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Herald Trib, 24 Nov 04 (Link to: Defense Science Bd--Strategic Communic. rep., 111pp w/ exec sum) Editorial: Time to tango -- Argentina is in serious danger of overplaying its hand over proposals to restructure its more than $100bn defaulted sovereign debt, Financial Times via Telam (Argentina), 24 Nov 04 Vaclav Havel: What Communism still teaches us -- The 15th anniv. of Velvet Revolution is opportunity to ponder meaning of alternative centers of thought & civic action, Proj Synd via The Edge (Malaysia), 23 Nov 04 Gatekeepers -- Shaping nations' wealth: Credit raters exert international influence--Changes in global economy have increased credit-rating firms' clout, by A Klein, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 23 Nov 04 Three UN hostages freed unharmed in Afghanistan: Its interior minister denied any deal had been done to free them, Reuters via New York Times (free registr. req'd), 23 Nov 04 World Bank cautions Israel: Despite a slowdown in fighting, Palestine's economy remains crippled by 4 years of violence w/ Israel, Agence France Press via News24, 22 Nov 04 (Link to: WB statement, w/ links to 2 new reports) Currency conundrums: Finance ministers & central bankers from the G20 met on Friday, against the backdrop of a weakening dollar and a move into Asian currencies, The Economist, 22 Nov 04 Jeffrey Garten: The dollar deluge--The Bush team signals that its 'strong dollar' policy will be a reflection of its military policy: ideological and unilateral, Newsweek, 22-29 Nov 04 Boardroom: A Korean model for China -- This company shed its hierarchical culture for more democracy, BusinessWeek, 22-29 Nov 04 (Link to: Graphic--How a Korean co. redesigned itself) Newsroom: Is there a market for nonpartisan news? -- Such coverage is vital, but it's under economic and political assault, by M France & assoc, BusinessWeek, 22-29 Nov 04 Editorial: Descent of Ivory Coast -- The world needs to look at why this nation is tearing itself apart and take urgent steps to contain this tragedy, New York Times (free registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Trib, 21 Nov 04 APEC leaders want to revive world trade talks, Reuters via New York Times (free registr. req'd), 21 Nov 04 (Link to: APEC Chile) US, Europe play blame game over dollar: The G20 communique made no explicit reference to currency swings, reflecting a lack of agreement on who is responsible for dollar weakness, Reuters via Yahoo! News, 21 Nov 04 (Link to: G20 Berlin) Asia-Pacific axis yanked into 'war on terror': APEC wrapped up an annual summit dominated by Pres. Bush's core security agenda, Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News, 21 Nov 04 A bit of Wall St. on the Tigris: The 150 brokers & traders on Iraq Stock Exchange are not waiting for the war to end, by D Kirk, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 19 Nov 04 Latin America and the United States--Picking up the pieces: What can the region expect of a re-elected George Bush?, The Economist, 18 Nov 04 Ralf Dahrendorf: Gunboat democracy -- WMD were not sole motive for war. But mixed motives are not necessarily bad. In fact, most human motives are mixed, Proj Syndicate via Financial Express (India), 18 Nov 04 The United Nations fights for survival -- A special report: A preview of a report that may help to rescue the rule of law, The Economist, 18 Nov 04 F Abernathy & D Weil: Apparel apocalypse? -- The Americas' textile industries won't die when quotas do, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 18 Nov 04 US sees growing importance of G20; wants to avoid dollar spat: The G20, w/c includes G7 rich nations & large emerging markets, opens a meeting in Berlin of fin. min. & cenbank gov., Agence France Presse via Y! News, 17 Nov 04 (Link to: IMF G20 intro) APEC ministers urge new effort on trade talks: Ministers from 21-member group meeting in Chilean capital will pool their influence to breathe new life into talks to free up world trade, Reuters via Y! News, 17 Nov 04 (Link to: APEC site, w/ link to Chile summit) The dollar is down, but should anyone care?: Most agree its post-election decline will continue, w/ at least 3 schools of thought on US's huge foreign indebtedness, by E Andrews, NYT (free registr req'd) | IHTrib, 16 Nov 04 World Bank predicts growth for developing countries: WB predicts these will enjoy strongest growth in 3 decades, by M Crutsinger, Associated Press via Y! Finance, 16 Nov 04 (Link to: WB--Global Econ. Prospects) Coffee/tea break: Best of Asia --The insider's guide to the very finest the region has to offer, Time, 15-22 Nov 04 Riordan Roett: The Americas - Don't expect too much: The new administration isn't likely to pay any more attention to Latin America in its second term than it did in its first, Newsweek, 15-22 Nov 04 India -- Let the deals begin: As Bangalore's outsourcing industry surges, takeovers will be fast and furious, by M Kripalani & assoc, BusinessWeek, 15-22 Nov 04 The deficit and the dollar -- Checking the depth gauge: How low might the dollar sink?, The Economist, 