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(Page 2 of 8) Notice to our Guests: To go to the News Updates page of this section, please follow this link. Scything farm subsidies: EU has approved proposals to reform its costly common agricultural policy, but will they be enough to satisfy the rest of the world?, The Economist, 23 Jan 2003 Horizons: Wealth of opinions -- Economist and columnist Paul Krugman has emerged as Bush's harshest critic, by Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, 22 Jan 2003; and Robert Bartley: An appreciation -- Supply-side economics with Wanniski, Laffer and Mundell, by Robert Novak, Weekly Standard with Wall Street Journal, 14 Jan 2003 Malaysia�s online daily resumes publication, Malaysiakini, 21 Jan 2003; and Malaysian police raid Web site office, BBC News, 20 Jan 2003 (Related link below: Nov 7th) Private, public international organizations urged to be more open, OneWorld.net with Yahoo! News, 19 Jan 2003 ((follow this link to: Global accountability report--Power without accountability?, by One World Trust, UK) Editorial: Famine, again -- The biggest enemy of all famine relief is time. People don't die on our schedule, Washington Post, 19 Jan 2003 (follow this link to: IMF-WB statement on the food situation in 8 African countries) Mouse & wo/man: Protecting Mickey Mouse at art's expense--On the Supreme Court's extension of copyright protection, by Law-rence Lessig, New York Times, 18 Jan 2003 (free - registr. req'd) (Related link below: Oct 24th) Horizons: Off the wagon--Bush's top economist changed his mind about deficits very late in the game, by Paul Krugman, New York Times (free-registr. req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 17 Jan 2003; A reformer who tried, tried again -- CEA's Glenn Hubbard set his sights on dividends in '92, BusinessWeek, 14-20 Jan 2003 (fol-low these links to graphics on: The world acc to Glenn; A bold new econ program; and Let the brawling in Congress begin); and The right tax plan for today and tomorrow: Bush's bold plan re-flects the ideas that have long been central to his tax policy, by Lawrence Lindsey, NYT (free - registration req'd), 10 Jan 2003 (Related link below: Jun 6th) The other Korean crisis: While Kim Jong Il blusters, the North's economy edges closer to collapse. That's just what scares Seoul most, BusinessWeek, 14-20 Jan 2003 Boardroom: The tax cut that could pay dividends: Ending double taxation of dividends would go a long way towards restoring sound strategic thinking, by Michael Porter, Financial Times, 13 Jan 2003 A worldwide economic stimulus plan: To make the world a safer place, US must develop a more robust global economic policy, by Jeffrey Garten, NYTimes (free-registration req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 11 Jan 2003 Afghanistan -- The rebirth of a nation: Has the cost of supporting regime change been worth it?, The Economist, 9 Jan 2003 (fol-low this link for a briefing on the Afghan ecconomy) France argues the case for farm protectionism: Free trade is the wrong answer, says its farm minister, The Economist, 9 Jan 2003 (Related link below: July 10th); and Remove these trade barriers: Poor nations ask--If trade liberaliza-tion is such good medicine, why don't rich nations swallow more?, by Nicholas Stern, International Herald Tribune, 18 Dec 2002 IMF cuts disputed clause from debt plan, by Paul Blustein, Washington Post, 8 Jan 2003 (Related link below: Dec 19th) Newsroom: A report from the publisher to our world-wide readers -- The Online Journal is now the largest subscription news site on the Web, by Karen Elliott House, Wall Street Journal, 6 Jan 2003 Coffee/tea break: Language -- Culpa for mea: Let me see if I can write today's column without making a gramatical gaffe, by William Safire, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 5 Jan 2003 Horizons: The dollar -- Soggy and still sliding: Weighed down by the trade deficit, low interest rates, and terror jitters, by P. Coy, J. Ewing and L. Cohn, BusinessWeek, 3 Jan 2003 ; Letter to the editor: Currency devaluation--A comment on Hanke, by Fred Bergsten, Forbes, 12-25 Nov 2002; and No dollar crash: A weaker dollar? Don't count on it. Look for it to appreciate against foreign currencies, by Steve Hanke, Forbes, 29 Oct-11 Nov 2002 Newsroom: IHT begins new era with The New York Times, NYT with International Herald Tribune, 2 Jan 2003; and Editorial: A beginning for the Trib, New York Times with IHT, 2 Jan 2003 (Related link below: Oct 27th) Newsroom: A few final words as editor -- Thoughts on running the only editorial page that sells newspapers, by Robert Bartley, Wall Street Journal, 30 Dec 2002 Let them know it's Christmas time. Again and again and again: Seventeen years after the Live Aid concert, by Bob Geldof, Independent, 24 Dec 2002 Betraying Hong Kong's trust: The HK govt's biggest problem is one of credibility, by Stephen Vines, Time, 24 Dec 2002-6 Jan 2003 Jeffrey Sachs -- Forcing the world to sit up and listen: He heads a huge effort to help poor countries deal with disease, Newsweek, 24 Dec 2002-6 Jan 2003 (Related link below: Nov 20th) Editorial: Denial here at home -- The AIDS pandemic, which kills nearly six people per minute, is probably the most underestimated enemy of all time, Washington Post, 23 Dec 2002 A nation that exports oil, herring and peace: No economic power, vacation paradise or culinary envy, its claim to global fame is an arguably rarer one, NYT with Int'l Herald Tribune, 21 Dec 2002 Big banks step up efforts against IMF debt-relief plan, New York Times (free - registration req'd) with Int'l Herald Tribune, 19 Dec 2002 (Related link below: Oct 3rd) Editorial: Venezuela on the brink, New York Times (free - regis-tration req'd) with International Herald Tribune, 18 Dec 2002 Editorial: Libel Down Under -- Let's say you live in Australia and