Posted onAuthorErik SassComments Off on The World In 2019? One Word: Risky.
Threats to economic growth and financial stability, not to mention safety and national borders, are proliferating around the world. The Eurasia Group rounds up some of the biggest risks facing our beleaguered planet in 2019.
By Dr. Juan Castañeda and Professor Tim Congdon, courtesy of IEA In 2020 the world economy is likely to experience an output fall and increases in unemployment rates comparable to those in the Great Depression years of the early 1930s. The policy reaction to the pandemic will increase budget deficits massively in all the […]
The price war begun by Saudi Arabia and Russia is claiming more collateral damage, including the finances of the state of Alaska (which decades after peak production in the 1980s still pumps around 500,000 barrels per day). The financial crunch is prompting some Alaskan lawmakers to consider imposing a state income tax […]
“The Brexit trade deal is no frictionless uncoupling” By John Bruton, courtesy Centre for European Policy Studies The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK is an exercise in damage limitation. The UK’s decision to leave the EU, the Customs Union and the Single Market, means it will face numerous obstacles. […]
