- Theresa May will fail to deliver EU trade deal in 2019 and UK heading for cliff-edge Brexit, OECD predicts - Overwhelming majority of economists expect that trading with the EU on World Trade Organisation rules would be highly damaging for the UK economy http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-theresa-may-trade-deal-european-union-oecd-a7776961.html 9 comments worldnews
- Calls for jumbo 75bps ECB refi rate hike on Sept 8 on knife's edge -economists https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/calls-jumbo-75bps-ecb-refi-rate-hike-sept-8-knifes-edge-economists-2022-09-02/ 6 comments europe
- Aging Germany Is Running Out of Workers, Putting Europe’s Largest Economy at Risk - Economists warn that a demographic cliff edge could mean a future of high prices, shortages, and even higher taxes https://www.wsj.com/articles/aging-germany-is-running-out-of-workers-putting-europes-largest-economy-at-risk-11640180607 78 comments futurology
- Stock market looks like ‘hapless Wile E. Coyote, running off the edge of a cliff,’ says behavioral economist https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/stock-market-looks-like-hapless-wile-e-coyote-running-off-the-edge-of-a-cliff-says-behavioral-economist-11597501544 12 comments nottheonion
- Amazon gets an edge with its secret squad of PhD economists https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/13/tech/amazon-economists/index.html 3 comments economy
- Trade rivals have limited armory as U.S. quits climate deal. Leaving might give U.S. exporters an edge over rivals in nations where industry has to pay to emit carbon dioxide through a carbon tax or emissions trading scheme, economists say http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-tariffs-analysis-iduskbn18t217 6 comments worldnews
- Emmanuel Macron is edging closer to France’s presidency: The charming outsider now needs to show he has substance (The Economist) http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21717389-charming-outsider-now-needs-show-he-has-substance-emmanuel-macron-edging-closer 324 comments europe
- Why Krugman's Latest Attack on Sanders' Economic Plans Are Wrong. Economists Bill Black and Michael Hudson respond to Paul Krugman's latest New York Times column, "Sanders Over the Edge". http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&itemid=74&jumival=16087 24 comments politics
- The Economist: Moldova on the edge: Small enough to fail http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21678831-year-after-colossal-bank-fraud-country-imploding-small-enough-fail 15 comments europe
- Grexit edges closer as markets brace for Athens default "economists warn that a €7.2bn package would merely buy some time for Athens but by no means guarantee Greece could remain in the eurozone – something polls suggest most Greeks want." http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/19/eurozone-crisis-grexit-edges-closer-as-markets-brace-for-athens-default 103 comments europe
- More global edge per capita: BJP hires top economists for manifesto http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/more-global-edge-per-capita-bjp-hires-top-economists-for-manifesto/articleshow/30182549.cms 10 comments india
- Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Krugman: "The American economy is on the edge of catastrophe and much of the Republican Party is trying to push it over that edge." (And he thinks the stimulus is not large enough.) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/opinion/06krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print 7 comments politics