Anonymous, “Kako so racionalizacija, tržno usmerjanje državnih podjetij in globalizacija zaznamovale ameriško ekonomijo v minulih 50-ih letih in tudi kako so se v tem istem obdobju spreminjali delavci in podjetja, v zanimivem videu razlaga William Lazonick.”… [Click HERE to watch the…
AIR IMPACT
Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
Ecco come le multinazionali farmaceutiche riescono a imporre prezzi doppi o tripli ai loro prodotti. E come guadagnano ricomprandosi le azioni
By Tiberio Chiari “Il vero problema del sistema sanitario americano non è di certo l’Obamacare. Un grande problema è rappresentato dalle compagnie di assicurazione deregolamentate e promotrici di una burocrazia talmente complessa da risultare demenziale e antieconomica, a volte criminale. Ma quello che negli…
Uscire dalla salute disuguale? In fondo a sinistra
By Luca De Fiore “Il professore esce in perfetta tenuta da corsa: sono le 7 del mattino e sono a Trento, per il festival dell’economia dedicato quest’anno alla salute disuguale.”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
The economy and the Conservative manifesto: Economic ideology in a time warp
By Abby Innes “Abby Innes offers the second in a short series of articles on the political economy of the manifesto. Here she considers how the party’s economic strategy is made up of incompatible ideas and paradoxes.”… [Click HERE to read…
UK political parties promise science funding boost
By Daniel Cressey “UK scientists worried about how Brexit will affect their funding received a boost this week, when the country’s three main national parties pledged long-term targets to raise research spending. The announcements came in party manifestos unveiled ahead…
Neither Clinton nor Trump is engaging with the causes if America’s economic woes
By Lynn Parramore “Hillary Clinton’s campaign promise to put her husband in charge of “revitalizing the economy” has raised questions about Bill Clinton’s economic legacy, and how his approach would serve Americans in the 21st century.”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
An unacceptable price for low business taxes
By Abby Innes “The Labour pledge to raise corporate taxes (Report, 10 May) is the economically responsible reaction to the failures of corporate tax competition. The deductive mathematical models from supply-side economics that justify low corporate taxation assume that “the…
Focus on Q results, not long-term growth has created India’s NPA conundrum
By Amit Kapoor “India’s NPA problem has a flip side to it: the issue of rising corporate debts. The IMF, in its latest Global Financial Stability Report, warned that rising corporate debts were a risk to growth in emerging markets…
Bush already tried Trump’s proposed corporate tax holiday and it was a total failure
By Zaid Jilani “As part of its radical but still mostly undefined tax plan, the Trump administration proposed a tax holiday for corporate earnings stored overseas. Reporters have been hearing on background that the tax rate would be slashed from 35 percent to…
The ‘pernicious nonsense’ of maximizing shareholder value
By Steve Denning “The Economist recently declared maximizing shareholder value to be “the biggest idea in business.” It may well be the biggest idea, but it’s also “the error at the heart of corporate leadership,” according to the current issue of Harvard…
