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The Public Sector and the Prospects for Real Economic Growth in Egypt
Throughout its contemporary history, Egypt has adopted different economic policies. Today, as the current government aims to achieve sustainable economic growth, an insightful analysis is required to highlight the main factors hindering Egypt’s prospects for success in achieving this aimand to recommend a better approach to be adopted in the […]
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How bad governance unites both ends of the Mediterranean
South of Ciudad Real in Central Spain lies a brand new airport with one of the longest runways in Europe, state of the art facilities and a capacity of 10 million passengers a year. Its only problem is that it is closed. The airport ceased operations in April 2012, less […]
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Austerity! What Austerity?
With an unemployment rate of around 5%, low inflation, low debt, low interest rates and a ‘AAA’ credit rating, the Australian economy has been the envy of many other developed nations since the global financial crisis (GFC) struck in late 2008.
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Fiscal Consolidation: A Technical Term for Partisan Quarrels
Congressman Gregory Meeks discusses budget deficits and the need for fiscal consolidation in the United States. But politicians do not appear to be ready to make the tough choices to develop a package of tax cuts and spending cuts that will correct America’s fiscal mess.