Dr Clive Thomas

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Government is huge in the economy

Last week I described the three categories of government expenditures which feature in measures of these, if we are to make a reasonable determination of the size and likely impact of government activity on the economy. 

China: The new vanguard of 21st century exploitation of poor countries’ resources

From G7 to G20 The shift in the authority for superintending the international economy from the G7 club of rich nations to the G20 grouping, which includes the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and Russia, was initiated by United States President Bush in 2008 when both the US and the global economy were engulfed in an economic recession, financial crisis and credit crunch, such as the world had not witnessed,

In the eye of the global economic storm

The US economy Because of the leading role the US economy plays in the generation of global output, demand, consumption, trade (imports and exports), technology, cross-border direct investment, and financial flows, the difficulties which it is presently encountering (as highlighted in last week’s column) vividly illustrate the continued fragility of the global economic recovery and why the global economic crisis is not going away.

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