Economics
Correcting the record on China and Africa
September 28, 2018Ever since Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, there has been a campaign to paint it as a scheme to trap developing countries in China’s web.
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¿Muestra la crisis venezolana que el socialismo no funciona?
August 31, 2018Hay una gran cantidad de voces en los medios de comunicación que hablan sobre la crisis de hiperinflación en Venezuela y no para mostrar el sufrimiento de millones de venezolanos, sino para atacar la política de...
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Even Nixon funded jobs programs, why can’t we do it today?
August 28, 2018Pundits are optimistic that struggling young people will be able to get jobs. What’s less clear is whether those jobs will pay living wages.
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Does Venezuela’s crisis prove socialism doesn’t work?
August 27, 2018The current crisis is often described as the worst in Venezuela’s history and, with hundreds of thousands fleeing the country, that's hard to dispute.
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Working families finally earn more than they did in 2000
August 24, 2018If wages start eating into corporate profits, the Federal Reserve will respond with interest rate hikes to slow down economic activity and weaken labor’s bargaining power.
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