Millions of Americans were expecting big rebates that never came. That could put a dent in the economy, and Trump’s reelection hopes. Republicans once thought that the Trump tax cuts would save Paul Ryan’s majority. Now, they’ll be lucky if that legislation doesn’t cost Donald Trump a second term. The GOP’s high …
WHEN Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took over the Indonesian presidency in 2014, he faced a stagnating poverty reduction effort and stubbornly high inequality levels.To address these problems, Jokowi has mainly relied on two social policy initiatives: expanding the coverage of social assistance programs and distributing Village Fund (Dana Desa) grants, which …
The five-week partial government shutdown cost the U.S. economy about $3 billion in forgone economic activity that won’t be recovered, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report Monday. Because the IRS was among the agencies unfunded during the shutdown, it had to slow down some compliance work. For …
Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, the entire Conservative Party: When did British politics become such a farce? Political theater, well managed, could actually have helped the Brexit debacle. Even by Brexit’s shambolic standard, this week has been a doozy. First, on Monday, a member of parliament incensed by the delayed Brexit …
Trump’s staunching his party’s losses by revving up its culture-obsessed base. That will make this strategy even more central in the future. One of the big questions that will be asked after the midterms, no matter what happens, is why Republicans didn’t focus more on economic themes, given the humming …
IN 2017, Chinese tourists to Thailand outnumbered any other nationality by threefold. However, these figures are drastically declining after a tragic boating accident in Phuket earlier this month and tourism operators are desperate to get Chinese tourists booking again. The deadly incident claimed 47 lives when the tourist boat they …
ALMOST 80 percent of workers in their 50s and early 60s want to continue working past the regular retirement age, a new survey has shown. The Meiji Yasuda Institute of Life and Wellness survey found that just 2 in 10 said that they would not continue to work due to …
In this Dec. 4, 2017, photo, the shadow of the Space Needle falls across the campus of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with Lake Union behind, in Seattle. SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle region is home to America’s two richest men, but their local legacies to date represent two …
In the country’s busiest oil patch, where the rig count has climbed by nearly one-third in the past year, drillers, service providers and trucking companies have been poaching in all corners, recruiting everyone from police officers to grocery clerks. Jerry Morales, the mayor of Midland, Texas, and a local restaurateur, …
THAILAND’S economic performance is a major gripe of its citizens according to recent opinion polls, as the ruling military junta prepares to return the country to democracy early next year. Data released this week by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce found that more than half of consumers surveyed …
Family and community are the only things left in Adams County, Ohio, as the coal-fired power plants abandon ship and the government shrugs. John Arnett chose Adams County, Ohio, as his home long before he was old enough to vote, drink beer, or drive a motorcycle along the Ohio River. …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chester Trahan’s grandchildren are working, so he’s feeling better about the economy these days. But his view of the country’s overall direction is pretty grim, darkened by what he sees as a surge in racism and violence fueled by President Donald Trump. “He stimulated it. Those people …