economic forecast 2021
- Feb- 2023 -5 FebruaryEconomy
The case for a land value tax is overwhelming
I have long been a supporter of taxing land value. Such a tax would be economically efficient and morally just.…
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A bipolar currency regime will replace the dollar’s exorbitant privilege
The writer is professor emeritus at the Stern School of Business, NYU and chief economist at Atlas Capital Team The US…
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Workplace bullying should have no place in politics
The writer is director of the Institute for Government Britain’s political classes are accustomed to financial impropriety being grounds for…
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Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military ruler, died in exile on Sunday in Dubai at the age of 79 following a…
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Plight of Saakashvili casts shadow on Georgia’s EU aspirations
In blue ink, the handwritten scrawl of imprisoned former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is sometimes difficult to make out. “If…
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Death and Japan’s nuclear shelter salesman
The “doomsday clock” maintained since 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is many things. An index of our gossamer…
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No signs of US slowdown in surprisingly robust jobs market
An unexpected surge in US jobs growth has brushed away concerns of a US economic slowdown in the near term,…
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A woman’s place is in the home? Why Ireland will vote on outdated law
Men and women enjoy more equality in Ireland than almost any other country on earth; there was a female head…
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Ukraine warns against complacency in face of Russian threat
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned Ukrainian citizens against complacency in the face of an expected Russian offensive and called on western…
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Missing: the 2022 recession
Today’s jobs data was dynamite. Not only did the US add a forecast-smashing 517,000 jobs in January, December’s figure was…
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