Monthly Archives: August 2016
The $8 Trillion Fight Over How to Rid America of Fossil Fuel
The $8 Trillion Fight Over How to Rid America of Fossil Fuel For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist, and they’re both wrong. Like many jokes…
The Hunt Is On for a New Way to Measure the World’s Economic Output
The Hunt Is On for a New Way to Measure the World’s Economic Output Gross domestic product is so twentieth century. The measure has risen from humble beginnings…
White House proposes rule to welcome immigrant entrepreneurs
White House proposes rule to welcome immigrant entrepreneurs The Obama administration proposed a rule on Friday aimed at attracting thousands of immigrant entrepreneurs to start companies in the United States…
One Euro for One Pound Britons Abroad Already Know What Pound-Euro Parity Feels Like
One Euro for One Pound Britons Abroad Already Know What Pound-Euro Parity Feels Like When U.K. businessman Paul Frampton bought the spending money for his family vacation to…
De Beers stakes its reputation on spotting the difference
De Beers stakes its reputation on spotting the difference In nature it takes billions of years to produce a diamond, or a laboratory can grow one in days and to…
UK Manufacturers See Costs Jump in Wake of Brexit Vote
UK Manufacturers See Costs Jump in Wake of Brexit Vote The pound’s sharp drop following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is starting to weigh…
The Titanic risks of the global retirement system
The Titanic risks of the global retirement system Imagine an entire enterprise set on course for disaster, driven by the owner’s arrogant pursuit of profit. The members of the…