Nevada requires emergency medical technicians to complete 26 days of training before obtaining a license — a pretty standard state requirement for an occupation licensed across the country. However, Nevada is also one of only three states and Washi...
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Nevada requires emergency medical technicians to complete 26 days of training before obtaining a license — a pretty standard state requirement for an occupation licensed across the country. However, Nevada is also one of only three states and Washi...
As the economies of Europe plunge into chaos over plummeting oil prices and a certain recurring Greek tragedy, the heavily sanctioned Russian economy looks elsewhere to support its growth. It is now time for Russia to search eastwards in its economic...
As the economies of Europe plunge into chaos over plummeting oil prices and a certain recurring Greek tragedy, the heavily sanctioned Russian economy looks elsewhere to support its growth. It is now time for Russia to search eastwards in its economic...
By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in the third quarter it grew by 3.5 percent. The stock market continues to climb ever higher – both the Dow and S&am...
By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in the third quarter it grew by 3.5 percent. The stock market continues to climb ever higher – both the Dow and S&am...
Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates — Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Democrat Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s General Treasurer — are mem...
Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates — Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Democrat Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s General Treasurer — are mem...
The recent protests by Argentina’s unions against inflation and crime barely scratch the surface of public discontent with Latin America’s declining economies. The region’s weakening finances have led to a 50 percent price increase for consumer...
The recent protests by Argentina’s unions against inflation and crime barely scratch the surface of public discontent with Latin America’s declining economies. The region’s weakening finances have led to a 50 percent price increase for consumer...
According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...
According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...
http://brownpoliticalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ahmed-Rahman-BPR-ProfPod.mp3 Brown Political Review’s Sarah Sachs sat down with Visiting Associate Professor of Economics Ahmed Rahman to discuss his research on unified economic grow...
http://brownpoliticalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ahmed-Rahman-BPR-ProfPod.mp3 Brown Political Review’s Sarah Sachs sat down with Visiting Associate Professor of Economics Ahmed Rahman to discuss his research on unified economic grow...
Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China. “China’s economic growth is unsteady, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable,” admitted then-Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual meeting of China’s legislature in March 2007. The...
Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China. “China’s economic growth is unsteady, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable,” admitted then-Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual meeting of China’s legislature in March 2007. The...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation with a population of 60 million is shaking off the dust from a protracted period of isolation and opening up to the ...
In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation with a population of 60 million is shaking off the dust from a protracted period of isolation and opening up to the ...
It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government scandal. He had been at the helm of Japan’s government only a year, and, at the time of his resignation, enjoyed...
It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government scandal. He had been at the helm of Japan’s government only a year, and, at the time of his resignation, enjoyed...
Last week, Spain introduced an additional €40bn austerity policy in face continuing recession, unemployment, and violent separatist cries of the Catalonia and Basque region. One should not forget, however, that Spain’s public debt, which hovers a...
Last week, Spain introduced an additional €40bn austerity policy in face continuing recession, unemployment, and violent separatist cries of the Catalonia and Basque region. One should not forget, however, that Spain’s public debt, which hovers a...