Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 10 ('05) | Previous | Next Editorial: Thousands died in Africa yesterday -- When a once-in-a-century natural disaster swept away over 100,000 lives, developed world opened its hearts & its checkbooks, New York Times (via UN site), 27 Feb 05 Bush's economist reflects on man, job: Mankiw pulled no punches, and took some heat, by R Gavin, Boston Globe, 26 Feb 05 (Link to: Mankiw's resignation letter [via his site, pdf]) Foreign investment's flip side: US trade deficit swells along w/ consumption, debt, by P Blustein, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 25 Feb 05 Plans to revamp Gaza's economy: For Israel's pullout from Gaza to be successful, both sides need to work to make the strip's economy flourish afterwards, The Economist, 24 Feb 05 [Correction] Partha Dasgupta: Wealth can take different forms -- How is a generation to judge whether it is leaving behind at least as large a productive base as it inherited?, Project Syndicate via Bangkok Post, 24 Feb 05 Processing time for foreign visas improves: GAO study finds improvement in visa processing time for foreign science students, by D Hanson, Chem. & Engineer. News, 24 Feb 05 (Link to: Summary--Govt. Account. Ofc report) Argentina's debt restructuring -- Screeching to the precipice: It appears to have persuaded most of its bondholders to accept a deeply discounted offer, The Economist, 24 Feb 05 (Link to: WB Argentina intro) Editorial: Warning from the markets--When a seemingly innocuous remark from S Korea's central bank makes the dollar tank, all is not well with US's position in world economy, NYTimes(free registr req'd) | IHTrib, 24 Feb 05 South Korea's central bank says it has no plan to sell dollars: The bank, holder of world's 4th-largest foreign currency reserves, sought to allay concern it is diversifying away fr. dollar, by S Han, Bloomberg, 23 Feb 05 Kofi Annan: Our mission remains vital -- The UN needs to be reformed, but it still performs a crucial function, Wall Street Journal, 22 Feb 05 Afghan living standards among the lowest, UN finds: The first-ever Afghan Human Development Report is the first comprehensive look at its state of develop. in 30 yrs, by C Gall, NYT (free registr req'd) | IHTrib, 22 Feb 05 Q&A with Peru's Economy and Finance Minister Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski: During his cabinet stints Peru has outperformed nearly every other Latin American economy, by J Contreras, Newsweek, 21-28 Feb 05 Gary Becker: A political case for Social Security reform -- Individual accounts would protect retirees from govt interference, Wall Street Journal, 21 Feb 05 World economy--The outlook for oil: Global crude oil prices have remained high in '05, reflecting stronger-than-expected demand and OPEC production cuts, Economist Intelligence Unit, 21 Feb 05 Asia's tigers hang tough: Pressure from China is forcing SE Asian factories to shape up, by A Shameen & assoc, Business Week, 21-28 Feb 05 Kenneth Rogoff: The myths of the cheap yuan -- Even a doubling of the yuan's value is not going to begin to eliminate China's cost advantages, Newsweek, 21-28 Feb 05 Moises Naim: Tunnel vision on corruption -- It has too easily become the universal diagnosis for a nation's ills, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 20 Feb 05 Fmr US pres begin Sri Lanka tsunami visit: Bill Clinton & George HW Bush began 3rd-leg of 4-nation tour of tsunami-hit region, Agence France Presse via Yahoo!, 20 Feb 05 (Link to: Fmr US pres witness devastation in Aceh) Bush economic report pushes free trade: In its annual report to Congress, admin devoted entire chapter to extolling benefits of free trade & seeking to answer critics, Associated Press via Forbes, 18 Feb 05 (Link to: Economic Report of the Pres., 335pp) 2 big appetites take seats at the oil table: India joins China in a worldwide rush for oil and gas, by K Bradsher, New York Times (free registr. req'd) | IHTribune, 18 Feb 05 Boardroom: School for scandal -- Is the MBA responsible for moral turpitude at the top?, The Economist, 17 Feb 05 (incl link to: Are business schools bad for business?) Pensions in poor countries -- Second thoughts on the third age: The World Bank reconsiders its pension strategy, The Economist, 17 Feb 05 Go slow on borrowing, Greenspan cautions: Bush may agree to raise Social Security tax ceiling, by N Henderson & assoc, Washington Post (free registr req'd), 17 Feb 05 Mouse & wo/man: Laurels for giving the Internet its language -- Assn for Comput. Machin. plans to announce Cerf & Kahn will receive '04 Turing Award for creating Internet's underpinnings, by K Hafner, NYT(free registr reqd) | IHTrib, 16 Feb 05 Happy yet?: Q&A with Richard Layard -- Money can't buy happiness: That's not a message you'd expect from an economist, by M McMillen, Washington Post (free registr req'd), 15 Feb 05; and Nook & cranny: Richard Layard -- The secrets of happiness: Individuals want more income. Yet, as society has got richer, people have not become happier, New Statesman (via his site), 3 Mar 03 [pdf] Demise of