Trabajo: “Salario mínimo: Bélgica en la cúspide” http://feedly.com/k/13Tpm1U Las cifras que Eurostat publicó a finales de julio muestran que el salario mínimo legal en Bélgica es más alto que en la mayoría de los países europeos, recoge Le Soir. Con 1.502 euros brutos mensuales, Bélgica ostenta la segunda posición dentro de Europa, por detrás de Luxemburgo (1.874 euros), y por delante de Países Bajos (1.478 … Seguir leyendo Trabajo: “Salario mínimo: Bélgica en la cúspide”

MichaelKlare: TheThirdCarbonAge – DroptheFantasyof a Coming Era ofRenewableEnergy http://feedly.com/k/19RRU3h Yves here. To put none too fine a point on it, the most important steps to reduce carbon emissions would be a Marshall plan level effort to reconfigure living and resourcing arrangements so as to reduce energy demands, and to go particularly aggressively after the worst polluters (for instance, the cars you see spewing fumes, are … Seguir leyendo Michael Klare: The Third Carbon Age – Drop the Fantasy of a Coming Era of Renewable Energy

DefendEurope, ifyoustilldare – Telegraph Blogs http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans–pritchard/100025311/defend–europe–if–you–still–dare/ shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo Defend Europe, if you still dare – Telegraph Blogs

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Guest Post: WhytheShrinkingTradeDeficitWillChoke U.S. CorporateProfits http://feedly.com/k/13K2fdY Submittedby Charles Hugh-SmithofOfTwoMindsblog, Allthosecountingon a weakerdollarandrising U.S. corporateprofitswill be doublysurprised. Thatthe U.S. tradedeficitshrankto $34 billioninJuneisbeingpresented as goodnewsallaround (no surprise there, as all news is presented as good news). The petroleum boom in the U.S. has pushed oil imports down by over $2 billion a month to $10 billion/month, and non-petroleum trade generated a deficit of $37 billion/month, down $5 … Seguir leyendo Guest Post: Why the Shrinking Trade Deficit Will Choke U.S. Corporate Profits

TheRiseOfTheBear: 18 SignsThatRussiaIsRapidlyCatchingUpToTheUS http://feedly.com/k/13nrfEf SubmittedbyMichaelSnyderofTheEconomicCollapseblog, TheRussianBearisstrongerand more powerfulthanit has everbeenbefore. Sadly, most Americans don’t understand this. They still think of Russia as an "ex-superpower" that was rendered almost irrelevant when the Cold War ended. And yes, when the Cold War ended Russia was in rough shape. I got the chance to go over there in the early nineties, and at the time Russia was an … Seguir leyendo The Rise Of The Bear: 18 Signs That Russia Is Rapidly Catching Up To The US

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GreekYouthUnemploymentSoarsToRecord 65% http://feedly.com/k/17zskd7 RIPGreekovery. What little hope there may have been that bad and/or deteriorating Greek economic data had peaked in the early part of 2013 and the country was set for a long overdue "recovery" was promptly extinguished following today’s latest release of the Greek May labor forcesurvey. The headline news for the broader population was ugly: The number of employed was 3,621,153, a … Seguir leyendo Greek Youth Unemployment Soars To Record 65%

BRICSCrumble http://feedly.com/k/1cgCAPB FollowZeroHedgein Real-Time onFinancialJuice ‘The bigger they are, the harder they fall’ has always been true and is seemingly even more so today with regard to the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development(OECD) shows that there is a divergence with regard to growth patterns in economies around the world. While theBRICs are suffering largely from a slow–downintheireconomies … Seguir leyendo BRICS Crumble