#IMF: in 2020, faced with the worst #economic #collapse since the Great Depression, #governments began to borrow extensively. #Advancedeconomy #debt jumped by tens of percentage points of GDP; in some countries it exceeded 120 percent #governmentdebt #publicdebt #governmetborrowing
“I do not think we can rule out the possibility of the #market starting to price the #U.S. like an #emergingmarket,” rather than a #stable, #advancedeconomy, Demiralp said. “To some extent, it is happening already.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Donald Trump’s War with Jerome...
Donald Trump’s War with Jerome Powell and the Fed Is Far from Over

John Cassidy on the President’s campaign to bend the independent central bank to his will, and how it falls in step with other populist strongmen.

The New Yorker
“Are we actually funding our #research at the level that is necessary for a country with an #advancedeconomy? I’m sad to say, I think the answer is no.” #Canada #CIFAR www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...

Canada should invest in its re...
Canada should invest in its research talent pipeline, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research president says

Stephen Toope says Canada isn’t funding its own research at a high enough level

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