believe you've been libeled by a US newspaper accessible on the Internet. Where do you sue?, Washington Post, 16 Dec 2002; and Newsroom: Internet and the law -- Media companies around the world are alarmed by an Australian high-court ruling due to possi-ble global liability, The Economist, 10 Dec 2002 Horizons: Europe prepares to make history -- This week's summit on EU enlargement could turn out to be the most significant gath-ering of European leaders for years, The Economist, 12 Dec 2002 A new kind of entitlement: The Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has radical ideas about how to end world poverty, by Kerry Dolan, Forbes, 10-23 Dec 2002 Editorial: Turkey's week -- By week's end the bonds bet. Turkey and the West could be decisively strengthened - or critically weak-ened, Washington Post, 10 Dec 2002 Mouse & wo/man: Digital robber barons? -- Until recently, the Internet seemed the very embodiment of the free-market ideal, by Paul Krugman, NYT, 6 Dec 2002 (free - registration req'd) Our next assignment: Today�s universities must give their students a better grasp of science and foreign culture, by Lawrence Summers, Newsweek-WEF spec report on Issues 2003, Dec 2002 Boardroom: Let�s show we care -- Business needs to adopt a new 'society-oriented' philosophy, by Klaus Schwab, Newsweek-World Economic Forum special report on Issues 2003, Dec 2002 Horizons: In media res -- Do the conflicts of interest of our highly concentrated media constitute a threat to democracy?, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 Nov 2002 (free-registration req'd) Whither Singapore Inc?: Its unique brand of capitalism needs an overhaul. Will the spectacularly well-connected Ho Ching do the right thing?, The Economist, 28 Nov 2002 (Related link below: Sep 27th) Horizons: John Rawls, philosopher-author of A Theory of Justice, dies: He shaped the modern notion of social justice, balancing liberty with fairness, New York Times (free - registration req'd) and Washington Post, 26 Nov 2002; and John Rawls; and Robert Nozick, author of Anarchy, State and Utopia, The Economist, 5 Dec and 31 Jan 2002 Editorial: Afghanistan's progress -- There is a need to create a vir-tuous cycle of physical security and reconstruction, which together set the stage for economic revival, Washington Post, 24 Nov 2002 Argentina's hole gets deeper: Its econ min argued that no more money could be repaid to the Bank without an IMF agreement. In this game of chicken, will he win?, The Economist, 21 Nov 2002 Coffee/tea break: Columbia U spares little expense for star eco-nomics professor lured from Harvard, New York Times, 20 Nov 2002 (free - registration req'd) (Related link below: Oct 24th) War room: Bin Laden tape authentic, US intelligence officials say, Washington Post and New York Times (free - registration req'd), 19 Nov 2002 The Turks are at the gates of Brussels: Would it be 'the end' if Turkey joined the European Union?, The Economist, 14 Nov 2002 On economic freedom: Good news for Europe, and bad news for Latin America, by Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal, 12 Nov 2002 (includes a link to the full ranking) The 2003 Index of Economic Freedom, by Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal (includes links to an exec summary and the chapters of the study) Global Competitiveness Report 2002, WEForum, 12 Nov 2002 (includes links to exec summary & its two rankings: Growth index, by Peter Cornelius, & Microeconomic index, by Michael Porter) Horizons: Wrenching tribute to fallen buddies -- Pride, heartbreak fill the 20th anniversary of the Wall, Washington Post, 12 Nov 2002; and The reluctant memorialist: Lin's acclaimed memorial doesn't say death is noble. It doesn't say death is absurd. It only says that death is real, by Louis Menand, New Yorker, 8 Jul 2002 (Related link below: Sep 11th) Horizons: Who really speaks for Europe? -- As the EU grows, will market forces or socialization rule the day?, BusinessWeek, 12-18 Nov 2002 (includes a link to special report on Europe's future);and The new EU entrants: From Cyprus to Slovenia, a rundown of the 10 countries that will soon be joining, BusinessWeek, 12-18 Nov 2002 (follow these links to graphics on: The new shape of Europe and The upside and downside of EU expansion) Editorial: Credit for the world's poorest, New York Times, 12 Nov 2002 (free - registration req'd) Q&A: Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan--A devout Muslim, a sec-ular state: He will seek changes in the social aspect of IMF agree-ment, esp in agric sector, Newsweek-Washington Post, 10 Nov 2002 New book points to importance of independent media in improving governance, World Bank Institute, 7 Nov 2002 (includes links to: the book's release, transcript of book launch by Stiglitz & Islam, full text of chapter 1, table of contents & list of chap contributors) Newsroom: Banned in Britain -- A current-affairs show seen in parts of Third World but not in UK?, Wall Street Journal, 8 Nov 2002; Editorial: Britain's censors -- What do CNBC/WSJ and CNN/ Time have in common?, Wall Street Journal Europe with Yahoo! Finance, 6 Nov 2002; and More BBC -- Quantity and quality: One BBC channel produces just what a public service broadcaster should, The Economist, 19 Sep 2002 (includes a link to a briefing on the BBC) Horizons: Monetary policy -- Alan cuts, Wim refuses to follow: Why did Europe ignore the Fed's cut?, The Economist, 7 Nov 2002 Horizons: The risk of deflation -- Can lower interest rates prevent the spread of debt-deflation from Japan to America and Europe?, The Economist, 7 Nov 2002 Mouse & wo/man: Today's tech mantra -- Reduce, reuse, recycle: Once-burned, twice-shy managers turn to consultants who can wring more out of old IT systems, Business Week, 5-11 Nov 2002 << Previous Next >> Copyright 2001-2003 Leonardo L. Sta.Romana All rights reserved. |