Moms Staying Home: Not For Long
A recent Pew survey indicates that more women have decided to forego paid unemployment and stay home with their children. Since 1999, the report indicates, the percentage of stay-at-home moms […]
Author Archives: Milton Ezrati
Demographics and the Market
Suddenly various commentators — the usual suspects — have raised dire warnings about market prospects. They fear that the retirement of the large baby-boom generation will force selling and drive […]
Income Inequality
While President Obama has recently raised the nation’s conciseness of income inequality, the subject is hardly new. Scholars, commentators, and working people have been talking about the widening gap between […]
CHINA’S ERRATIC…
CHINA’S ERRATIC YUAN POLICY China these days seems even more of an enigma than usual, especially its policy toward its currency, the yuan. Earlier, things were clear. China held its […]
Meeting the Demographic Challenge with Older Workers and Women
A March 11 article in the Wall Street Journal touched on a major but frequently overlooked challenge facing the economy, aging demographics. A new book, Thirty Tomorrows deals with this matter, thoroughly explaining how […]
Switzerland Highlights Europe’s Huge Immigration Problem
SWITZERLAND HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE’S HUGE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM This space has already touched on Switzerland’s anti-immigrant referendum vote, pointing out how it holds up a mirror to Europe’s more general […]
The Swiss Hold an Ugly Mirror Up to Europe
Switzerland has incurred Europe’s anger. It seems the Swiss have passed a referendum to limit immigration, and the European Union (EU) has cried foul. The vote does indeed violate the […]
IBM and Dow Offer a Glimpse of the Future
Not more than a month ago, IBM sold its low-end server business to the Chinese firm, Lenovo, a move reminiscent of when it sold its personal computer business to the […]
Thirty Tomorrows 