John Aziz
John Aziz is the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate editor at Pieria.co.uk. Previously his work has appeared on Business Insider, Zero Hedge, and Noahpinion.
Latest articles by John Aziz
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The U.S. recovery is real — and getting stronger
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Why are food prices skyrocketing?
feature No, you can't blame the Fed
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The U.S. is barred from exporting crude oil. And it makes no sense.
feature It's high time the government updated its antiquated energy trade laws
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Is virtual reality the future of the internet?
feature Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus is a bet that people's attitudes toward technology will evolve
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The November jobs report is full of good news
feature The unemployment rate fell to 7.0 percent, and 203,000 jobs were added over the course of the month
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Today's GDP numbers prove that America's economic recovery is strengthening
feature But we're not quite out of the woods yet
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Why America's new love affair with saving is not great economic news
feature The recession transformed Americans' relationship with money
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What the budget deal means for the economy
feature Compromise is good, but another crisis may be just around the corner
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The real reason for America's falling labor participation rate
feature It’s not laziness, or workers giving up looking for work
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How the NSA is hurting America's tech industry — and helping China's
feature International customers are fleeing tech titans like Cisco over fears of U.S. snooping. But they'll likely face similar surveillance by working with Chinese competitors.
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Can Google go 100 percent renewable?
feature The internet giant says it wants to go totally green
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What the Federal Reserve could learn from Strike Debt
feature The group's debt-forgiveness mission has had some eye-opening success
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How falling gas prices could accelerate economic growth
feature Incredibly, the U.S. is now on track to become the world’s biggest oil producer in just two years
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Where is the Davos for the 99 percent?
feature What's the point of a discussion on inequality if everyone in the room is rich?
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Don't blame the Fed for the turmoil in emerging markets
feature The bubble hasn’t even burst yet, and people are pointing fingers at Ben Bernanke
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Was the Fed's latest taper a huge mistake?
feature As emerging economies lurch toward crisis, the Fed continues to turn off the spigot
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The U.S. economy grew quickly at the end of 2013 — but is it sustainable?
feature The Commerce Department announced strong GDP numbers for the fourth quarter last year, but the market remains unsettled
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This is the key to understanding today's big GDP announcement
feature Growth soared to over four percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department announced. Here's why.
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There is a big difference between how richer and poorer investors view the stock market
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The taper is finally here: What the Fed's move means for the economy
feature The central bank is reducing bond purchases by $10 billion per month
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The central banker who changed his mind
feature Why Narayana Kocherlakota's shift shouldn't come as a surprise
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Don't believe the haters: Abenomics is working
feature Though the hard work has only just begun
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Bitcoin would benefit from being boring
feature Wild price fluctuation isn't exactly a good thing for a fledgling currency
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Did December's cold snap freeze hiring?
feature 123,000 more workers than usual were out of work due to cold weather last month. That's the exact difference between today's jobs numbers and Wall Street's prediction.
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