In the US, we have a tendency to stamp products as “American-made” and imagine that that product was entirely made within our borders. The truth is that we should be referring to almost everything that we build as “North American-made.” Cars, appliances, machine tools, tractors, toilet paper… the list goes on and on. If we […]
Prabhat Patnaik speaks Khairul Hassan Jahin Prabhat Patnaik, professor emeritus of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University and a leading Marxist economist, speaks to The Daily Star about the limits of neoliberalism and export-led growth, the need for greater economic sovereignty in the Global South, and the possibility of an alternative development path for countries like […]
Thompson Fights to Stay as Ag Chair as Farm Economy Faces a Critical Crossroads AgroLatam Read the full article…
MONEY Heading into Labor Day, Americans are feeling the squeeze despite President Donald Trump’s claims of a booming economy. Alex Jacquez, Senior Vice President of Policy, Advocacy, and Research at Groundwork Collaborative and former Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy, joined us on The Morning Show to talk about the […]
Mr T explains why he’s late, but he wants to make one thing clear – this is not an apology. “You caught me in my devotion, and nothing comes before God. So I won’t say I apologise for the delay. I just want you to know that God comes first in all my life. For […]
Wednesday, 02 September 2026 02:55 PM Topic: Company Update MIDTERMS HORSERACE REMAINS TIGHT AT 51-49 WITH DEMOCRATS HOLDING A 2-POINT LEAD, BUT LEAD FLIPS TO REPUBLICANS +2 AMONG LIKELY MIDTERM VOTERS LESS THAN HALF OF VOTERS HAVE MADE A DECISION ON THEIR MIDTERMS VOTE, WITH 69% SAYING THEY WILL VOTE HALF OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THE […]
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares tumbled Wednesday after stocks slipped on Wall Street and as a global bond market sell-off deepened. The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.3% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%. In early European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.6% to 10,726.68. France’s CAC 40 […]
Netflix’s ad leadership shakeup, the FTC’s YouTube probe, Google’s Hollywood AI pitch and more The economics of the creator economy I haven’t been able to shake something that ur-creator Emma Chamberlain said on Emma Grede’s podcast about a month ago. She was talking about influencer marketing and the creator economy, an economy that she very […]
Image by Karolina Kaboompics via Pexels The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.27% on Tuesday. Soaring T-note yields on Tuesday strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials and pushed the dollar higher. Also, Tuesday’s +5% surge in WTI crude oil to a 6-week high raised inflation expectations, which could potentially persuade the Fed to raise interest […]
Sep 1, 2026 On Monday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. economy could achieve growth rates as high as 20%, while arguing that the Federal Reserve should not raise interest rates in response to such expansion. Speaking at an Oval Office event on prescription drug prices, he stated that strong growth does not cause inflation. […]
