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Kamala Harris's presidential campaign has been criticized for lacking substance and focusing on "vibes" rather than policy. However, she has recently unveiled proposals on economic policy, including plans to address corporate price-gouging and expand child tax credits. Harris faces the challenge of presenting herself as a fresh face while also distancing herself from the issues that have occurred under the Biden-Harris administration. Critics argue that her views on foreign policy are unclear, and she has been accused of flip-flopping on certain issues. Despite these criticisms, Harris's campaign is gaining momentum, and she is seen as a potential contender for the presidency. [Extracted from the article]

This article argues in favor of the elimination of so-called corporate welfare, or subsidies given to businesses by the federal government, in the United States. A forthcoming paper by Stephen Slivinski of the Cato Institute lists $87 billion of corporate welfare in this year's budget. And corporate-welfare spending is growing, and has increased by 30 percent since 1997. Different groups had different views on corporate welfare. Conservatives argued that most tax breaks could not be counted as welfare. According to them, letting companies keep more of their profits was not the same as giving them taxpayers' money. Since 1995, opponents of corporate welfare have tried to eliminate the Advanced Technology Program. U.S. President George W. Bush wants to eliminate the program, but so far his proposal is going nowhere.

The article discusses the establishment of the Council on Competitiveness, chaired by U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, to continue the deregulatory efforts of the Reagan Administration. One of its primary goals was to assess the effects of deregulation. In 1991, a paper was drafted and positioned to become a key element of the administration's economic agenda. Its release was delayed and Jim Tozzi, formerly of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, notes that a lot of the substance discussing a course of action seems to have been stricken. By the time of its release, little enthusiasm for its contents remained.

This article presents the author's experiences while working with the United Nations (UN) Development Program in Vientiane, Laos. The program of the UN aims to provide development grants to countries that are in need. In this regard, the author works as a journalist in the international projects of the agency in Laos. During his stay in the country the author learned that the government of the country has become dependent on foreign aid that public officials fail to do their responsibilities and obligations.

In the article, the author discusses the modern monetary theory (MMT) and the reasons why the criticisms by economists like Paul Krugman, Larry Summers and Noah Smith against it are not accurate. Other topics include the need to welcome new concepts in macroeconomics, and MMT's philosophy that promotes the printing of money by the government as long as its economy can produce the needed goods and services.

In the article, the author discusses the government policies that would adversely affect the American working class. Other topics include how the economic policies of former U.S. President Donald Trump like reforming the corporate tax code and reducing the statutory corporate-tax rate and his economic nationalism and populism did not positively affected the workers, and how Trump's trade restrictions were also detrimental to the workers.

This article comments on a paper by William R. Hawkin, a U.S. professor, about his analysis of economic problems in the U.S. Hawkin pointed out that performance in the mature industrial economy, even when overall macroeconomic policy is right, is far from optimal. He views that this must be corrected by deliberate planning and policy by the government. Hawkin argues that the present economic recovery, based on a greatly relaxed monetary policy and on a level of Keynesian deficit financing, will still leave a substantial amount of unemployment in the communities that have depended on the older mass-production and process industries.

The article reports that the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers has questioned the legality of U.S. President Jimmy Carter's anti-inflation program. The union has accused the U.S. administration of violating the National Labor Relations Act. The union's lawyer claimed that Crown Zellerbach Corp., was advised by the Council on Wage and Price Stability to not give its striking workers the same wage increases that other unions in the industry had already received.

The article presents a focused discussion on the impact of change in the currency on the employees in the United States. It tells of the importance of a monetary policy reformation, a proposal from the Professional Employees Federation for the recognition of the possibility of uncontrollable inflation, and the disregard for monetary target.

The article focuses on the economic condition of Chile following the downfall of Augusto Pinochet government. Inflation rate in Chile now stands at some 12 percent. Today the Chilean venture in a free economy is long since out of the blueprint stage. A few problems have appeared lately, but there is nothing that is out of line with the worldwide recession. Chile is considering a return to some sort of parliamentary rule, but Pinochet will retain a veto on political activity for a few years to come.

Deals with a paper by Oskar Lange, economic advisor to the Polish government, on central planning. Position of Lange on the idea of central planning; Negative implications of central planning for Poland's economy during the early part of the 1950s.

The author discusses people who have been appointed to the cabinet of 2008 U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama and says that they are unlikely to do a good job solving the 2008 financial crisis. Obama believes that the government can solve the problem by giving money to low-income groups. His appointees, such as Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, and Christina Romer, are more conservative, but will probably follow Obama's policies.

The author discusses economic theories advanced by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s and says that these ideas have failed on numerous occasions. Throughout the 2008 and 2009 global financial crisis various politicians have adopted Keynesian economic plans to stimulate the economy by spending money on tax rebates and public works projects. These programs do not stimulate the economy, but many people believe them as a matter of faith, in spite of evidence.

