A Dearth Of Austerity
Austere: adj; markedly simple or unadorned The G-8 met this weekend at Camp David to address the failure of austerity in promoting economic growth, specifically in Europe where it has allegedly been practiced. Of course, austerity, as modernly defined by a certain segment of the economics profession, has nothing at all to do with the .. read more
On May 20th, 2012,
posted in: Economy, Taxes/Fiscal Policy by Joseph Y. Calhoun Tags: austerity, chile, g-8, sweden, taxes
Rio Rising
Brazilians celebrated in the streets Friday as the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 summer games to Rio de Janeiro. From an economic standpoint it is somewhat debatable whether winning the right to host the Olympics is worthy of celebration, but Brazilians, who never seem to need much encouragement in the celebrating department, have plenty .. read more
On October 4th, 2009,
posted in: Markets by Joseph Y. Calhoun Tags: bladex asia loan, bladex china development bank, brazil 2016 olympics, brazil budget surplus, brazil currency, brazil imf debt, brazil investment grade rating, brazil stock market, brazil stocks, chile free trade, china investments latin america, china petrobras, china venezuela, G-20, g-8, latin america inflation, latin american asia trade, peru free trade china, us dollar trend, us stock market correction, us unemployment, washington consensus
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