Mike Norman Economics

I bought a new Hoover fridge freezer which has a 1 year warranty and 10 year parts warranty. To register the product for the 10 year parts warranty I had to ring up a number. A huge card which came with the manual tells me to do this and there is also a big red sticker on the fridge door. I rang the number, and a lady took my details who then told me about the Hoover labour charges at 129.99 per hour. WTF! No wonder they are happy to offer a 10-year free parts warranty. She said if I use...

Cross-party group of parliamentarians say emergency policy needed to give financial security I'm just hoping it wouldn't be inflationary.  Over 170 MPs and peers have urged the government to introduce a universal basic income to "give everyone the financial support they need to provide for themselves and their families" during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak the parliamentarians say that the plan to pay every adult a flat, unconditional sum of...

Years of economic isolation and bulgingg financial reserves have positioned the country to ride out the coronavirus panic and bounce right back. But Russia's underfunded health system could cause problems with the current Covid-19 outbreak. Far from being a basket case, Russia enters the crisis with bulging financial reserves, its big companies nearly free of debt and all but self-sufficient in agriculture. After Russia was hit with the sanctions, President Vladimir V. Putin’s...

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Has anyone noticed how suddenly quiet have become the hexa-billionaires who only months  ago were "pledging" to give away 90% (or was it 99%?) of their assets?

I'm not happy with Boris!A slower infection rate would have given the country a better chance to cope with Covid-19. The shelves in the shops were empty yesterday, stripped bear, but the shops are rationing now, so it should be better. [embedded content]

Universal Basic Income is a controversial and relatively untested idea but is among the options being considered by the Government My hunch is that they won't go for it, but there's plenty of money in the tax havens, and a massive crash is in no one's interest, including the wealthy.  Boris Johnson said a temporary universal basic income was one of several measures under consideration to help workers left in dire financial situations by the coronavirus crisis.  Universal basic...

Russia all-powerful, conquering world without firing a shot. The must know something no one else does. (snark) Scapegoat much?SouthFrontFinally! EU Blames ‘Kremlin Disinformation’ For Coronavirus Crisis

Tom is packing up to return from Phoenix to Iowa City so sporadic posting from me for a while. It's getting pretty crazy these days anyway. "Animal spirits."Stay safe.

The order applies to all foreign citizens (including citizens of Belarus) and stateless persons.Also, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will temporarily not issue: invitations to enter the Russian Federation permits to hire and use foreign workers work permits for foreigners... The Russian Federation had already closed the border with China. So far, the Russian Federation has escaped the pandemic. AwaraDue to coronavirus, foreigners are restricted from entering...