13 Nov 04 Joseph Stiglitz: Getting past the American election -- Presidents do make a difference, but every president operates within constraints, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 13 Nov 04 Newsroom: Winners of 2004 Online Journalism Awards announced--BBC News.com, Ventura County Star take top honors, Online News Association, 13 Nov 04 Editorial: The President's Millennium Challenge--Now it's time for Bush to deliver on Millennium Challenge Account, w/c links US aid to a poor nation to its progress in key areas, NY Times (free registr. req'd), 11 Nov 04 Sink or Schwinn -- Sourcing from low-cost countries works only in open & flexible labor markets. Europe's are neither: Pt of a survey of outsourcing, by Ben Edwards, The Economist, 11 Nov 04 Bush sees 'opening' for Mideast peace in Arafat's death, by Glenn Kessler, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 11 Nov 04 Nobel notes: Nobel Peace Prize 1994 -- Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin: 'For their efforts to create peace in the Middle East' Charles Wolf: A tale of two economies--In China & US, there is a tension in short run bet. goals of raising GDP growth, creating additional jobs and increasing labor productivity, Wall St. Journal (via Rand site), 10 Nov 04 Transition economies show high growth figures, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says, EurActiv, 10 Nov 04 Sudan, rebels reach accord on Darfur: Government approves no-fly zone, access to aid, by E Wax, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 10 Nov 04 Bush adds countries eligible for US aid, Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News, 9 Nov 04 (Link to: State Dept Washfile; & Millennium Challenge Corp) Stephen Roach: The real debate can now begin -- With the election over, US will now have to face the reality of the most daunting economic agenda it has faced in a generation, The Edge Daily (Malaysia), 9 Nov 04 A time for realism and reaching out--Pt of special report on Bush's triumph: Bush & Co. have an opportunity to pause, take stock of mistakes, and adjust course, by S Crock & assoc, Business Week, 8-15 Nov 04 Kenneth Rogoff: The cost of living dangerously -- Can the global economy absorb the expenses of fighting terrorism?, Foreign Policy, Nov-Dec '04 Horizons: Laurence Kotlikoff -- How to fix taxes and Social Security: As a student of tax & SS systems, let me explain a 3-pt plan endorsed by more than 150 top acad. economists, WashPost (free registr. req'd), 7 Nov 04 Spend $150 billion per year to cure world poverty: So the economist Jeffrey Sachs is telling the developed world. But can money really change everything?, by D Eviatar, NYT Magazine (free registr. req'd), 7 Nov 04 Editorial: Darfur slides -- At dawn on Tues, shortly before Americans began voting, Sudanese police & soldiers arrived at a camp for displaced people in South Darfur, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 7 Nov 04 Andy Mukherjee: A new benchmark in the race bet. India & China -- A survey reports how media view competition bet. two future superpowers, Bloomberg News via Intl. Herald Trib, 5 Nov 04 (Link to: News--Survey) An Asian agenda for America: Bush will need to pay fresh attention to the region that is home to some of the US's most important allies - and a host of pressing crises, by M Forney & assoc, Time, 4 Nov 04 Election of Karzai is declared official: An intl panel announced that irregularities it found in Afghan vote would not change overall result, by C Gall, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 4 Nov 04 Middle East -- Devil they know: Leaders in most Mideast states will welcome Bush because of their preference for continuity over change. Main exceptions? Iran, Syria & Sudan, Econ. Intelligence Unit, 3 Nov 04 Kerry concedes defeat; Bush wins second term, by D Balz & M Allen, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 3 Nov 04 Textile quotas to end, punishing Carolina towns: But economists argue that ultimately, elimination of quotas will advance global growth, by E Becker, New York Times (free registr. req'd) | Intl. Herald Tribune, 2 Nov 04 Argentina's debt offer--Short haircuts all round: It has unveiled a new offer to creditors it stopped paying 3 years ago. Will this end largest sovereign default in history?, The Economist, 2 Nov 04 (Link to: Reuters--Factbox) Newsroom: Once-bitten networks vow not to make hasty calls--Memories of botched calls in 2000 pres. race put news networks under pressure to get it right, by J Rutenberg, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 2 Nov 04 Kenneth Rogoff: Time to think about the next debt crisis -- Although lightning may seldom strike twice in the same place, the same cannot be said for international debt crises, The Banker (via his site), 1 Nov 04 [pdf] M Obstfeld & K Rogoff: The US deficit problem is not only a domestic issue but a global concern -- Today this should be problem no.1 on pres.'s intl financial agenda, FT (via Rogoff's site), 1 Nov 04 [pdf] (Link to: Obstfeld/Rogoff--Unsustainable current acct position: summary and paper [pdf, 