Sunday, August 24, 2014

24/8/2014: Italy: A Lifeless Liner on Economic Growth Rocks: Part 1

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This is part 1 of the two-parts post on the current economic conditions in Italy. A North-Eastern Italian provincial capital - a normall...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

23/8/2014: WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences & zero economics

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This is WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and zero economics . First to start with - a major scientific breakthrough in physics co...

23/8/2014: Real Cost of Capital: Euro 'Periphery' Dilemma

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Staying on the topic of debt (see earlier post: http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2014/08/2382014-that-pesky-problem-of-real-debt.html ) he...

23/8/2014: That Pesky Problem of Real Debt...

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Again, revisiting IMF's Article 4 consultation paper for Euro Area, published in July 2014, here is a summary of the Euro area 'pe...

23/8/2014: Labour Costs and Euro area's myth of 'productivity' gains

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Looking back at July 2014 IMF Article 4 paper on Euro area (most of which I covered back when it was published), here is an interesting ch...

23/8/2014: Two charts: US Oil

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Two charts for trend spotting: First one shows US production of oil from 1983 through today: This shows the reversal of the 45% dec...

23/8/2014: BlackRock Institute Survey: EMEA, August 2014

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BlackRock Investment Institute released the latest Economic Cycle Survey results for North America and Western Europe (covered here: http:...

23/8/2014: BlackRock Institute Survey: N. America & W. Europe, August 2014

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BlackRock Investment Institute released the latest Economic Cycle Survey results for North America and Western Europe. Here are the main p...
Friday, August 22, 2014

22/8/2014: Minimum Wage and Employment: Recent Study

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The effects of minimum wage laws on employment levels and employment prospects for various categories of workers are subject of voluminous ...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

21/8/2014: Capital v Labour Taxes: Time to Scratch that Cabbage Head, Mr. Politico

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Ireland, like majority of other small open economies, runs a tax regime that is punitive to highly skilled workers and benign to capital o...

21/8/2014: G20: Does it matter?

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To many analysts and observers, in recent years, G20 has emerged as a broader and more inclusive alternative to the restricted club of adv...

21/8/2014: Consumption of Technology: Revolutions to Evolutions

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Neat, although out of date by now, chart showing long-run evolution of consumer utilisation of technology: Click on image to enlarge...