by Zain Jaffer A Wharton School / University of Pennsylvania budget model predicts that the global financial markets can no longer function properly if the US debt deficit continues on…
by Zain Jaffer Inflation is a silent tax that affects everyone, but the greatest negative impact is to the poor. For the rich, it may mean cutting back on vacations…
by Zain Jaffer Life is hard these days. Even foundations and nonprofits are affected in their fundraising. Recessions and hard times spare no one except for a few niche industries…
by Zain Jaffer As you may have heard by now, war has erupted in the Middle East between Israel and residents of the Gaza Strip. It is possible if this…
by Zain Jaffer Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s early March 2023 briefing to the US Senate and House Banking and Finance Committees stated that inflation is still running strong. He said…
by Zain JafferMany American companies just barely survived revenue wise after COVID hit, if they did survive it. Now they are getting by with high corporate debt interest rates and…
by Zain Jaffer During hard times like recessions, funding for poverty alleviation projects often dry up or get reduced. When everyone is tightening fiscally, the nice to have socially relevant…
by Zain Jaffer The 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was a landmark agreement that recognized that there was such a thing as climate change. Subsequent extensions of this…