35pp]) Ernesto Zedillo: Resilience is not forever -- By any measure, the intl. economy since 2000 has exhibited unprecedented resistance to some ugly shocks, Forbes, 1-15 Nov 04 Q&A with Indonesia's new president: 'We need shock therapy'-- Running Indonesia is a tough job at best of times. But new pres. is taking over at a particularly difficult juncture, by S Elegant & assoc, Time, 1-8 Nov 04 Red chips rule: New York and London want their piece of Asia's biggest market, by W Underhill, Newsweek, 1-8 Nov 04 (Link to: BusinessWeek --New rules in China's IPO game) Robert Shiller: Are we running out of oil (again)? -- People still embrace 'running out of oil' stories even when short-run factors are to blame, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 1 Nov 04 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign will pop up--pls. select "cancel") A new Goliath in Big Steel: Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's deal creates a global powerhouse - and may give buyers less clout on price, by A Aston & assoc, BusinessWeek, 1-8 Nov 04 Editorial: The Bush record -- How much leadership do the voters want?, Wall Street Journal, 1 Nov 04 Jeffrey Sachs: Ending world hunger--Africans are affected by malnutrition mainly because the Green Revolution bypassed that continent, Poder Magazine (Miami) (via his site), Oct '04 [pdf] Taliban faction threatens to kill 3 UN workers: Group provides proof it holds captives, by K Richburg, Washington Post (free registr req'd), 31 Oct 04 Portfolio: 75th anniv. of the Great Crash on 'Black Tuesday', 29 Oct 1929 --A special report, by a Forbes team, 27 Oct 04 (Link to: Princeton UPress --Shiller's Irrational Exuberance; and Bernanke's Essays on Great Depression) How to save the world: The conventional wisdom is that corruption keeps poor countries poor. Jeffrey Sachs argues it is the other way round -- that 'good governance itself requires real resources', Economist, 28 Oct 04 Editorial: America's next president--It is far from an easy call, esp. against the backdrop of a turbulent, dangerous world. But, on balance, our instinct is towards change rather than continuity, The Economist, 28 Oct 04 Oil demands can be met, but at a high price, energy agency says: It stresses need for oil-producing nations & oil cos. to increase investments in finding & pumping oil, by J Mouawad, NYTimes (free registr req'd), 28 Oct 04 Korans, not Kalishnikovs at madrassas: Islamic schools aren't key terrorist breeding grounds, as was previously thought. Their students don't learn the skills jihadis need, by Stan Crock, BusinessWeek, 27 Oct 04 Stephen Roach: Asia forming its own agenda -- Most of funding of West's excess spending is provided by Asia. Yet there are signs this symbiotic relationship could be changing, The Edge Daily (Malaysia), 26 Oct 04 Rodrigo de Rato: Building on the global recovery -- The world is a study in contrasts nowadays. What do these mean for the future?, Project Syndicate via The Edge Daily (Malaysia), 26 Oct 04 Bush, barely: One week before election, the race for the presidency is on a knife's edge. Voter turnout will decide this election. Whoever does the better job of getting their supporters to the polls will win, EIU, 26 Oct 04 Michael Boskin: Economic illiteracy on the campaign trail -- As an economist, why I am for Bush-Cheney, Stanford (his Web site), 25 Oct 04 [pdf] Hanging by a thread: Textile factories throughout Asia face extinction as a long-standing global trade pact is set to expire, by A Adiga, Time, 25 Oct 04 Editorial: The bursting of the Bush bubble--There are those, esp in Europe who would like to turn back the clock to before 9/11. Bush recognized the world had changed. But he has taken US in wrong direction, FT, 25 Oct 04 (Link to: AFP via Y!--FT backs Kerry) Karzai is clear winner, Afghan vote results show: Although these are still preliminary results, his closest rival has conceded defeat, by K Richburg, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 25 Oct 04 Laura D'Andrea Tyson: How Bush widened the wealth gap--Not since the '20s has income inequality been this great, Business Week, 25 Oct-1Nov 04 Editorial: Kerry for president -- We supported the Iraq war. On balance, though, we believe Kerry, w/ his promise of resoluteness tempered by open -mindedness, has staked stronger claim on nation's trust to lead, Wash.Post (free registr req'd), 24 Oct 04 Edward Prescott: Are Europeans lazy? -- No, just overtaxed. And this insight doesn't just apply to Western industrialized economies, Wall Street Journal, 24 Oct 04 Bradford DeLong: Can high oil prices be good?--The logic of central banks leaning against the wind does not apply in oil price hike, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 23 Oct 04 Hal Varian: Patent protection gone awry -- Patents provide necessary incentives for innovation. But any system of intellectual property protection requires balance, NYT, 21 Oct 04 (Link to: Princeton UPress -- Innovation & Its Discontents) << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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