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Britain is doing well on employment despite a crummy economy. Why?
The British economy hasn’t been doing so hot in recent years. Things haven’t been quite as terrible there as they’ve been in the rest of Europe, but compared to the United States and Japan — whose recoveries haven’t exactly been … Continue reading
Britain is doing well on employment despite a crummy economy. Why?
The British economy hasn’t been doing so hot in recent years. Things haven’t been quite as terrible there as they’ve been in the rest of Europe, but compared to the United States and Japan — whose recoveries haven’t exactly been … Continue reading
The economy is holding up surprisingly well in a year of austerity
A U.S. economy that was supposed to be barely hanging on is starting to look surprisingly robust. Housing prices rose faster over the past year than they have in the past seven, according to data out Tuesday. Consumer confidence hit … Continue reading
Exclusive: G20 to consider cutting debt to well below 90 percent/GDP: document
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Financial leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies will consider next week in Washington a proposal to cut their public debt over the longer term to well below 90 percent of gross domestic product, a document prepared … Continue reading
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In the next four years, we’ll see if Wall Street can be reformed
Four years ago, President Obama was sworn in as a financial crisis was still engulfing the markets and the economy. Now he can point to a Wall Street overhaul that he helped push through Congress, intended to prevent such a … Continue reading
Cries for sterner laws, as well as those for caution, ring out anew
The 20-year-old gunman who opened fire in a Connecticut elementary school Friday morning carried the kind of semiautomatic weapons that have become the bloody hallmark of the American gun massacre — and perpetual exhibits in the cyclical and never resolved … Continue reading
Mandela ‘looks well’ in hospital
Nelson Mandela has been visited in hospital by South African President Jacob Zuma, who said the former leader “looks well after a restful night”.
One day, we’ll blame Disney for the robot takeover
For whatever reason, Disney has decided that it’s a good idea to design a line of theme-park robots that can track the movements of people and throw things at them. (Okay, the video is neat, but still, think of the … Continue reading
One day, we’ll blame Disney for the robot takeover
For whatever reason, Disney has decided that it’s a good idea to design a line of theme-park robots that can track the movements of people and throw things at them. (Okay, the video is neat, but still, think of the … Continue reading
Why did women do so well in 2012? Because gender bias is declining
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’sDan Hopkinsand George Washington University’sDannyHayesandJohn Sidesoffer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hayes summarizes research showing that bias against female political candidates in both the … Continue reading