Economic Trends
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‘Depressed’ Stiglitz: Optimistic Scenario Is Japanese-Style Malaise
By Marlene Y. SatterAccording to Nobel Prize-winning Prof. Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, an unwillingness to admit just how bad things were and an economic stimulus package that was inadequate got the U.S. into its present state, and the Fed cant do anything more to help.
July 27, 2011
Markets Spooked by Two Dreary Signals: Debt, DurablesIt is the forward-looking nature of two key indicators that appears to be weighing on stocks. Declines in durable goods orders mean less manufacturing down the road, and a failure to get a debt deal means the two parties are so at odds they are willing to hold creditors hostage.
July 22, 2011
Krugman: Europe’s Greek Debt Deal Will Kill RecoveryThe Times' Paul Krugman on the Greek rescue: “The Serious People are determined to destroy all the advanced economies in the name of prudence.”
July 06, 2011
Alcoa to Help GRI Revise Sustainability Reporting GuidelinesAlcoa is partnering with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to develop the next generation of corporate sustainability reporting guidelines
July 01, 2011
Inflated ScienceIn 1968, the Swedish central bank donated money to the Nobel Foundation to establish a Nobel Prize in economics. It became the sixth category in which…
June 30, 2011
Portrait of a Branch Manager; Ins and Outs of Annuity Suitability: July Research—SlideshowThe July issue of Research brings a fresh look at leadership issues.
June 21, 2011
Keynes’ Theory Turns 75 as Debate on Government Spending Rages OnNobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addressed the plenary session of the conference, held at Keynes’ alma mater, Cambridge University, this week.
May 25, 2011
Affluent Investors More Confident Than Millionaires: SpectremAffluent investors’ confidence passed that of millionaires for the first time since April 2008, according to Spectrem Group President George H. Walper Jr.