The article discusses the value of human life and whether to risk lives to avoid severe economic damages during emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic. Other topics include value of a statistical life (VSL), the quality-adjusted life year (QALY), the potential effects of hospitalizations due to the virus to hospital capacity, harm to other patients, and health care costs, as well as the possible recession to follow.

The article reports on key issues and developments relevant to the prevalence of corruption in Prague, Czech Republic. Several information relative to the political conditions in Prague are mentioned, which includes factors influencing corruption, forms of currency in the country, and the implications for economic policy and political conditions in the country.

Analyzes the land reform program in El Salvador with major backing from the United States government. U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick's views about the involvement of the U.S. to the El Salvadorian land reform program; Problems associated with the land reform in El Salvador; Political case for land reform in El Salvador; Reasons behind U.S. Conservatives' opposition of the Reagan administration's support of the land reform program in El Salvador.

This article focuses on the history of economic theories as propounded by British economist John Maynard Keynes. Economic theory is estranged from the real world of business enterprise and the economist's theories have no clear nexus with the natural pulse of economic life. In economic theory, there is no necessary connection between generally accepted facts of experience and their theoretical interpretation. Keynes, once declared that economic theory is not a body of doctrine to be ingested and duly regurgitated by students, but rather a method of thought which ought to reduce to rationality whatever might be the vexing issues of the day. Keynes' "General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money," published in 1936, spawned a vast academic industry which threatens to last indefinitely.

The article offers a look on Chile's improving economic prospects years after General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende in coup d'etat. Improvements in Chile's economy are reflected in various statistics including a decrease in the inflation rate, a growth in farm production and the return of foreign investors. These situation is different during the reign of Allende who increased state ownership through expropriation, precipitated food shortage and increased inflation. With this background the junta under Pinochet promised a program for a return to free enterprise and democratic institutions.

This article profiles Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, a presidential candidate for the November 2000 elections. His exploits during the Vietnam War cannot be matched by other modern high-level American politician. He is the obverse of U.S. President Bill Clinton. However, Kerrey is not a conservative. In voting again in 1998 to sustain President Clinton's veto of the ban on partial-birth abortion, he has disappointed many friends in his own state. What distinguishes Kerrey from his Democratic colleagues is how unashamedly he preaches love of and service to country. Kerrey argues that the military can teach an individual about character. He has publicly assailed President Clinton for opposing budget-cutting proposals early in his administration and for going too slow on Internal Revenue Service reform in 1998.

The article argues for the privatization of the Social Security system in the United States. Social Security privatization is becoming a major political issue in the country. Jack Kemp, a Democrat who run for presidential nomination in 1988, initially opposed the idea of privatizing the Social Security. Now, Kemp has joined other Republicans in calling for the privatization of Social Security. There are at least two fiscal realities that support for the privatization of Social Security. Liberals are alarmed by the prospect of privatization and there are expected to mount a determined opposition against any move at privatization.

The article relates how Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and novelist-turned-politician Mario Vargas Llosa played a role in Peru's political system, after the tumultuous presidency of Alan Garcia. It describes the nature of the country's political and economic system until 1987. By the late 1980s, Vargas Llosa became active in the field of politics in an aim to help stabilize his country. Fujimori on the other hand, was credited with restoring macroeconomic stability to the country. His economic policy is always considered as effective.

The article looks at the policies surrounding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The goal of NAFTA is to reduce tariffs among Mexico, Canada and the U.S. over a period of years. It would make it easier to trade goods across national borders and increase economic efficiency in North America. Also, NAFTA comes with agreements on labor and the environment as well as with import surges. However, these additional agreements were not made public until September 1993, by which time, all politicians had declared for or against the treaty. Representative Dick Armey, who is a supporter of the agreement, said that he had not actually studied the legalese, but was relying on Joint Economic Committee staffer Edward Hudgins, who was aware of the policies.

This article examines the prospect for U.S. economic policy under the new administration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. With regards to the diversity talks among Clinton's personnel choices, the most notable thing about the new economic team is their conformity. A potential good thing that can come out of the new administration is Clinton's pick for Treasury Secretary, Senator Lloyd Bentsen. He produced the 1980 annual report of the Joint Economic Committee which endorsed supply-side economics. The most radical of all the Clinton economic appointees is Laura D'Andrea Tyson, the incoming chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. She advocates for protectionism and industrial policy, which even most liberal economists are loath to support. Intra-administration bickering will affect Clinton's expected economic problems. A compromise approach will not appease interest groups.

