Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

(Herald-Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Spartanburg County's economic development organization has again garnered global attention. The Economic Futures Group was recently named as one of Site Selection magazine's top ...

The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate have been consumed recently with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. Their work had been widely interpreted ...

The political rhetoric and debates about undocumented immigrants has changed drastically since the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight two of whom are Arizonans (Sen. John McCain and Rep. Jeff Flake) started piecing together comprehensive immigration ...

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Category- Business, Politics, Science & technology, Leisure, People After a successful run during the Gujarat Elections in December 2012, Rediff has re-introduced its Sentimeter service that enables users to assess the ...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best-selling author, political economist, and former US Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich, who has been identified by the Wall Street Journal as among the nation's ten more influential business thought leaders and by ...

Topics: Delivery of Care, Health Costs, Hospitals, Medicare, Insurance, Medicaid, Mental Health, Politics, Public Health, Health Reform, States The New York Times: The Next Contagion: Closer Than You Think There has been a flurry of recent attention ...

Increasing agricultural productivity and expanding the agribusiness industry in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical for poverty reduction, food security and economic growth. Numerous recent national, regional and G20-level programmes have been initiated ...

Source: Real Clear Politics Journalist: Carl M. Cannon Original Post: A Bipartisan Cause: Employing America's Veterans Type: Journal Article May 13, 2013 — Confiding to a friend after her son returned from the Civil War, a Massachusetts mother ...

One of the most seductive parts of President Barack Obama's political message (and the message of progressive Democrats in general) is sympathy for the poor and a willingness to talk about the disparities of capitalism -- about the rich being too ...