Economix Blog: World of Commuters
CATHERINE RAMPELL Dollars to doughnuts. Americans have some of the shortest commuting times in the developed world, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
View ArticleMixed Signals for European Central Bank as Data Point to Slowdown
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast Monday that euro zone economies will see a “marked slowdown” next year, and called on the European Union to clarify its anti-crisis...
View ArticleEconomix Blog: A Dismal Outlook for Growth
They don’t call it the dismal science for nothing. In a new paper, the Northwestern economist Robert J. Gordon argues that the United States should get ready for an extended period of slowing growth,...
View ArticleAsian Cities’ Air Quality Getting Worse, Experts Warn
Clean Air Asia, a regional network on air-quality management, aggregated data from more than 300 cities in 16 Asian countries and found that levels of fine particulate matter — a key pollutant in terms...
View ArticleEconomix Blog: In Most Rich Countries, Women Work More Than Men
CATHERINE RAMPELL Dollars to doughnuts. In most of the developed world, women spend more time working each day than men do, if you include unpaid work. According to the latest report on gender and...
View ArticleGerman Officials Welcome Offshore Tax Havens Leak
“I am pleased about these reports,” Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on German radio. Berlin is hoping the disclosures will provide some leverage in the country’s efforts to drum up support for...
View ArticleO.E.C.D. Warns Slovenia on Banking Crisis
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia, trying to avoid becoming the euro zone’s next bailout victim, may have ‘’significantly’’ misread the cost of fixing its troubled banks, the Organization for Economic...
View ArticleApple’s Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
The investigation is expected to set up a potentially explosive confrontation between a bipartisan group of lawmakers and Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, at a public hearing on Tuesday....
View ArticleRisk of Bank Failures Rising in Europe, E.C.B. Warns
In a sober assessment of the state of the zone’s financial system, the E.C.B. said that a prolonged recession had made it harder for many borrowers to repay their loans, burdening banks that had still...
View ArticleEconomix Blog: Kissing Away the Corporate Tax
My column on Wednesday startled some readers. Was I proposing to do away with corporate taxes simply because globalization is making it easier for multinational companies to avoid them? Should we...
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