Der Präsident unterschreibt mit dem sogenannten Kompromiss seine politische Kapitulation vor der amerikanischen Rechten. Die populistische Tea-Party-Bewegung führt ihn vor und besetzt die Steuerdebatte mit ihren Thesen. von Fabian Löhe, Berlin
What with the Murdoch scandal, the eurozone problems and ongoing US economic woes, the greedy few have left people disillusioned with our debased democracies. (By Charles Moore)
The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews.
Economist Nouriel Roubini says the risk of a global recession is greater than 50 percent, and the next two to three months will reveal the economy’s direction. In an interview with WSJ’s Simon Constable, Roubini also says he’s putting his money in cash. This is not the time to be in risky assets, he says.
R. Lansbury. Journal of Industrial Relations, 51 (5):
599-616(November 2009)The Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture, University of Sydney, 16th March, 2009.