David Korten | March 19, 2018 Those who pay attention to trade and economics saw President Trump’s imposition of new tariffs—25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum—as just one more bad policy decision by an administration in disarray. Trump may, however, have done us all the favor of reopening a discussion of tariffs, trade, and… Read More »
Chris Winters | March 9, 2018 Trade wars can be disastrous for economies. They happen periodically usually because well-intentioned government officials look to shore up some homegrown industry, which triggers an unpredicted response from a once-friendly country on whom we depend for something important. Like trade. Then there’s a lot of posturing and scrambling among industry… Read More »
By Dr. Tim G Williams | August 25, 2017 Not since FDR has the United States been faced with the enormity of rebuilding America’s economy and infrastructure. Today our economy as well as the nations infrastructure is putting this nations security and stability in grave danger. Our economy today is already on the verge of falling into… Read More »
By Charos Aslonovna | August 22, 2017 Monetary policy is a set of measures taken by Central Bank of the government to stabilize the economy (strengthening the national currency, accelerating economic growth, lowering prices, and so on). It is part of the macroeconomic policy, carried out by using various methods and tools, depending on objectives. In developed economies… Read More »
By Rebecca Earle | August 3, 2017 What we eat matters to us – but we’re not sure whether it ought to matter to anyone else. We generally insist that our diets are our business and resent being told to eat more fruit, consume less alcohol and generally pull our socks up when it comes to dinner.The efforts… Read More »
By Rick Osbourne | December 06, 2016 In order to stand a snowball’s chance in this brave, new, globalized, Trumped-up economy, here’s something that millennials need to know and understand. For all practical purposes, ALL THE DISCRETIONARY WEALTH IS BEING GENERATED ON THE OWNERSHIP SIDE OF THE ECONOMY! That’s right. There are two ways in… Read More »
By Rudy Fritsch | November 18, 2016 Bitcoin… Monetary Nirvana? If you don’t know what Bitcoin is, do a bit of research on the internet, and you will get plenty… but the short story is that Bitcoin was created as a medium of exchange, without a central bank or bank of issue being involved. Furthermore, Bitcoin… Read More »
David Korten | April 6, 2016 Politics and polling data reveal a remarkable shift in American attitudes toward socialism. More Democrats now view socialism favorably (42 percent) than unfavorably (34 percent). Among young adults, socialism does even better with a 43 percent favorable view vs. only 26 percent unfavorable. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist,… Read More »
By Jonisa Angoni | July 12, 2016 Regional cooperation between the western Balkan countries is the key factor that will lead those countries towards the EU perspective. Improving relations of the Western Balkan countries is a goal that should be fulfilled. The improvement of these relations is a commitment made by the countries themselves at the EU-Western… Read More »
By Quintin I Goynes | June 09, 2014 Powder metallurgy is a precision metal forming technology that is a part of the economic breakthrough for today’s manufacturers. The concept implies the manufacturing of parts–net to near-net shape–and is preferred to by manufactured gear makers. Powder Metals and Manufacturers Powder metal (P/M) and gear makers have established a solid… Read More »