Para reflexão

A diferença entre a economia da França e a economia da Alemanha segundo Edward Hugh, e o papel da demografia, do mercado interno e a necessidade de exportar.

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Roubini abandonou a postura optimista dos últimos meses (?), quanto ao desemprego o pior está para vir.

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E a propósito do desemprego este artigo no WSJ "China and the American Jobs Machine":

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"Both America and China are capable of producing far more than their own consumers are capable of buying. In the U.S., the root of the problem is a growing share of total income going to the richest Americans, leaving the middle class with relatively less purchasing power unless they go deep into debt. Inequality is also widening in China, but the problem there is a declining share of the fruits of economic growth going to average Chinese and an increasing share going to capital investment.

Both societies are threatened by the disconnect between production and consumption. In China, the threat is civil unrest. In the U.S., it's a prolonged jobs and earnings recession that, when combined with widening inequality, could create political backlash."