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Trades Union Congress Misleads With Statistics On Wages
15 january 2013 There’s a difference between pushing an economic or political case with a careful deployment of statistics and intentionally misleading with the presentation of incorrect statistics. Opinion can…
How to Light Africa Within a Decade
15 january 2013 Today, when the sun goes down in Africa, over 150 million homes will not turn on the lights. The reason is simple: they don’t have electricity. Instead,…
With Most Of Europe Still On Its Back, Sweden Tries Policies That Actually Work
15 january 2013 The headlines from across the pond read “Europe Rejects Austerity” as the French and Greeks elected socialists and even some neo-national socialists to office. These new officials…
Britain Will Join the Euro
15 january 2013 This is the story that had us all choking over our cornflakes this morning: Britain ‘will join euro before long’, says German finance minister Britain will have…
Stop Dreaming – Finland Ain’t Leaving
15 january 2013 Weirdly enough, speculation about Finland leaving Euro or triggering some sort of crisis has become a popular pastime in the UK and US in recent weeks. The…
More Immigrants Needed, But Not In The US
15 january 2013 Non-citizen employees require more care and feeding. That gets expensive and, at times, messy for multinational employers. The four largest global audit firms – Deloitte, Ernst &…
Only 1 in 4 Americans Confident They Could Cover Unplanned $2,000 Expense
15 january 2013 Would you be able to come up with $2,000 within a month to cover an unplanned expense? This is the question a group of researchers asked in…
What Caused The Great Financial Crash: Gary Gorton Is Right
15 january 2013 As you will have noticed there’s still a certain amount of shouting going on about what precisely caused the Great Financial Crash of 2007/08. Explanations run from…
Tax Sand Traps For Ernie Els And Other Pro Athletes
15 january 2013 South Africa’s Ernie Els won the 141st British Open and should be relishing his success, not worrying about taxes. Even less successful professional golfers may not engender…
Is Basel III going to prevent another global banking crisis?
As the world struggles to address the urgent need to have stronger capital standards for banks, I am reminded of a Midwestern saying I heard often as a young man:…
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