Daily Archives: January 30, 2022

2022-01-30: News Headlines

Heiner Flassbeck (2022-01-30). Can economy and ecology be reconciled? indybay.org The Corona-related shutdown, imposed by the state and whose effects are to be dampened by the state with enormous sums of money, will go down in history as the classic example of how states create unhappiness and unemployment with unilateral interventions in the economy.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-01-29). Honduras Resumes Diplomatic Relations with Venezuela. orinocotribune.com With the start of the mandate of President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya in Honduras, the Republic of Honduras normalized diplomatic relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Honduran leader took office this Thursday, January 27, with the announcement of very innovative measures to address the crisis of extreme poverty in her country, as well as a number of progressive measures in domestic and foreign policies. | The political, economic and cultural exchange and cooperation between Venezuela and Honduras was interrupted since 2019 when former President Juan Orlando Hernández terminated relations with th…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-29). COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports ECLAC. peoplesdispatch.org According to ECLAC's annual report, extreme poverty rate in the region rose from 13.1% in 2020 to 13.8% in 2021, a setback of 27 years…

Dean Baker (2022-01-29). More Thoughts on the Great Inflation Debate. cepr.net We don't want to see anything like the surge in unemployment from the 1981—82 recession, especially if it's intended to combat an inflation problem that does not exist.

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