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The future of public debt: prospects and implications

by The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS) , Fabrizio Zampolli, M S Mohanty, Stephen G Cecchetti

12 April 2010

The effects of the economic crisis on the developed countries are much deeper than political pundits would have us believe. Accordingly, in 2011, the United States will have a public debt comparable to its GNP. Due to population ageing in most Western countries, forecasts say that deficits (...)

Israel in OECD: Israel Set to Join Club of Richest Nations

by Jonathan Cook

Nazareth (Palestine/Israel) | 12 March 2010

After painstaking efforts, it looks as though Israel might be admitted to the OECD this year, even though the conditions of extreme poverty in which its Arab population is kept fly in the face of the organization’s accession criteria. Tel-Aviv intends to exploit its presence in the OECD to (...)