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The dangers of endless quantitative easing Aug 02,2021 - Last updated at Aug 02,2021 CHICAGO — Inflation readings in the United States have shot up in recent months. Labour markets are extremely tight. In one recent survey, 46 per cent of small-business owners said they could not find workers to fill open jobs, and a net 39 per cent reported having increased their employees’ compensation. Yet, at the time of this writing, the yield on ten-year Treasury bonds is 1.24 per cent, well below the...

Foto: dpa/Evan Vucci Zum Wesen der Politik gehören Kompromisse. Und zu dem der Außenpolitik besonders schwierige. Nur, weil diese Erkenntnis manchen schwerfällt, die dann schnell von kalter Realpolitik und Zynismus sprechen, wenn ihren Werten nicht oberste Priorität gegeben wird, ist sie nicht falsch. Das gilt auch im Blick auf den Klimawandel. Wie beim Umgang mit der Pandemie, bei dem immer wieder Freiheitsrechte und Gesundheitsschutz ins Verhältnis gesetzt werden müssen, geht es hier eb...

Walter Riester: Private Zusatzvorsorge muss obligatorisch werden Berlin - Der frühere SPD-Sozialminister Walter Riester wehrt sich gegen einen Abgesang auf die nach ihm benannte Riester-Rente. "Wenn sich alle einig sind, dass der Rentenbeitrag nicht weiter steigen und auch das Rentenalter nicht angehoben werden soll, dann bleibt nur die Zusatzvorsorge", sagte Riester dem "Handelsblatt". Es sei denn, es solle noch mehr Steuergeld in die Rente gesteckt werden. Die kapitalgedeckte ergänzende Re...

  PERSONAL MEMORANDUM Subject: Importance of Registering to Vote and Voting on June 5, 2021 Date: April 21, 2021 Will you be in the Hall of Fame or carry a badge of shame to your grave? On June 5, 2021, Ethiopia will have its first free and fair parliamentary election in its history. I cannot vote on June 5 with you because I gave up Ethiopian citizenship and took refuge in America during the Derg’s reign of terror. I could not return to the land of Ethnic Apartheid during the reign of terro...

Marco Buti, George Papaconstantinou 23 April 2021 Most of the discussion on the economic policy response to the pandemic in Europe has centred on its ambition, tools, and institutional characteristics. Less discussion has taken place on the factors shaping EU integration and economic policy priorities after the pandemic. In a new CEPR Policy Insight, the authors argue that four sets of issues will be important in shaping the legacy of the pandemic for European integration: redefining the...

Published April 6, 2021, 10:33 AM The telecommunications industry traditionally revolves around the concept of connections. Behind the scenes, telcos have been connecting people not just through mobile and data services, but also through global content such as Netflix, Viu, Spotify, and more. During the pandemic, the industry has become a lifeline for most businesses by introducing connectivity, Cloud, cybersecurity, and a host of other digital solutions befitting a remote work structure. Ackno...

Special Issue, Volume 10 of Inter Faculty - Resonance The Special Issue, Volume 10, of Inter Faculty takes up the theme of resonance in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and its ensuing societal shifts. For, the pandemic this year (2020) reminded us more than ever that we live in VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Many things that used to be taken for granted up until a year ago crumbled abruptly and globally. The pandemic struck many aspects or o...

Order Reprints Print Article Courtesy of Lioncrest (Cant Hurt Me); Courtesy of Penguin Random House)The Third Pillar; A Woman of No Importance; Rise and Kill First); Courtesy of Simon & Schuster (White Ivy) Text size President and CEO, Franklin Templeton A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell “This is a remarkable story of an American woman who served as a secret undercover agent in France durin...

Raghuram Rajan explains why today's abnormal financial conditions do not justify unlimited borrowing and spending