    The Obama administration has announced plans to accelerate a shift in how the U.S. pays its $2.9 trillion annual health-care bill. Officials at Medicare, which covers one in six Americans, want to stop paying doctors and hospitals by the number of tests and treatments they do.
Talu O

Why low inflation hurts the 99% - 1 views

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    Here is another point of view to the possible outcomes of government interventions to inflation. In US' case it is Federal Reserve Bank who is the decision mechanism that determines the monetary policies.
Anthony E

The Meaning and Definition of Export Promotion - 0 views

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    This article provides information about the meaning and definition of Export Promotion: Export promotion has been defined as "those public policy measures which actually or potentially enhance exporting activity at the company, industry, or national level".
Anthony E

Europe fears 'uncontrolled protectionism' as emerging markets turn against free trade - 1 views

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    Brazil raised tariffs on 100 sectors last October to defend is declining industrial base, with fees of up to 25pc on machinery, iron and steel, plastics, chemicals, paper and wood products. It is now pursuing a full-blown "industrial policy" under its Plano Brasil Maior, with tax concessions for those who build plant locally.
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