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Why Some Governments Like Inflation
Some governments like and encourage inflation because inflation masks the true situation and makes them look good.
The Pricing of Oil
Who decides on the domestic price of oil and its derivatives?
Paul Krugman: The Nobelist Blogger
His main contributions to the discipline deal with international economics. Currency crises, he postulated, are the inevitable and rational outcomes of misguided government policies. Consumers appreciate diversity and variety of goods and services.
Greece and its Investments in the Balkans: Trojan Horse or Reliable Partner?
The foundations of the current presence of Greece in all Balkan countries - including EU members, Romania and Bulgaria - were laid in the decade of the 1990s.
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Global Recession and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
According to UNCTAD, global FDI flows amounted to a record 1.5 trillion USD in 2007. Southeast Europe and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) enjoyed robust, record-setting inflows, the seventh year in a row (up 41% on 2006 to a new record of 98 billion USD), emanating mainly from transnational corporations. Capital went to both extraction industries and privatization deals.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part VII
People aged 15 or more who worked for a wage (in cash or in kind) or had income during at least one hour during the reference week
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part VI
Making more people employable at the prevailing level of wages can lower NAIRU. This should lead to a big drop in unemployment together with a tiny increase in permanent inflation.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part V
The world is less globalized today than it was at the beginning of the century. Job tenure has not declined (in the first 8 years of every job) and labour mobility did not increase despite foreign competition, technological change and labour market deregulation.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part IV
Counter-cyclical fiscal policies are lagging and as a result they tend to exacerbate the trend. Fiscal boosts tend to coincide with booms and fiscal contraction with recessions.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part III
The dissemination of information regarding employment practices, opportunities, market requirements, etc. should be a prime component of the activity of the Employment Bureau.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part II
The principle governing any incentive scheme intended to encourage employers to hire hitherto unemployed workers must be that the employer will get increasing participation in the wage costs of the newly hired formerly unemployed workers – more with every year the person remains employed.
Macedonia vs. Unemployment - Proposal Submitted to the Government - Part I
A limited amnesty should be declared by the state on violations of worker registration by employers. All employers should be given 30 days to register all their unregistered and unreported workers – without any penalty, retroactive or prospective (amnesty).
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) - Pros and Cons
Several studies indicate that domestic investment projects have more beneficial trickle-down effects on local economies. Be that as it may, close to two-thirds of FDI is among rich countries and in the form of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). All said and done, FDI constitutes a mere 2% of global GDP.
The Economics of Expectations
We are in the throes of a third wave. Instead of buying and selling assets one way (as tangibles) or the other (as symbols) - we increasingly trade in expectations (in other words, we transfer risks). The markets in derivatives (options, futures, indices, swaps, collateralized instruments, and so on) are flourishing.

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