Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Economy
06/07/2021
El Salvador To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender: A Milestone In Monetary History
The Central American country is in the process of adopting bitcoin as legal tender: a move that would make El Salvador the first country to deem bitcoin an official national currency.
06/03/2021
The end of our 50-year stagnation
06/02/2021
The Economic Recovery Is Here. It’s Unlike Anything You’ve Seen.
Households saved cash and banks amassed capital, but supply shortages are popping up and some employers can’t find workers
05/26/2021
Forward Thinking on measuring GDP and productivity
Hosts Michael Chui and Anna Bernasek interview Diane Coyle about the digital economy, its impact on productivity, and what’s left out of the analysis when we focus only on GDP as a measurement of growth.
05/24/2021
Small Businesses Have Surged in Black Communities. Was It the Stimulus?
New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
05/20/2021
Too Smart to Get Too Big to Fail
Could the secret to longevity on Wall Street be aligning your interests with the common man? That's one of the lessons of Zachary Karabell's 'Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power.'
05/17/2021
Remaking the Post-COVID World
Industrialized nations were faced with severe economic and political crises long before COVID-19 struck—and these crises have only deepened during the pandemic.
05/17/2021
Child cash benefit will begin hitting millions of parents’ bank accounts July 15
Biden administration estimates 88 percent of all American children are slated to receive new monthly payments — with no action required.
05/09/2021
Missing from Biden’s American Families Plan: Help for low-income parents with new babies
Home visits from nurses and other professionals would be transformative for low-income, first-time parents and pay off in better futures for their babies.
04/28/2021
The 3D-printed space-age houses that could solve America’s housing crisis
“To the extent that 3D printing can offer a faster, cheaper way to build even single family housing units or small units, it can address a portion of the problem.”
04/30/2021
How the US won the economic recovery
I looked for a country that got the economic response to Covid-19 right. I found the US.
04/28/2021