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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlight the possibility of big economic shocks in the future, adding that downturns are “likely …
Possibility of ‘large’ economic shocks in future, Yellen warns Read More
Georges Félix tells why farmers in the Caribbean are turning down dependency and taking up the yoke. The foods we choose to consume and the strategies we use to produce …
A Puerto Rican recipe for food sovereignty Read More
Argentinian musician Frank Tavis had the life he always dreamed of. The 26-year-old was traveling the world and performing on the streets and in bars in more than 20 countries—each …
An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy Read More
Americans continue to experience and hear about the nation’s inflation woes: they’re seeing it fairly clearly in gas and grocery prices, and on their news feeds. The inflation rate has exceeded …
What is causing inflation? Economists point fingers at different culprits Read More
Researchers canvassing small businesses found that pay and price hikes are happening in tandem across economic sectors as the worker shortage persists into 2022. According to a new survey from …
Worker shortage means small businesses are hiking prices at fastest pace since 1974 Read More
First Bite Treats has been through a lot in the six months since it first opened in Ottawa’s ByWard Market. Starting this year with a COVID-19 lockdown was “really disheartening,” says owner …
Economic impacts of trucker convoy protests could be felt for months, experts warn Read More
Early last year, after winding down a long-term work contract in Hong Kong and relocating to England, for the first time in 20 years, I found myself with plenty of …
The Great Resignation has morphed into the Great Sabbatical Read More
General Motors’ chief economist said Thursday that she believes the country’s inflation problems are only temporary and mostly the result of supply-chain bottlenecks — not last year’s stimulus checks — and that …
GM’s chief economist says U.S. inflation problems will improve Read More
Isaac Stanley explains why care is infrastructure. Biden’s much-discussed Infrastructure Bill eventually passed into law in October in the US. This followed extensive political wrangling between different wings of the …
Holding it all together Read More
Dirk Ehnts reviews Jeffery E. Garten’s book Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy. In 1971, Richard Nixon summoned his advisors to …
An exchange of views Read More