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‘Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses.’
April 5 , 2021 (EIRNS) There is an old Spanish proverb, widely attributed to Renaissance giant Miguel de Cervantes, which goes like this: “When you see your neighbor’s beard being shaved, it’s time to put yours to soak.” It is an appropriate comment, albeit from the standpoint of a peasant, regarding the interconnected nature of processes that determine causality in the world.
Leading American epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm, of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, stated over the weekend that Americans should judge where we stand in the fight against the pandemic by looking at the world picture: “We’re in a category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world. We’ll see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally, since the beginning of the pandemic. In terms of the Unites States, we
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Stimulus dollars doing the trick as US drives global economic recovery
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The robust US economic recovery this year is expected to be good news for factory workers, freight handlers and farmers.
Factory workers in China. Freight handlers in the Netherlands. And farmers in Germany.
Amid steady progress with coronavirus vaccinations, the US economy is gathering so much steam that its gains will not stay at home. Demand for goods and services this year is expected to spill well beyond US borders, making the United States the largest single contributor to global growth for the first time since 2005, according to Oxford Economics.
World Bank President David Malpass said Monday he expects G20 countries this week to extend debt payment moratorium for the poorest countries until the end of the year.