Government Bailouts
Bailing out American capitalism in the present depression was far more expensive than most of the public will ever realize, especially since many of the costs were deliberately hidden. This Great Bailout was much larger than the Continue Reading...
2007 Economic Crisis on American Car market
Effect of the 2008 global economic crisis on automotive industries
Crisis in the United States
Crisis in Canada
Crisis in Russia
Crisis in European markets
Crisis in Asian markets
Effects by other r Continue Reading...
Economic Crisis
The recession of 2008-2009 and the subsequent government responses provides a good test for economic theories. There are no controlled experiments in economics, so we can only work with case studies in order to understand how economi Continue Reading...
Economic Impact of the Covid-19 on UnemploymentOverviewUntil the global lockdowns triggered by governmental response to COVID 19 hysteria in March 2020, the American economy had been seemingly humming along nicely. Unemployment was low, interest rate Continue Reading...
At the core of the economic argument is Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction. In his seminal economic work, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Schumpeter (1942) argued that innovation is the process by which economic growth occurs. At times Continue Reading...
fiscal and monetary policy.
On the most basic level, the primary difference between fiscal and monetary policy is that fiscal policy pertains to the actions of the federal government designed to influence the national economy through government spe Continue Reading...
fall 2007, the United States economy was rolling along in a healthy fashion having enjoyed 24 consecutive quarters of positive Gross Domestic Product growth. The Standard and Poors Index was over 1,500 and unemployment was below 5%. There was essent Continue Reading...
Low Civic Engagement? Move Civil Disobedience out of the Streets and Take it to the Polls and Pundits
Before proposing a solution to the problem of low civic engagement in the U.S., it is necessary to understand why there is such a low level of eng Continue Reading...