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Sunday, February 24, 2019

24/2/19: Buybacks vs Capex

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U.S. corporates spending or 'investing' over the last 10 years: CapEx ($6.4T), including often non-productive M&As Buyback...

Friday, April 21, 2017

21/4/17: Any evidence that immigrants are undermining welfare of the natives?

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Given current debates surrounding the impact of migrant labour on native (and previously arriving migrants) wages, jobs security, career p...

Monday, April 18, 2016

17/4/16: Start Ups, Manufacturing Jobs and Structural Changes in the U.S. Economy

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In the forthcoming issue of the Cayman Financial Review I am focusing on the topic of the declining labour productivity in the advanced ec...

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

24/11/15: Europe's Dead Donkey of Productivity Growth

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Remember the mythology of European productivity miracles: The EU is at least as competitive as the U.S. (with Lisbon Agenda completed, ...

Monday, May 13, 2013

13/5/2013: Work Hours, Education Years and Wages

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A fascinating fact: "An average person born in the United States in the second half of the 19th century completed 7 years of schoolin...

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Economics 06/03/2010: Do friendships matter in a workplace?

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An interesting article on workplace organization/networks and productivity of workers, forthcoming in the next month's issue of Review o...

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