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Spain and Brazil have announced a landmark initiative calling for higher tax contributions from the world’s wealthiest individuals, framing it as a necessary step to address rising inequality and fund critical public needs. The proposal was presented at the United Nations’ 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, held this week in Sevilla, Spain. As record heat scorched the…

Spain and Brazil have announced a landmark initiative calling for higher tax contributions from the world’s wealthiest individuals, framing it as a necessary step to address rising inequality and fund critical public needs. The proposal was presented at the United Nations’ 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, held this week in Sevilla, Spain. As record heat scorched the…

La tecnología también aparece en los aeropuertos ( eGates ) y se usa para ingresar a las instalaciones de trabajo seguras, pero ahora la tecnología se está probando con tarjetas de crédito y débito. 

Los consumidores pronto encontrarán que su tarjeta emitida por el banco contendrá un sensor de huellas dactilares pequeño pero seguro ubicado en la parte frontal de la tarjeta. 

Actualmente se está probando en bancos selectos de toda Europa, pero durante los próximos 18 meses, se expandirá con implementaciones en todo el mundo.

Modern money is idolatry. Its very existence is a social contrivance. Like a lot of human institutions, it is representative, more so than authentic. For our ancestors, one of the stupidest, and most dangerous form of savings, was money. The wealthiest derived that status through land possession, crop stores, timber, chattel. Money was a placeholder, a tool for conversion. Lots of things have…

These days, hardly a week goes by without a new report about struggling retailers and rising vacancies in Manhattan. Average retail asking rents fell year over year in seven of the borough’s 12 main retail submarkets in the first quarter of 2016, according to Cushman & Wakefield. And several prime shopping districts now have availability rates well over 20 percent, while stretches on Bleecker…

Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy

By Yonathan Amselem

Mises.org

February 8, 2016

  Three Reasons to Be Worried About the Economy

  On January 12, America’s central planner-in-chief gave his State of the Union address. The president promised nothing less than to feed the hungry, create jobs, shape the earth’s climate, and make everyone a college graduate. There’s nothing new here, though. We’ve heard variations of this silly song…

Costa Rica: A Greek Tragedy in Central America

QCOSTARICA – The country which used to stand out in the region because of its good relative level of economic, social and educational development, is accelerating its march downhill in terms of productive competitiveness, income distribution and training.

The country has become more expensive than other countries in the region, prompting many foreign companies and now national, to invest…

Creating A New Knowledge Eonomy