Sentences with phrase «about economic history»

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«If investors spent less time listening to the talking heads on BNN and CNBC and more time studying history, they would realize that there is little value added by obsessing about economic growth,» Murray Leith, an analyst at Odlum Brown in Vancouver, wrote last fall.

Dr. Michael Hudson joins Double Down to talk about the economic reality behind the Trump voter and about whether or not, as it is claimed, Hillary Clinton is the «most progressive» candidate in Democratic history.

Moderator: William V. Harris, William R. Shepherd Professor of History and Director, Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University Speaker 1: L. Randall Wray, Research Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and Professor of Economics, University of Missouri - Kansas City Speaker 2: Michael Hudson, President, Institute for the Study of Long - Term Economic Trends and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Missouri - Kansas City Tuesday, September 11, 2012 About the Seminar Series: Modern Money and Public Purpose is an eight - part, interdisciplinary seminar series held at Columbia Law School over the 2012 - 2013 academic...

The gap between dismal productivity and the most productive economic environment in U.S. history is only about 2.5 % annually.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

Economic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receEconomic contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country receeconomic contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune from rich - country recessions).

What they do care about is a reliable, tax - free income stream, not to mention a history of stability in times of economic and political uncertainty — both of which munis can deliver.

But until or if the economic trend flashes a warning sign, there's room for debate about whether the great bull market of recent vintage is history.

Professor Woo, President of the newly established Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, talks about the watershed moment in the country's recent economic history and argues for a bi-partisan consensus around «an inclusive national development» plan as the only way forward.

It has brought about an economic prosperity for masses of people that has no precedent in human history.

Little, if any, written history about family life in the Kongo Kingdom before invasion and occupation by competing ideological and economic interests exists.

Waldorf Education has as its ideal a person who is knowledgeable about the world and human history and culture, who has many varied practical and artistic abilities, who feels a deep reverence for and communion with the natural world, and who can act with initiative and in freedom in the face of economic and political pressures.

Because of these strong economic and commercial links — and our shared history and the strength of our relationship — I look forward to pursuing talks with President Trump and his new Administration about a new UK / US Free Trade Agreement in the coming months.

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

SARANAC LAKE A group of art, history and business executives convened last week to talk about ways the arts can spur economic development in the North Country.

In 2008, during a BBC One This Week interview between Abbott, Michael Portillo and Andrew Neil about who was history's worst dictator, Abbott said about the Chinese dictator Mao Zedong: «I suppose some people will judge that on balance Mao did more good than harm... He led his country from feudalism, he helped to defeat the Japanese and he left his country on the verge of the great economic success they are having now.»

Dear friends, Today, we will talk about an interesting point in history of Ukraine of the 20th century, namely culture and spiritual life of Ukraine in the years of the New Economic Policy.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

NPR's Steve Inskeep assesses how Bannon's claims about economic nationalism and border control align with history.

In her history course, she learns about industrialisation and economic growth in developing countries, and how these have been influenced by foreign investments.

From New York Times» columnist David Brooks and Jason DePerle, to paleo - eugenicist Charles Murray, to Robert Putnam, and even otherwise thoughtful school reformers such as Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Michael Petrilli, there has been plenty of questioning about whether the economic mobility that has allowed America to bend the economic and social arc of history toward progress can continue.

Beyond the socio - economic benefits, Black teachers held the promise of political power, and they would partner with clergymen, businessmen and parents in the community to raise up a generation of African - American youth who knew their history and affirmed a collective narrative about our Blackness: We are intellectual.

Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies tHistory Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies thistory, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies to race.

Surveying that history, an analogy occurred to me that I offer as a speculative proposition: America's federal education policy as of 2008 is at about the same place that the Soviet Union's economic policy was in 1990.

My other assumptions were woefully inadequate, and I soon realized that if I was going to be anything more than a tourist who also collected a paycheck, I had an enormous amount to learn about the political, economic, racial, and linguistic history of my new home.

«At a moment in our history when we confront significant economic inequalities, distressing racial tensions, increasing segregation and crucial questions about immigration, the passage of tepid legislation that addresses none of these issues is not a cause for celebration.»

His auto columns have been reprinted in U.S. government publications and economic textbooks and he is profiled in the «World's Greatest Auto Show» history book about the Chicago Auto Show.

In part one of this two - part interview, Connie talks about the history of Battenkill Books, the strategies that have kept the business growing despite the difficult economic climate, her perspective on ebooks and their impact on publishing and bookstores, and the variety of customer preferences that she encounters on a daily basis.

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If we can tell people the realities, we can enter the greatest period of economic growth ever seen (never before in history have we known as much about how to invest effectively as we know today).

«What happened shouldn't be a complete shock to people who studied economic history,» said Mr. Ferri, whose Troy, Mich., firm has about $ 600 million under management.

Regardless of whether you can attend, read relentlessly about financial, economic, and common history.

When the economic history books get written about the crisis at the end of the 2000s decade, the difficult analyses will involve Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG, and the large banks that failed.

Bajra Sandhi Monument is comprising of 33 diorama depicting the journey history from a period of prehistory (300.000 S.M) what its human being still go about and very base on the nature until the period of filling the independence (1950 - 1975) where Bali Island is built in all areas like politics, economic, and social cultural.

In short, he was very much attuned to the mid-19th century world, to its economic and technological development, to its concerns with the lessons of history and the nation's future prospects, to its debates about the contribution of art to civil society and to reflections on the nature of painting.

The continuous economic expansion we see today follows a course established at the dawn of our culture and may be about to reach a point in human history when human numbers and unbridled production could overwhelm the Earth.

That, frankly, flies in the face of all economic history, and pretty much everything we know about human nature.

And that's because Big Oil has always had, essentially, a veto power over what the federal government does, both because of its economic might — I mean, we're talking about the richest business enterprise in human history — and all the political muscle that comes from that.

For the first time in Gallup's 25 - year history of asking Americans about the trade - off between environmental protection and economic growth, a majority of Americans (51 %) say economic growth should be given the priority, even if the environment suffers.

Pabitra Mukhopadhyay: Writes about the history of Darjeeling town in Indian Himalayan region, its ethnicity, the administrative setup and various social, economic and ecological aspects.

Its history repeating itself, as the Chamber has made false claims about economic costs on everything from acid rain protections in 1990, to smog reduction measures of 1997, to mercury standards of 2011.

The court decided that, given all of the factors to consider — i.e., age, position, long history with his employer and economic conditions — the employee would have been entitled to a notice period of about 18 — 24 months.

To that end, we've put together a list of books covering a variety of aspects about the blockchain industry: the history, the economic implications, the technical underpinnings, general educational books and the most influential whitepapers.

About... Though steeped in the history and traditions of North Texas, the city of Richardson has managed to chart its own economic and cultural course.

Grand Forks, ND About Blog Barter is Evil is an economics blog where the author, Professor David Flynn (University of North Dakota) encourages the exchange of ideas on economics, economic history and statistics.

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I believe this comes from a long - standing history of women's economic dependency on men, and years of cultural programming about the romantic ideal of being financially and emotionally taken care of by a heroic «knight in shining armor.»

The socio - cultural context of the family includes information about the family history, cultural beliefs and values, as well as economic and social factors.