This article examines the prospect for U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton's administration from 1993 through 1997. Clinton is characterized as optimistic without being utopian, and that he tempers compassion with realism. One of his first appointees Donna Shalala, head of the Health and Human Services, has been outed by a gay group as a lesbian. One of the key questions facing the Clinton administration is his economic plan. In reality, the U.S. has two economy: the real, productive, and half-free economy, and the tax economy that is parasitic on it. He will have to perform a juggling act since he knows, as an unpopular victor, that there is more demand among voters for economic growth than for more entitlement.

The article discusses the history of the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the U.S. From 1992 to 1990, the U.S. experienced straight months of economic growth and almost 20 million brand-news jobs were created. Inflation and interest rates fell to low levels. Government expenditures nearly doubled. Reagan himself was a pretty good economist. He majored in economics in college and studied economic policy. But the driving force behind Reagan's economic policy was the large group of economic experts he assembled in 1980. INSET: Untitled (quote), by Stanley Greenberg..

The article argues that the economic policies presided over by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan were stunningly successful--except to informed opinion, as represented by the academy and the major media. From 1980 to 1989, all income groups experienced significant income gains, despite the 1981-1982 recession. With millions more families earning much higher incomes, it required much higher incomes to make it into the top 5 percent or top 1 percent, which accounts for the illusion that such top groups experienced disproportionate gains.

Discusses the annual testimonial to national planning in England published by the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, as of September 1958. Description of how the shops owned by the local authority in the town of Rowley Regis in Staffordshire operate; Miscalculations in the report.

Deals with the economic policies of the Labor and Conservative parties in the British government as of 1958. Overview of the Labor Party's "Plan for Progress," a paper on the country's economic expansion; Criticism on the economic policies of Conservative legislators; Information on the policy statement "Industry Your Servant."

Presents updates on events and issues related to politics and government in the U.S. as of February 16, 1957. Reason for the lead of Attorney General Herbert Brownell in the race for the Supreme Court vacancy; Forecast of the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare of doubling its budget; Proposed changes to the Taft-Hartley Law that will be submitted by Labor secretary James P. Mitchell.

Discusses the energy policy of the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Influence of environmentalists and consumer groups on national policies on energy use; Plan of President Nixon to deal with the looming energy crisis facing the country.

Looks at the state of the economy and politics in Chile under the administration of Salvador Allende, as of December 31, 1971. Demonstrations against food crisis and the Allende government's chaotic economic policies; Reaction of President Allende to the protests against his administration; Manner in which Allende dealt with the issue of food crisis.

Debunks the claims of a report by the Club of Rome that economic growth is impossible and that unless steps are taken to bring it to halt now the end will come suddenly and abruptly, as a result of pollution, exhaustion of raw materials, and starvation of the excessive world population. Impact of the report on many people; Details and features of the report; Criticisms of the study.

Assesses the New Economic Policy developed by the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1971. Impact of the economic policy on wage and price control efforts in the country; Implications of the government policy for free trade and markets in the republic; Criticisms against the influence of the policy on the monetary supply in the nation.

Presents information on various economic and political developments from around the world. Concern shown by Senator Richard Nixon toward disrespect for law and race turmoil and disenchantment with the cause of civil rights due to growing violence; Arguments between Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles and Senators Robert Kennedy and Abraham Ribicoff about big city problems like rioting; Distrust toward British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's economic policy; Reason why Brazil has clamped a one-year moratorium on all wage increases.

Focuses on the federal expenditures in the U.S. View that those people who have been troubled by the explosive growth of governmental activities in recent years and by the threat they pose to the freedom and responsibility of the individual can relax; Claim that people have all been mistaken and government is not really growing when one views it in meaningful terms; Comment on the speech of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson to the Committee for Economic Development; Information that ten years ago there was one person on the public civilian payroll for every eight in private employment and today that ratio is down to 1:6.3.

Discusses the socio-political and economic issues of Latin America. Increase of rural and urban population of Latin America; Reduction in the incidence of infant mortality and eradication or control of such diseases as yellow fever, encephalitis, and malaria; Description of problems raises due to population explosion; Provision of foreign and economic aid and technical assistance to further the transition from agriculture in the "traditional society" to industry in the "modern society"; Information that the idea of centralized control by the government over the property and resources of a nation will accomplish the ends of rapid industrialization, modernization of agriculture, and the achievement of welfare; Role of Capitalism in revolutionary economic system.

The author offers insights on the Great Reset initiative proposed to achieve economic recovery following the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Topics discussed include the controversies and conspiracy theories being associated with the initiative, the realization of some college students about the worth of their education during the pandemic, and the need revise policies pertaining to education and the economy.

This article examines Mexico's economy, and the role of the U.S. in revitalizing their economy. The author argues that Mexico would best benefit by self-determination, and the policies of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, and cites as an example the hordes of Mexican immigrants coming to the United States.

