Russia may join China in banning Japanese seafood imports after Japan released treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, and Moscow is seeking talks with Japan, a Russian regulator said on Tuesday. Japan started releasing the water from the plant into the ocean last month, drawing strong criticism from China. In ...
WASHINGTON – Reforming the World Bank‘s approach to risk could unlock nearly $190 billion in additional urgently needed lending for developing countries without jeopardizing its AAA credit rating, a study commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation found. The study, carried out by international finance analytics firm Risk Control, found the bank‘s two main lending arms, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ...
We compiled a list of the 10 biggest uncertainties in the stock market right now. In no particular order: China-trade wars and chip wars Oil and food inflation Strikes Government shutdown Corporate and individual bankruptcies on the rise Commercial real ...
The Energy sector has the highest percentage of analyst buy ratings (around 64%) of all S&P sectors in the US stock market. The kicker, however, is that these same analysts project Energy to have the smallest price increase (a mere ...
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Economists and political elites fondly claim that economic growth is due to increased technological knowledge. That is only partly true. Original Article: Does Technical Knowledge Always Lead to Economic Growth? ...
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, in his book Democracy: The God That Failed and his 1995 article in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, set forth an interesting theory concerning the difference in time preference between a monarch and a democratic politician. The argument ...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) embargo on sales of crude oil from their member countries to the United States was a response to US support for Israel in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War against invading Egyptian ...
While Leo Strauss did not share G.W.F. Hegel’s acceptance of historicism, nonetheless he gives Hegel a sympathetic review. David Gordon takes a closer look at both men. Original Article: Understanding Hegel from a Straussian Viewpoint ...