Report (in English, .pdf file) on limits to growth on financial markets and consequential impacts, presented by the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI), Anglia Ruskin University.
Category Archives: Economy
Benefits of New Construction
• Residential construction has a positive, direct impact on the U.S. economy. • For each new single-family home that is built, NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) estimates that three jobs are created. • Jobs are generated in the industries where lumber, concrete, lighting fixtures, heating and cooling equipment, and … Continue reading
Low Paying Jobs
Extensive study (in English, .pdf file) by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, TX describing the loss over the last 20 years of middle-skill jobs in the U.S. labor market, a “barbell economy.”
Poor Suburbia
A report (in English only) by the Brookings Institution dated July 31, 2014 analyzing in great detail how, beginning in 2000, poverty has taken over the suburbs of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
Inequality OXFAM 2014
OXFAM Report (in English) on inequality dated 01/20/2014; complete .pdf link used by permission, may take a few seconds to load.
Inequality Harvard
A 2014 report (in English) entitled An Economy Doing Half Its Job from Harvard University asserting, among other things, that the inequality gap is unsustainable, that there is no relief in sight, and that it’s actually getting worse. The report suggests areas that must be improved to counter the trend, … Continue reading
Inequality Berkeley
A 2014 report (in English) entitled Wealth Inequality in the United States Since 1913: Evidence From Capitalized Income Tax Data by Emmanuel Saez, Department of Economics, University of Calfornia, Berkeley, and Gabriel Zucman, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, explaining in great detail the extent of the … Continue reading
8 Men as Wealthy as 3.5 Billion People
January 15,2017 OXFAM reports that new estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. Yes, 8 men versus 3.5 billion people. Coincidentally no doubt, their native languages coincide with the first and last truly global empires since 1492.
Saving the Dollar and Preserving Life
October 8, 2016 “… of the three powers –the power of armies, of alliances, and of money- the third is perhaps the most dependable weapon. Such accumulation of treasure is regarded by other states as a threat of war, and if it were not for the difficulties in learning the … Continue reading
Extreme Poverty Worse For Men
April 3, 2016 Writing for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Eleni Karageorge reports that researchers in the National Bureau of Economic Research have found that men who experienced poverty as children suffered greater economic consequences than women who grew up in poverty. Gender differences in employment rates varied. Among … Continue reading