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-12 posts tagged "economy"
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 6, 2020
I have been thinking a lot recently about the consequences of our collective action in this global pandemic, and the tension of caring for the current crisis while avoiding the creation of a new, even more detrimental one in its wake. On one hand, choosing to save people now means putting strain on families, on
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, November 13, 2017
The Senate and the House are planning on changing the tax code, and the impact on the economy could be large. This recent development, as well as the issues of trade deficits and the fact that we sometimes flippantly think about the market capitalizations of companies such as Apple and Microsoft, made me think about
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The man once named Washington’s funniest celebrity, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Austan Goolsbee, spoke Tuesday evening in the Eck Center on the future of the American economy. “It is usually the case that when you have a deep downturn, it is followed by a rapid recovery,” Goolsbee said.
Eduardo Mancilla | Monday, February 1, 2016
Whether income inequality is the biggest issue of our time or not is dependent on one’s personal opinion. Reasonably, there are many other issues affecting our generation such as racial polarization, immigration and terrorism that could be considered bigger issues of our time. However, to go as far as to say it is not a
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, November 12, 2015
While many are aware of Pope Francis’ devotion to solving global problems, especially in regards to poverty, Joseph Zahra highlighted the pope’s sometimes overlooked commitment to amending the administrative and financial structure of the Vatican. Zahra, the vice coordinator of the Council for the Economy for the Holy See, gave his lecture, titled “Inside the
Tim Scanlan | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Since the mid 1970s there has been a widening gap in American society. This gap is the disparity between the growth in wages and the growth in productivity in the United States. The divergence occurred after a sustained period when the two statistics tracked each other in the decades following WWII. As productivity has increased,
J.P. Gschwind | Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Fausto Hernandez Trillo, professor of economics at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), addressed the causes of anemic economic growth in Mexico in a lecture Tuesday sponsored by the Kellogg Institute. The talk, entitled “The Sluggish Mexican Economy: A Tale of Two Countries?”, focused on the history of the Mexican economy over the last half
Billy McMahon | Tuesday, September 30, 2014
It’s not that uncommon. It might be outside a factory or an office or a store. You might be a customer or another employee. You will have to know what to do — so never cross a picket line. It is the strongest action workers can take in an economy that is otherwise stacked against
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke to a capacity crowd in the Carey Auditorium of the Hesburgh Library on Wednesday afternoon, and said Republicans must refocus their efforts and political strategy on strengthening the American family. Santorum, who was also promoting his book, “Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America
Alaina Anderson | Sunday, April 27, 2014
Thursday, the Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality presented the 29th Madeleva Lecture. Christine Firer Hinze spoke at the lecture, titled “Glass Ceilings and Dirt Floors: Women, Work, Catholic Social Teaching and the Global Economy.” Elizabeth Groppe, director of the Center for Spirituality, said that Hinze is a theology professor and director of the Francis and