What Makes A Nation’s GDP Distribution More Unequal?
World Map of the GINI Index, published on Wikipedia.com in 2014. The darker a nation’s color, the larger its GINI index and therefore the more unequal its income distribution of … Read More
Month: February 2018
The Great Irish Economic Experiment with Capitalism
Ten-year moving time-averages of Northern EU countries’ GDP growth rates. All have currently fallen below 2% growth, with the exception of the Republic of Ireland, which in 2016 had 4.2% ten-year moving average … Read More
The Economic Decay of the West
Romans during the Decadence by Thomas Couture. Is the West retracing the steps of the ancient Romans? Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Couture (1815-1879) I often get the feeling my fellow … Read More
How Big A Problem Is Inflation For Stock Markets?
Inflation caused by increases in economic demand predicted by the law of Supply and Demand. Wikimedia Commons / SilverStar at English Wikipedia One often mentioned explanation for plunging stock markets has … Read More
Does a Falling Stock Market Presage Recession?
The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the age of the internet. Note all the computer monitors. Wikimedia Commons / Ryan Lawler In case you have … Read More
American Economic Conditions Building Up Steam!
The Bulls of the market are getting set to charge! Photo Credit: Charging Bull — NYC via photopin (license)/ Sam Valadi The first estimate for fourth quarter 2017 U.S. GDP growth, released … Read More