John F. Kennedy’s 1962 speech inspired the modern consumer rights movement.
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JFK pushed consumer rights to the top of the national agenda in 1962, leading to a raft of new laws offering new protections. But without enforcement, such rights are meaningless.
The Chickamauga Dam, completed in 1940, was a crowning achievement of the New Deal.
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The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
The rupiah’s movement is one key economic issue in the period leading to the April presidential and general elections.
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The rupiah exchange rate will remain stable at around Rp14,000 per US dollar in the near future. There are at least three key reasons supporting this prediction.
If Bill Shorten becomes the next Australian prime minister, he will have much on his side but will need to be wary of low voter trust in politicians.
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If Bill Shorten becomes the next prime minister, his government is likely to be more preoccupied with economic inequality than the Hawke or Keating Labor governments.
Good economic times have allowed us to become complacent, meaning conditions are ripe.
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It’s been 27 years since our last recession. Conditions are ripe for a populist revolt when the next one arrives.
Amazon will not build their second headquarters in Long Island City.
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Economic research suggests tax incentives and other corporate subsidies don’t have the positive impact they’re supposed to.
Brooklyn Brewery was sold to Kirin, Japan’s second-biggest brewer, in 2016.
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The likes of AB InBev and MillerCoors have been trying to jump on the craft beer bandwagon by snapping up artisanal breweries. Do consumers care?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.
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The Fed abruptly ended two years of aggressive interest rate hikes, signaling the longest economic expansion on record may be coming to a close.
A hallowed chamber for an important address.
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As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here’s what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
Wall Street traders aren’t the only ones who rely on government economic data.
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The government collects reams of economic data that are vital to the functioning of companies, policymakers and even families.
Federal employees rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown.
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The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. A finance professor who studied the 2013 shutdown explains the economic impact.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is seen in this September 2018 photo. Higgs won a minority government, and must confront both language tensions and economic hardship in his province.
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New Brunswick’s language politics have vaulted ahead of its teetering economic crisis to potentially become the central political issue in 2019.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the Deutscher Arbeitgebertag congress, organised by the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) and gathering German employers in Berlin on November 22, 2018.
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The labour market inequalities and economic insecurity are stoking discontent from the Rhine to the Seine.
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With a federal election looming, we can expect a lot of tried and true tactics from our politicians as they desperately try to win our votes.
The euro just turned 20.
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While the euro’s survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.
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Stock markets have plunged in recent months on concerns over Trump’s trade war and the possibility of a recession. An economist explains how stocks are like used cars – and lemons.
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as of Dec. 19.
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The Federal Reserve opted to lift interest rates in a snub to stock investors who have been bleeding red for more than two months.
Mo’ money, mo’ problems.
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When poorer countries print more money, it doesn’t make them richer – it just means people need more money to buy the same things.
Demonstrators march down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Dec. 8.
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A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Economists and Wall Street workers fear a recession is underway.
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Financial markets are increasingly worried the US economy is heading for a crash. An economist explains what’s got investors spooked.