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Measuring progress in terms of GDP is an innocent fraud
Mumbai :: India | about 9 hours ago
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On his death, some obituaries referred to him as the most read economist of all time (of course overshadowed by Karl Marx before him and Paul Krugman after him). This wasn't really surprising given the easy and lucid style of Galbraith's writing. A lot...
Tags: John Kenneth Galbraith, innocent fraud, management compensation, domestic production, gross domestic, India, Mumbai, Gross domestic product, Economy, Fraud, Business Finance, Economists, Liberalism in the United States
India can win Nobel for filth, says Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks, on Friday said if there was a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. “Our cities are the dirtiest cities of the world...The minister was talking...
Tags: Indian, Jairam Ramesh, nobel prize, Vijay Kelkar, finances commission, public sector, minister jairam, dirtiest cities, Finance Commission, Mr Kelkar, India, New Delhi, Waste management, Dirt, Cleanliness, Squatting, Waste, Environment, Hygiene, Waste Management Inc, Delhi, The Energy and Resources Institute, Dhaka, Indian National Congress, Economists, Jairam, Indian films, Disinvestment, Investment, International sanctions, Social responsibility, Business Finance
State asks for extended sentence for Laskowski
Sycamore :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the trial of a Kirkland man facing murder charges for the 2005 beating death of Frank Riccardi Jr. The arguments were centered on the decision by the DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office to file a notification...
Tags: Eric Laskowski, Frank Riccardi Jr, Bill Engerman, David Camic, Sycamore, Murder, Riccardi, Crimes, Economists, Stanley Engerman, Law Crime
Trade And Industry In The Asia-Pacific Century
Sydney :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility A highlight of the conference will be the key note address from Professor W. Max Corden, Emeritus Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Examining the impact of the global financial crisis on developing Asian economies Professor...
Tags: W. Max Corden, Australia, Sydney, 1930s, Great Depression, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Financial crisis, Financial crises, Stock market crashes, Economists, Business Finance
MPC was split on quantitative easing
Boé :: France | 4 days ago
Credibility Bank of England MPC split three ways on quantitative easing Minutes show seven members voted for £25bn expansion, with one pushing for £40bn and the chief economist cautioning against any increase The Bank of England increased quantitative easing to...
Tags: Bank of England MPC, The Bank of England, quantitative easing, chief economist, Monetary Policy Committee, David Miles, seven member, Spencer Dale, economist spencer, billion pounds, France, Boé, Asset price inflation, Monetary policy, Inflation, Stagflation, Deflation, Business Finance, Money, Money supply, Mervyn King, Macroeconomics, Bank of England, Pound sterling, Economists, Interest rates, Public finance, Interest, Central banks, Economic policy, MarketWatch, economics, Economic history of the United Kingdom
Economist says Obamanomics is hard to define
Jacksonville :: TX :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Despite efforts by pundits on the left and right sides of the political spectrum to characterize President Barack Obama’s economic policies, Zanny Minton Beddoes thinks we haven’t seen enough to define “Obamanomics.” “I think Obamanomics č no one is...
Tags: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Jacksonville, Barack Obama, Financial crisis, Business Finance, Recessions, Economists, Politics
East Villagers, Unite! Documentary on Ending Poverty Rich in Critiques
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 6 days ago
Credibility It wasn’t all doom and gloom at Friday’s premiere of “The End of Poverty?” at Village East Cinemas. The film, which traces the origins of global poverty back to the Age of Exploration, offers a reason for hope: things might soon get so bad that the impoverished...
Tags: Mr. Diaz, Henry George, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs, Macroeconomics, The End of Poverty?, The End of Poverty, Development economists, International development, Economists, Entertainment Culture
Fed's Hoenig says significant weakness in economy
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | 6 days ago
Credibility A Federal Reserve official said on Monday that the U.S. economy still faced "significant weaknesses" and urged policymakers to allow large financial institutions to fail if needed. "We still have significant weaknesses to work through in the economy...
Tags: Thomas Hoenig, U.S, significant weaknesses, Federal Reserve, Kansas City Fed, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Financial crisis, Federal Reserve System, Economists, Thomas M. Hoenig, Bailout, Business Finance
Goldman exec tackles 'too big to fail' at Fairfield U
Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Imagine a world in which Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and other financial leviathans have been slain by a federal regulator...Gerald Corrigan spoke out against such a world Tuesday, delivering a Fairfield University...
Tags: E. Gerald Corrigan, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Fairfield University, financing need, John Picyk, Bridgeport, Banking in the United States, Goldman Sachs, Too Big to Fail, Federal Reserve System, Council on Foreign Relations, Economists, Business Finance
"The End of Poverty?": How the rich steal from the poor
Portland :: OR :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility 13 PST Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century?...Philippe Diaz's powerful and upsetting documentary "The End of Poverty?" , which weaves together a wide range of talking-head experts and a startling array of...
Tags: Philippe Diaz, North American, sub-Saharan Africa, Portland, Economists, Economic ideologies, Neoliberalism, Capitalism, Globalization, Political economy, Poverty, Economic liberalism
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