STIMULUS KEEPING 6 MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF POVERTY IN 2009, ESTIMATES SHOW

See the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities findings' here.

L'Amérique en panne d'innovation

Alors que l'Amérique subit la crise de façon particulièrement brutale (chômage de masse, décroissance, chute du marché immobilier, etc.), elle se pose aujourd'hui, avec inquiétude, la question de sa compétitivité en matière d'innovation technologique. Pourquoi celle-ci, qui fut le moteur de sa croissance exceptionnellement longue et régulière depuis trois décennies, ne lui a-t-elle pas permis, si ce n'est de passer à travers les gouttes, du moins de s'en sortir mieux que les grands pays concurrents ? ....

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Dutch Coverage

Holland has abandoned the 'public option' that Obama seeks for the U.S. Read the complete article here.

Germany Scores an Own Goal on Immigration

Migration helps us build a more integrated, dynamic Continental economy. Read the complete article in the WSJ here.

Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz, Sen et Fitoussi)

Read the full report here.

G20 governments refrain from extensive use of restrictive measures, but some slippage evident

G20 Governments have refrained from extensive use of restrictive trade and investment measures in recent months but have continued, in a limited way, to apply tariffs and non-tariff instruments that have hindered trade flows, the heads of the OECD, UNCTAD and the WTO indicated in a joint report to G-20 leaders meeting in Pittsburgh later this month. Read the complete report here.