BEIJING | Great social and economic inequalities could jeopardise the plans of making of internal consumption the main engine of growth. The figures released before the end of the year warned of the growing gap between the rich and the poor.
Most Republicans act as obdurate and dogmatic preachers of a new faith that refuses any concession on the core objective of making life miserable for liberals, women and non-white minorities that cast a vote enabling an evil and un-American President to be re-elected.
After two decades of relative decline, decision makers in Tokyo need to tackle serious reforms to boost Japan’s economic system. This is the first part of a series published by The Fair Observer perusing the country’s economic challenges.
Nine media outlets write a letter to Mitt Romney campaign challenging the exorbitant bills they had to pay in order to follow the Republican candidate before the US election
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BARCELONA | by CaixaBank research | Crucial countries such as China and Brazil are already starting to see evidence of their economies speeding up. On the other hand, most emerging countries have steadily strengthened their economic systems, spreading structural reforms, liberalizing markets and keeping a close eye on the solidity of financial institutions.
NEW YORK | There was a time when entrepreneurs innovated and capitalism was mainly creative. And that is finished, according to Edmund Phelphs. Inspiring behavior has been suffocated by several years of Keynesianism and new Corporatism.
BEIJING | Besides the scientific approach to development, Chinese must be able to enjoy welfare to achieve a moderately prosperous society.
By CaixaBank Research | Emerging Europe continues to present two very different faces: while it has been going through a relatively calm time since the summer in terms of the financial stress resulting from the euro area’s sovereign debt crisis, the trend in data for activity has yet to improve to any notable extent.
In the fall of 2008, the collapse of the Icelandic banking system sent thousands of promising young Icelanders into unemployment. Today, Iceland’s Generation Y is turning to entrepreneurship to dig out from under the country’s financial crisis.