Posts Tagged ‘debt crisis’

Income Inequality and Financial Crises, NYT, Aug 21

A New York Times article by Louise Story asks, “Do widening gaps between rich and poor necessarily lead to financial crises?” (Aug. 21)  The answer is yes, for a reason observed over 100 years ago by American economist and reformer Henry George: Economic growth enhances the value of titles to real estate and other natural ...Read more.

G20, Deficits, etc.

A few items about the G20 meetings have been languishing on my desk (or rather as tabs in my browser). It is time to liberate them (and my browser) by turning them into a blog post. But first: on deficits, etc.: On deficits: Our intern Julie Herlihy put together a deficit page for the D&S ...Read more.

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