Some of the economic policies of J.Corbyn ‘Corybnomics’ include: Ending austerity / more relaxed rules on budget deficits. People’s Quantitative easing ‘Corbyn’s Quantitative Easing’ Higher taxes on high income earners Renationalisation of railways / energy sector National investment bank / funded by removing corporate subsidies / People’s Q.E. Ending Austerity A frequent economic criticism of …
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In recent months, the Chinese stock market has been very volatile, with sharp drops in prices since last July. On August 24th, share prices fell 9% – one of the biggest single day falls. People fear this is the bursting of the Chinese stock market bubble which could have serious effects on the global economy. …
TIPP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) is a potential trade deal between the EU and US. It is currently being negotiated by the European Commission and the US. The aim of the agreement is Encouraging trade and investment between the EU and the US. Extend principles of European Single Market to include the US, enabling …
Saltwater economists are associated with economists from the Universities on the east and west coast of the US. In particular universities such as Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Pennsylvania Columbia and Yale. Economic thought from these universities tends to be more suspicious of free markets and advocate a greater role for government regulation and discretionary fiscal …
A reader on twitter asked – How has government borrowing helped me recently? I’m tempted to paraphrase as – What has borrowing ever done for me? – just so that I can make a reference to Monty Python and the Life of Brian? – And what have the Romans ever done for us? – apart …
Readers Question: Endangered rain forests, wild fish, elephants and more are examples of the tragedy of the commons. What would economists recommend to save, rain forests or fish stocks? Firstly, the tragedy of the commons is a situation where there is overconsumption of a particular product / service because rational individual decisions lead to …