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A Better Way to Make Economic Forecasts

Economists are famously bad at predicting growth. A new technique might help them get a little better. When assessing a country’s potential to prosper, economists typically look at aggregate measures such as education, investment or national debt. This hasn’t worked particularly well: China’s economy, for example, has kept growing at a fast pace even though […]

Two Soundtrack Releases To Accompany New Ken Burns & Lynn Novick Film "The Vietnam War," –Original Score Features Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross– –Additional All-Star Soundtrack Features Iconic Music Of The Vietnam Era– –10-Part Series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Premieres September 17 on PBS Stations Nationwide– (PRNewsfoto/UMe)

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La risposta più seria alle farneticazioni di Donald Trump rivolte a mo’ di risposta a quelle della Corea del Nord, sembra essere un lungo documentario realizzato da due giornalisti Usa, Ken Burns e Lynn Novik, trasmessa dalla rete franco-tedesca Arte. Una risposta al presidente americano ma anche la più vasta storia della crisi che ha […]

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How to rethink capitalism

Western capitalism came close to collapsing in 2007/2008, and has still not recovered. And the vast majority of economists had not understood what was happening. The recently released book “Rethinking Capitalism” takes a deeper look at both failures www.isigrowth.eu

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Google’s Disturbing Influence Over Think Tanks

The first thing you see when you walk into the offices of the New America Foundation in Washington is the Eric Schmidt Ideas Lab, a space named after the executive chairman of Google’s parent company. Google, Mr. Schmidt and his family’s foundation are the principal funders of that think tank www.nytimes.com

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Il migliore dei mondi

Le borse sono al loro massimo storico, l’inflazione è minima, le Banche centrali, FED e BCE in testa, si congratulano per il successo delle loro politiche di Quantitative Easing. Il loro entusiasmo è appannato solo da un tenue pericolo che scoppi una nuova bolla speculativa e dalle minacce che partono da Trump e Goldman Sachs […]