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From Jean Bogner, Research Professor Emerita, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, IL, US
...The result is precisely the opposite of what is intended: Russia gets to keep money it owes the west, while legitimate western investors are deprived of their resources....
...And more importantly, IBM’s annual pension contribution is just 5 per cent, which compounded at the Treasury yield, just isn’t enough for a half decent pension....
...During the first world war the US government expanded tax revenues by creating an “excess profits” tax levied on corporations and individuals....
...On the contrary, the national debt is mainly the result of tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, and unfunded spending on America’s endless wars....
...How come our defence ministers have suspended conscription? How come our soldiers — now all volunteers — were so ill-treated by the government and the population?...
...Suppose China has awarded sizeable subsidies to its electric vehicle producers, taken by some as an aggressive economic act....
...The recorded music industry has shrunk significantly since the emergence of Napster in 1999. More precisely, the industry falls tens of billions of dollars short of historic levels....
...Letter in response to this article: The unintended consequences of Russian sanctions / From David Crook, Chief Executive, Tail Wind Advisory & Management, London WC2, UK...
...Iran is to the Middle East what Germany was to Europe in 1914, and like Germany then will find that it has overextended itself....
...Letter in response to this article: Chicago’s skyscrapers are actually well-grounded / From Jean Bogner, Research Professor Emerita, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of...
...Within 20 years, existing liabilities could be fully funded and government finances improved by a further 3 per cent or so of GDP....
...place — as an insurance vehicle, paid for by pension funds, to ensure that millions of people saving for retirement would not be robbed of their pensions if their employer went bust with an underfunded...
...The economy’s purpose expanded early in the 20th century, as fresh needs had to be created to materially satisfy a burgeoning middle class....
...The 4.2 per cent fall is the largest to have been recorded in the subsequent 26 years of data....
...While Sir Keir Starmer’s intentions may be grounded in the hope of bettering state education, I fear this move will not yield the desired results....
...The judges concluded that the argument that Fearless Fund violated federal anti-discrimination laws had a likelihood of prevailing....
...She and Evans collected authors, statesmen, executives and activists like they collected the books on their crowded shelves, sharing their infectious curiosity with the city’s intelligentsia in witty cocktail...
...“Unlike DED, TPS is based in legal statute and has proven to be more durable across administrations,” the Washington Office on Latin America, a think-tank in the US capital, said....
...Raed Safadi, DED’s chief economic advisor, said despite last year’s “tailwinds,” new investments and job creation would help drive forward in 2017 and next year, which he forecast at 3.7 per cent....
...The frantic pace at which Flipkartadded sellers and customers brought challenges, including communication breakdowns. “What emerged was that the left hand wasn’t talking to the right,” says Binny....
...“It is not so much your legislative knowledge or committee meetings attended that determines promotions, it’s this [money].”...
...David Liu, its chief operating officer, recently attended a meeting with Arne Duncan, US education secretary, and several ed-tech companies....
...In the 1950s and 1960s we lost almost all our native elms to Dutch elm disease (DED), a fungal infection spread by the elm bark beetle....
...The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World, by Frans Johansson (Portfolio/Penguin, $26.95/£14.99) When Andrew Conru founded a dating website called FriendFinder, he soon became frustrated...
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