Showing posts with label Economic Disparity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economic Disparity. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2020

Corona Pandemic and its effects on Arab and other Debt-Ridden Countries




The Corona epidemic, which started in December in China before it turned into a global pandemic last month, poses a major challenge to human societies, both developing and developed, especially Arab societies. The Corona pandemic came and the world is mired in many crises that will intensify during the coming months, and its repercussions will affect the economic and political conditions in addition to health conditions.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Is the Trump Rally a Financial Bubble or Real Growth?



Trump has been taking credit for the rapidly rising stock market, which Wall Street has termed the "Trump Rally." The rally, and the boom in the capital market that followed the 2008 financial crisis, is deceptive, and does not really reflect any meaningful economic growth. It, indeed, hides the real problem that inflict the US economy, the increasingly excessive greed that plagues the financial market and the business conglomerates that  seem to be more interested in creating private wealth than growing the economy. The problem is not limited to the US but has a global dimension.