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Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University, chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W.W.Norton, 2024), argues the neoliberal idea of freedom has led to economic crises and social unrest and argues for a more humane, 21st-century reframing of the concept.
Congress can begin to reverse the decline in manufacturing capacity by passing the national security supplemental, which includes crucial investments in munitions production and revitalization of the submarine industrial base.
After a surprisingly strong set of monthly jobs data, analysts will be watching the latest figures for confirmation of a trend. A hot labour market points to resilience in the economy and the possibility of lingering price pressures at critical juncture in the Reserve Bank’s fight against inflation. Ahead of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ […]
After the major indexes pulled back on Wednesday, CNBC's Jim Cramer explained what might cause the market to continue to decline.
"Minnesota would be the first NFL team to have a completely vegan stadium," an X post claimed.
"Anyone can cook," was the late chef Gusteau's motto in the Pixar classic, "Ratatouille," which my family just watched again last week for the umpteenth time. But can anyone perform a UFC-approved guillotine choke on statism?
Former President Trump warns how President Biden's incompetency could
THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended Monday (Apr 15) at 3,183.61, down 33.3 points or 1 per cent, in line with many other regional markets. at The Business Times.
Boeing achieved a rare feat in Washington on Wednesday, as the company was the subject of not one, but two hearings in the Senate. In January, one of the door panels blew out of a Boeing 737 Max mid-flight, creating a near-fatal explosion that was visible to those watching from the ground. In March, flames erupted from a 737-900’s engine, and a tire fell off a 777-200 taking off from San Francisco. And a few days ago, part of an engine covering fell off a Boeing 737-800 plane during takeoff and...
House Speaker Johnson is getting pushback by some fellow Republicans for moving forward with foreign aid funding bills. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin and MSNBC political analyst Brendan Buck discuss the potential political impact.
The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency has announced that a soldier from Lee County has been accounted for after going missing during the Korean War in 1950.