16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Would Apple Buy Displays From Samsung?
Why Would Apple Buy Displays From Samsung?
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Police Unleash Teargas After Massive Migrant Brawl Erupts At Paris Train Station
Police Unleash Teargas After Massive Migrant Brawl Erupts At Paris Train Station
It appears Europe’s refugee ‘problem’ is un-fixed again. Riot police were called in to break up a violent clash between hundreds of migrants and a ‘vigilante group’ near a Paris metro station. As The Daily Mail reports, footage from Stalingrad metro, where more than a thousand migrants have been living rough, showed hundreds of men brawling with metal poles and planks of wood.
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Are Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments Calculated?
How Are Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments Calculated?
Your Social Security benefits will rise over time to keep pace with inflation. Here’s how it works.
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Keynesian House Of Denial
The Keynesian House Of Denial
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,
We use the term “Keynesian” loosely to stand for economic interventionists of all schools. The followers of JM Keynes and Milton Friedman alike fit that category. So do some of the more rabid supply siders who claim the power to stimulate ultra-high economic growth with the tools of tax policy alone.
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Saudi Arabia is the OPEC Villian (Video)
Saudi Arabia is the OPEC Villian (Video)
By EconMatters
Saudi Arabia really should negotiate a Production Freeze agreement where Iran can get back to producing 4 Million Barrels per day.
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on America’s “middle class” shrinks, as many move into the upper middle class
America’s “middle class” shrinks, as many move into the upper middle class
The Financial Times has a diagram showing that less than 50% of Americans are now viewed as “middle income”. Elsewhere I’ve pointed out that almost 90% of Americans self-identify as middle class, so these stories are highly misleading. Here I’d like to point to another problem with the analysis:
16 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Draft Of Doha "Oil Freeze" Agreement Leaked
Draft Of Doha "Oil Freeze" Agreement Leaked
With the world’s attention about to focus on Qatar where in just a few hours the Doha OPEC “freeze” meeting is supposed to start (without the presence of Iran which has made it clear it won’t freeze production but “supports the decision for other OPEC and non-OPEC countries to freeze crude oil production” so everyone except Iran), moments ago Tass presented a glimpse of what will be announced.