…standard economic analysis that the current account balance  (the trade deficit plus certain capital transactions) equals  the gap between domestic savings and investments. When it first became obvious that the…

…costs or investment, you would be right and Mankiw would be wrong. Also wronger as, with expensing of investment, the corporate income tax doesn’t discourage investment from retained earnings and…

…changes over time and is influenced by economic policy. “Everything that you do to encourage investment,” Minsky claimed, “encourages debt financing. This increases instability.” Here is the congressional testimony where…

…It characterized the 2021 venture investments as a “staggering” increase over the $12.9 billion during the same period in 2020. Huge deals in the long-term care, hospital, and e-health sectors…

…Here again a lot can be learned with a little disggregation. The slow recovery was a slow recovery of two sectos, residential investment and government consumption and investment. The second…

…expand Social Security. In classical free-market economics savings are needed to provide investment capital. But the US at least has no lack of investment capital – there is said to…

…. From Modern Healthcare, Solic Capital Management tallied a total transaction value of $126.1 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2021. It characterized the 2021 venture investments as…

…the Detroit-based automaker promised $7bn in investment for new battery and EV plants that could create 4,000 new jobs. “This news is great for us and for Michigan, the epicenter…

…its pre-pandemic level. Other Investment Components Show Modest Gains as Fixed Investment Rises 2.9 Percent Investment in equipment rose at a 2.1 percent rate, while investment in intellectual products rose…

…government spending. These movements were partly offset by a downturn in private inventory investment and a larger decrease in residential fixed investment. Imports accelerated. Current dollar GDP increased 5.0 percent at…