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The early history of the United States involves a time when mobility of labor, goods, and capital between the 13 states was often costly and difficult, and when a weak central government had little power to address regional imbalances. But over time, the US political system and economy knitted themselves together. Thus, as the EuropeanContinue reading “US History and the Path to European Integration”

Patrick Oheneba Adu got in touch to say that his phone had been stolen and it was after this theft that tweet about voting more than once was sent by someone else from his account. The headline and post below have been updated to make this clear. In the London Borough of Merton, Patrick OhenebaContinue reading “Tweets sent from Labour activist’s account trigger controversy”

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO – A Maryland Heights councilman faces a felony charge for persistent DWI. Charging documents say Maryland Heights Councilman Gavin Park hit more than one parked car on Cross Creek Cove in Creve Coeur. Park is charged with persistent DWI. If found guilty, he will serve 30 days behind bars before getting probationContinue reading “Maryland Heights councilman faces felony charge for persistent DWI”

A decade after the global financial crisis circa 2008, the global economy has finally recovered. Tthe Global Economics Prospects 2018 report just published by the World Bank, subtitled “Broad-Based Upturn, but for How Long?” tells the story.  “The global financial crisis tipped the global economy into a deep recession that affected first the advanced economies but spread�especiallyContinue reading “The Global Output Gap Has Closed: What Next?”

Compiling data on economic inequality from countries all around the world is a hefty task, which has been shouldered by a group of more than 100 researchers around the world who contribute to the efforts of the World Inequality Lab and the World Wealth and Income Database. The World Inequality Report 2018, written and coordinatedContinue reading “Snapshots of Economic Inequality Around the World”

Los venezolanos Hjalmar Gibelli Gómez y Fabrizio Della Polla DeSimone accedieron a la incautación y admitieron el lavado de dinero en la adquisición de un avión y dos yates multimillonarios, por lo que los fiscales federales de Sait Louis están en el proceso de apoderamiento de dichos activos. Se trata de un avión Raytheon HawkerContinue reading “Incautan en EE.UU dólares, avión y yates a dos venezolanos vinculados a lavado de dinero”

Fiscales federales en San Luis (Missouri) decomisaron un avión, dos yates y más de $ 1.8 millones de dos hombres que estarían vinculados a acusaciones de lavado de dinero en Venezuela. La Fiscalía dice que un avión Raytheon Hawker 800, un Ferretti Yacht de 100 pies 2014 denominado “Navigante” y un Pershing Yacht 2015 deContinue reading “EUA incautó dos yates, un avión y $ 1.8 millones de dos venezolanos por lavado de dinero”