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Eight northern countries and EU

Ruggero Paladini

The rigidity of the rules as an inviolable paradigm of the European Union.

12/03/2018
The Corporate Tax Cut Bonanza

Dean Baker

Corporate America is clearly putting on a public relations show to thank the Republicans who pushed through the tax cut.

29/01/2018
Tesla, Amazon, and Bitcoin

Dean Baker

The soaring price of Bitcoin is a useful lesson about markets for people who seem to very quickly forget the last lesson. Bitcoin, a digital algorithm, backed by absolutely nothing, has been selling for more than $16,000.

17/01/2018
A Short History of American Empire

Jeff Faux

"The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire" by Stephen Kinzer (Henry Holt and Co., 2017, 304 pp.)

17/01/2018
The Ionesco Euro

Antonio Lettieri

The euro crisis is the best-hidden unknown of the European political scene.

17/01/2018
GOP won't be able to sell its tax bill to the public

Eileen Appelbaum

Various polls find less than a quarter of Americans back the new tax plan.

01/01/2018
What Do Democrats Stand For?

Robert Reich

To be successful Democrats must address the forces that created Trump.

23/11/2017
"Rich People Need Tax Cuts": The Republican Tax Plan

Dean Baker

The Trump administration assures us that ordinary workers will still come out ahead because their corporate tax cuts will lead to a huge surge of investment. There is pretty much zero reason to believe this.

22/11/2017
How to Pave the Road towards the Euro End

Ruggero Paladini

In Germany, there is dissatisfaction with how the European Commission is implementing the Fiscal compact. Now, Schäuble proposes to attribute the control to the ESM , which should have the task of sanctioning those who do not respect it.

21/11/2017