Iceland's prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures economics Article 523 words 11 votes
US Trade Representative investigation concludes that France's Digital Services Tax discriminates against US companies, proposes retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on French products Article 416 words 7 votes
Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns economics Article 482 words 7 votes
More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city Article 1760 words 15 votes
What does it take to build the world's best pension systems? Ask the Netherlands and Denmark Article 1215 words 6 votes
FATF – Iceland could land on a gray list of countries which have failed to take sufficient measures to combat money laundering and the financing of acts of terrorism Link 5 votes
Stockton's basic income trial: Early results show how money is spent economics Article 1509 words 6 votes
US hits Scotch whisky, Italian cheese, French wine, and other European products with 25% tariffs Article 86 words 12 votes
Denmark's new government to boost spending after years of austerity, following a campaign pledge to reverse years of cuts by previous administrations Article 474 words 6 votes
Congress promised student borrowers a break. Education dept. rejected 99% of them Article 1619 words 20 votes
Uncertainty about US President Donald Trump's trade war with China and Brexit are creating a "flying blind" economy Article 709 words 5 votes
Denmark's central bank roundly rejected finance industry entreaties to ease the burden of the world's longest negative interest-rate experiment economics Article 8 votes
Sweden to introduce bank tax to help fund greater defense spending from 2022 banking Article 294 words 8 votes
A young mayor makes the case for a guaranteed income economics Article 2542 words, published Aug 16 2019 11 votes
Australian Government's $158b tax cuts pass Parliament, giving Coalition first win since election Article 952 words 5 votes
Donald Trump says US will hit Mexico with tariffs on all goods, starting at 5% on June 10 and increasing monthly up to 25% Article 325 words 19 votes
The Moral Economy: Why Good Incentives are No Substitute for Good Citizens economics Video 1:38:20, published Apr 9 2019 6 votes
Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour Article 1115 words 23 votes
Protecting the 'unbanked' by banning cashless businesses in Philadelphia business banking Article 907 words 12 votes
Ocasio-Cortez’s seventy percent top tax rate is a moderate, evidence-based policy Article 652 words 23 votes
'Is this a red line for us?' $15b European trade deal doomed if Australia dodges Paris pledge. Article 669 words 7 votes
Cannabis should be added to NAFTA, former Mexican President Vicente Fox suggests Article 522 words 12 votes
Why Australia wants to build its own 'Belt and Road' scheme with Japan and the US to rival China's investment Article 942 words 3 votes
Betsy DeVos proposes rules that would cut student loan relief by an estimated $13 billion Article 827 words 9 votes
An unlikely group of billionaires and politicians has created the most unbelievable tax break ever economics Article 3508 words 13 votes
GST overhaul promises $9 billion federal injection to level playing field economics Article 809 words 1 vote
'We need more time': Malcolm Turnbull government concedes defeat on Australian company tax cuts Article 605 words 3 votes