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US Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.7% from 7.9%:Positive trend continues
The latest U.S. unemployment rate shows a continuation of the positive trend of lower unemployment and a gradually healing eeconomy. The headline rate for November 2012 dropped two tenths of a percentage point to 7.7 % from its October … Continue reading
Hoarding, speculation and the problem of unemployment
The classical school of economics always argued that wages would adjust to clear gluts of unemployed workers over a reasonably short period of time and that cash would not be hoarded but used to purchase bonds or otherwise spent on … Continue reading
Mark Carney chosen to head the Bank of England: Bold Decision Big Challenges Ahead
The Decision of the British government to appoint the Canadian central banker Mark Carney as the new Governor of the Bank of England , the crown jewel of central banks, is a bold decision by Chancellor George Osborne and PM … Continue reading
President Obama leans across finish line just ahead of Romney
I have followed American Presidential politics and elections ever since as a young boy I lamented the defeat of Adlai Stevenson by Dwight D.Eisenhower in 1956.American elections despite their blemishes remain vibrant and exciting . American democracy despite the corruption … Continue reading
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U.S. Unemployment drops to 7.8%. excellent news, Obama on right track;Canadian unemployment rises.
The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics has released the latest unemployment numbers for September and they are good ones. They show a long awaited (and as I have been arguing) fall in the unemployment rate to below 8 % , … Continue reading
Canada Britain co-operation makes sense despite the critics’ complaints
The Canadian minister of External Affairs and the British foreign minister have announced a sensible program of sharing facilities in certain posts abroad in an effort to find economies and maximize their shared policy thrust where circumstances warrant. The critics … Continue reading
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The fall economic conversation: Hayek versus Keynes, Romney versus Obama, whither the global business cycle ?
Now that relative calm has returned to Québec after the provincial election we can focus our attention on the broader economic issues that beset the global economy. The American election although currently focused on foreign policy appears set to return … Continue reading
Poli 610:Macro-economic theory and policy after Keynes and the crash of 2008
Pol. 610 Macro-economic policy-making after Keynes Concordia University fall, 2012 Prof. H. Chorney tel. 848 2424 ext.2106 e mail Chorney@alcor.concordia.ca Office hours tba This course is an intensive examination of macro-economic policy-making and macro-economic theory in the light of recent … Continue reading
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Poli 349 Fall 2012
Under construction: Poli 349 Fall 2012 POLITICS 349 Fall 2012 Professor Harold Chorney Concordia university Chorney@alcor.concordia .ca office hours Tuesday 5:10 to 6 :10 This course explores the deep seated search for community in the context of the debate between … Continue reading
Quebec election:PQ 54, Liberals 50, CAQ 19, Quebec solidaire 2.PQ minority government.
Québec has voted and the results are the election of a weak minority PQ government. The PQ received 32 % of the vote as opposed to the 31 % who voted for the Québec Liberal party. The CAQ received 27 … Continue reading
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