ChicagoPMIincreasesto 55.7 http://feedly.com/k/19Rb1p2 From the ChicagoISM: September 2013: Led by gains in Production, New Orders and Supplier Deliveries, the Chicago Business BarometerTM gained 2.7 points in September to 55.7. The Barometer has gained in each of the past three months, the longest run of monthly increases for more than three years. Activity has recovered from April’s three year low of 49.0, although is still only … Seguir leyendo Chicago PMI increases to 55.7

RestaurantPerformanceIndexdeclinesinAugust http://feedly.com/k/19iGcsp From the National Restaurant Association: RestaurantPerformanceIndexEdgedDowninAugustAmidFadingOperatorExpectations Due to a softer outlook among restaurant operators for sales growth and the economy, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) declined for the third consecutive month. The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stoodat 100.5 inAugust, down 0.2 percentfromJuly’slevelof 100.7. Despite the … Seguir leyendo Restaurant Performance Index declines in August

Por si alguien todavía dudaba de lo que ha detrás de los grandes mass mierda. Intereconomía crea un nuevo cargo: director general editorial. El grupo de Julio Ariza prepara el nombramiento de un veterano periodista, Melchor Miralles, como nuevo responsable de la estrategia informativa de la compañía. Según ha podido saber El Confidencial Digital, el nombramiento está cerrado y a la espera de hacerse público. Melchor … Seguir leyendo Julio Ariza ficha a Melchor Miralles como director general editorial del Grupo Intereconomía. La negociación la ha protagonizado Álvaro Pérez, ‘El bigotes’

Vigilados, acosados, perseguidos y finalmente vallados, los ciudadanos que este sábado 28 de septiembre han decidido ejercer sus derechos de reunión, manifestación y expresión, supuestamente consagrados por la Constitución española, lo tienen difícil. Un total de 1400 antidisturbios rodean el Palacio de Oriente de Madrid, lugar señalado para la concentración de “Jaque al Rey” organizada por la coordinadora 25-S y al que se han adherido … Seguir leyendo La prensa silencia el “Jaque al Rey” y la expulsión de los observadores internacionales de la OSCE

FEDS Notes – WhyHaveAmericans’ IncomeExpectationsDeclined So Sharply? http://feedly.com/k/1658QAK shared via http://feedly.com Seguir leyendo FEDS Notes – Why Have Americans’ Income Expectations Declined So Sharply?

GovernmentIsLargelyResponsibleforSoaringInequality http://feedly.com/k/1dPQ6XA It’sNotanAccident … It’sPolicy America is experiencing unprecedented inequality. And a who’swhoofprominenteconomists (andinvestors) say that inequality is hurting the economy. Defenders of the status quo pretend that this inequality is something outside of our control … like a force of nature. They argue that it’s due to globalization, technological innovation or something else outside of policy-makers’ control. In reality, inequality is rising due to … Seguir leyendo Government Is Largely Responsible for Soaring Inequality

CheatSheetonInequality http://feedly.com/k/17aYjUt TheStunningTruthAboutInequalityInAmerica Talk about inequality has been in the news recently, but you won’t believe what’s really happening in America today: Inequality in America today is [youtube http://youtube.com/w/?v=QPKKQnijnsM][youtube http://youtube.com/w/?v=QPKKQnijnsM] in our country. They will be shocked – and may be furious – when they learn the truth It’s a myth that conservatives accept runaway inequality. Conservatives are as concerned as liberals regarding the stunning … Seguir leyendo Cheat Sheet on Inequality

TheClosedSocietyandItsFriends: Friedman, HayekandtheriseofNeoliberalism http://feedly.com/k/164rR6r I just wrote a review of Daniel Stedman Jones’s book MastersoftheUniverse: Hayek, Friedman, andtheBirthof Neoliberal Politics, which will be published in the Social ScienceJournal later this year. So I don’t intend to say to much here. But one thing that was striking about the rise of the post-New Deal Neoliberalism, starting with the Mont Pelerin Society, is that they tended to … Seguir leyendo The Closed Society and Its Friends: Friedman, Hayek and the rise of Neoliberalism

An historicRussianvictory http://feedly.com/k/165Ir5O KindlytranslatedbyAnne-Marie de Grazia Credit Photo: La Voix de la Russie The vote in the Security Council of the United Nations during the night of Friday 27 to Saturday 28 September of the résolution on chemical armaments in Syria, co-sponsored by Russia and the United States, constitutes an important moment in the reconstruction of an international order. This vote, at the unanimity of … Seguir leyendo An historic Russian victory