The article investigates into the causes of the autumn 1998 financial crisis in Russia. The roots of the crisis can be traced back to the late 1980s when the reformers, who worked in Soviet ideological institutions, developed the ideas intended to guide the Russian reform process. The speed of the reform process and its criminalization defamed the future of Russia. It creates a negative impact on the economy, establishing a structure that could only generate impoverishment because it was based on theft.

The article analyzes the economic conditions in Asia in the wake of the changes that have been witnessed by these markets since 1960s. There are two crises in Asia today. The first is a structural crisis that became apparent with the collapse of Thailand's currency but actually dates back to the collapse of Japan's bubble economy. The other crisis, faced by countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, is that though their growth rates are being ratcheted down, their economics are generally far more open and more healthy than those of Korea and Japan, which will have to change not only their policies but their entire approach to economics.

The article focuses on the economic policy proposed by the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton as of August 1993, and its effect on the nation's economic growth. According to a report released by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, the figures presented in the proposed budget plan of the Clinton administration shows that, during the first three years of the plan, there will be no reduction in spending and a slight increase in taxes. These figures will result in an economic growth decline.

The article addresses issues regarding the tax-limitation initiative in California known as Proposition 13 as of March 1992. The initiative is, reportedly, facing its biggest challenge in the form of the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide the fate of the initiative by the end of its term in June 1992. The Court is generally viewed as sensitive to states' rights, and usually defers to state taxing methods, but some people think that the Court's decision in 1989 regarding the Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. County Commission of Webster County case reopened the constitutional issues involved in Proposition 13.

The article assesses the implications of the liberalization programs launched by Russia and its commonwealth partners in 1992. It criticizes the insufficiency of the U.S. economic aid for the liberalization programs due to the budgetary crisis being faced by the country. It examines the evidence of the failure of the introduction of price liberalization in Russia. It also identifies the problem of mass employment which poses a real threat to the democratization of the country. It calls for the West to provide economic aid to economies that guarantee quick privatization of state enterprises.

Points out that the greatest single challenge facing the new citizens' activist movement in the U.S. is the re-establishment of involved citizenship as everyday behavior. Need for an outpouring of civic energy and commitment to bring about substantial reform; View that only millions of engaged citizens can develop the new approaches that will combine better preventive medicine, home-based services, and user-friendly technologies.

This article presents a narrative from the author sharing his experiences about the changes brought up in Poland in the past decade. On returning to Poland, the author, who is a Polish emigrant to the U.S., has seen a rigid class system, inflation and the absence of communism in Poland. Communists, reportedly, have changed their thoughts and talk as if they have been patriots all along. The Communist Party has already lost its leading role in the country's mainstream politics. It is being predicted that the country's industrial system will come under Comrade Swiecicki, the so-called solidarity minister of Poland. The author also reflects on the changes brought up in Poland fifty years after the World War II and raises the current issue of veterans' pension in Poland. National currency has depreciated. In last eight years, prices have gone up by a factor of about a hundred, and this issue has now become a central question to the national economy. However, the wage structure has also changed and employees' salaries have increased to a larger extent in the past few years. INSET: Fifty Years Later.

Questions the premises of optimism toward the economy of the U.S. as of August 1956. Definition of inflation; Reason that a change in money supply does not improve the economy; Ways in which people can acquire money on the free market; Reason for the urge of economists for governmental stabilization of the price level.

Refutes the economic views of Barbara Ward, a columnist of the "Economist" periodical, based on her book "The Angry Seventies." Reputation of Ward; Influence of Ward on the economic thinking of Pope, the leader of the Catholic Church; Errors in Ward's analyses of the economic problems of developing countries; Economic policy suggestions by Ward that are fundamentally wrong.

Focuses on Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana. Description of the political style of Nkrumah; Comment that fundamentally, Nkrumah was cut out to be a dictator; Information about economic and socio-political condition of Ghana when it got independence from Great Britain; Comment that Nkrumah intended Ghana to be rich, great and powerful, and to lead a united Africa towards the domination of the world; Efforts of Nkrumah to unite Africa; Description of various mistakes committed by Nkrumah which showed that he was an incompetent dictator; Information on social and economic structure of Ghana; Reasons behind the decline of Nkrumah.

Presents information related to socio-economic developments in the U.S. Information about the Alliance for Progress in the Country; Criticism of the Alliance since all criticism to date has been dismissed as the vicious ranting of feudal landowners, military cliques, tax swindlers and other reactionaries; Information that the stated economic aim of the Alliance was to pump $20 billion into Latin American economies over a ten-year span; Indication that after following Alliance for Progress instructions, each Latin American country has had to set up a Central Planning Agency and draw up an overall economic plan.