America’s commitment to research is one of the glories of its higher-education system. But for how long? The supply of papers that apply gender theory to literary criticism remains ample. ...
It's been a brutal summer for the economy. The housing sector, like a balloon batted in the air one last time by the government credit, resumed its inevitable fall. Economic ...
People who think and write about technology companies for a living are prone to be wrong now and again. Try to find, for example, veteran analysts or journalists who haven't ...
LAST week authorities captured two fugitives who had been on the lam for three weeks after escaping from an Arizona prison. The convicts and an accomplice are accused of murdering ...
The US government is set to decide whether to escalate a dispute with China over its currency policy. The Commerce Department was asked by US manufacturers in April to look ...
Because the Chinese currency moves in lockstep with the dollar, the yen is rising against the renminbi, even as the euro has gotten cheaper. But economists and company executives caution ...
The U.S. economy is so bad that the chance of avoiding a double dip back into recession may actually be pretty good. The sectors of the economy that traditionally drive ...
With many conglomerates from Brazil, Russia, India and China no longer limited just to emerging equity portfolios, stocks from the so-called BRIC group are starting to move in lock-step with ...
China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could ...
In theory, the summer is over here. We've just had August Bank Holiday, the British equivalent of Labor Day, the last official three-day weekend of the summer. But the little ...
This Economic Letter summarizes recent research by Peri (2009) and Peri and Sparber (2009) examining the impact of immigrants on the broader U.S. economy. These studies systematically analyze how immigrants ...
Finally, nearly two years after they were bailed out by Congress, big banks are beginning to ease lending standards for individuals and small businesses. But it's not exactly having the ...
The logic of the economic recovery isn't working -- or, at any rate, not well. By that logic, over-borrowed Americans would repay loans and replenish depleted savings, creating a temporary ...
The president proudly called the new law “the toughest financial reform since the one we created in the aftermath of the Great Depression.” What Obama left unsaid was that his ...
Proximity is the key to success for investors looking to tap into Africa's up-and-coming economies, according to one expert on West Africa's emerging markets. "Briefcase investing" cannot be applied in ...
