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- Aug- 2022 -3 AugustStock Market
The Fed’s inflation promises are simply not credible – News Opener
With inflation running high for the last 14 months, we can sadly conclude it’s entrenched, will be difficult to conquer…
Read More » - 1 AugustStock Market
Far from Putin’s claims of resilience, Russian economy is being hammered by sanctions and exodus of international companies, Yale report finds – News Opener
Media reports trumpeting the resilience of the Russian economy in the face of the international response to its invasion of…
Read More » - Jul- 2022 -29 JulyStock Market
Biden, with the stroke of a pen, could ease inflation if he wanted to. Here’s how. – News Opener
Inflation, in President Biden’s eyes, is all of a sudden public enemy number one. This week he signed off on…
Read More » - 29 JulyStock Market
Green tariffs are now our best hope of beating climate change – News Opener
BOSTON (Project Syndicate)—Environmental tariffs may be humanity’s last hope for mitigating climate change, which is on course to become increasingly devastating if we do…
Read More » - 20 JulyStock Market
America needs to take more risks in Ukraine – News Opener
America will have to take more risks to accomplish its legitimate objectives in Ukraine. We should want the Ukrainian army…
Read More » - 19 JulyStock Market
Here’s what’s at stake if Russia doesn’t get a key European gas pipeline back up and running this week – News Opener
Investors will soon find out whether the world’s largest subsea pipeline, all 759 miles of it sitting under the Baltic…
Read More » - 1 JulyStock Market
A revolution on the supply side is needed to defeat inflation without crushing the global economy – News Opener
MILAN, Italy (Project Syndicate)—Central banks’ efforts to contain high and rising inflation are fueling headwinds to growth and are threatening…
Read More » - Jun- 2022 -29 JuneStock Market
Rising prices: why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable – News Opener
As prices rise, everywhere, for pretty much everything, the prospect of the human suffering this will cause is deeply worrying. There…
Read More » - 29 JuneStock Market
Defending Taiwan starts with standing up to Putin – News Opener
President Joe Biden’s recent statement that the United States would intervene militarily if China tried to take Taiwan by force was hardly…
Read More » - 21 JuneStock Market
If Biden were really serious about fighting inflation, he’d repeal Trump’s failed tariffs that raise consumer prices – News Opener
WASHINGTON (Project Syndicate)—In response to surging prices, President Joe Biden declared this month that “fighting inflation” is his “top economic priority.” He…
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