Beirut ex-PM leaves economic uncertainty: Analysts who credit Hariri w/ stabilizing Lebanese pound, once in free fall, now fear pressure on currency will build, Reuters, 15 Feb 05 (Link to: Intro--Lebanon: Reuters | World Bank; and Syria: Reuters | WB) Rice sends team to assess Iraq transition: The team was assigned to take a 'fresh look' at Iraqi governance, economic development and reconstruction, by R Wright & assoc, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 15 Feb 05 The new orthodoxy: Eastern Europeans put their faith in the flat tax, by William Underhill, Newsweek, 14-21 Feb 05 Michael Mandel: The budget's misguided parsimony--Let me tell you about the most important economic statistic you've never heard of - something called MFP, Business Week, 14 Feb 05 Laura Tyson: How Europe is revving its engine -- A tough new economic agenda is aimed at boosting productivity, Business Week, 14-21 Feb 05 Inside the Hermit Kingdom -- Going into business: N Korea can't feed its citizens, but cautious econ. reforms have led to a growth of enterprise. Can the regime keep a lid on the changes?, by D MacIntyre, Time, 14 Feb 05 (Link to: N Korea intro Reuters | WB) State Dept relaxes visa rules for some scientists & students: It has extended the time many of them can remain before renewing security clearances, by K Lee, New York Times (free registr. req'd) | IHTribune, 14 Feb 05 Richard Freeman: Who will win the prize? -- The world's best-performing economies change because each decade's problems are different, Newsweek, 14-21 Feb 05 Editorial: The Mideast lull -- A golden chance: Don't let security cares choke off the fine start Abbas has made, Business Week, 14-21 Feb 05 Horizons: No rest yet for the Fed--Economists expect key rate to hit 3.75% before a break in campaign of increases, by T Annett, Wall Street Journal, 11 Feb 05 (incl link to: Monthly econ. forecasting survey of 56 economists) Joseph Stiglitz: Privatization makes old age less safe--With many countries pondering whether to adopt variants of the Bush plan, the question requires careful analysis, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 11 Feb 05 Editorial: Oil for food facts -- The interim Volcker report is no whitewash, Wall Street Journal, 10 Feb 05 White House to seek $950 million for tsunami aid: The new supplemental budget request would put US at the top of the list of donors to the disaster, by G Kessler, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 10 Feb 05 Hal Varian: Two issues face Social Security, and applying one answer to both is risky -- Balancing the Social Security budget and introducing private accounts are two distinct issues, NYTimes (via his site), 9 Feb 05 Debt-rating firms resist prospect of more supervision, by A Klein, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 9 Feb 05 (Link to: Senate panel to begin hearing on bond raters [w/ link to Shaping the wealth of nations]) Boardroom: Robert Shiller -- How Wall Street learns to look the other way: The view of the world promulgated in modern business education sets the stage for unethical conduct, NYTimes (free registr req'd) | IHTrib, 8 Feb 05 Iran's economy--A future less bright: Its conservative parliament has slowed moves toward reform, which could prove costly when oil prices fall, by R Ernsberger & assoc, Newsweek, 7-14 Feb 05 (Link to: Iran intro Reuters | WB) Glenn Hubbard: Social Security--Pick the best part of every plan: One idea- A guaranteed minimum benefit for low-income seniors, Business Week, 7-14 Feb 05 Asian dollar pegs: If Beijing revalues..., by B Bremner & assoc; and Is the ringgit better off on its own?, by A Shameen, Business Week, 7-14 Feb 05; and Hong Kong peg a separate issue from yuan link, by Y Kuramitsu, Bloomberg via Intl. Herald Tribune, 19 Jan 05 Time's Board of Economists at Davos: Growing, growing ...gone?--China's under control, Europe's finally reforming, and the global economic outlook is rosy, right? Not quite, by P Gumble, 6 Feb 05 G7 agrees to ease debt burden of the poor: The 7 richest nations agreed for first time to pursue a 100 pct write-off in $70 bln debt owed by the poorest nations, by A Cowell, NYTimes (free registr. req'd) | IHTrib, 6 Feb 05 Emerging powers push for place at G7 high table: Finance min from India, Brazil & South Africa attended a meeting w/ G7 in an acknowledgement of shift in world economy, Reuters via Boston.com, 5 Feb 05 (Link to: IMF G7 intro) Nook & cranny: Investing for retirement -- Two views: Stocks too risky for the long run?--A debate, Financial Advisor Magazine, 30 Apr 04 ; Jeremy Siegel: It's still stocks for the long run, CNNMoney, 30 Nov 04; and Zvi Bodie: Sleep soundly without stocks, Business Week, 28 Jul 03 (Related archive link: Dec 16th) Jeffrey Sachs: A little aid goes a long way -- The world should focus its aid effort on poor nations that are relatively well governed, Proj Syndicate via Taipei Times, 4 Feb 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up--pls. select "cancel") Conflicts cited in Iraq oil program: UN report says chief undermined sanctions, by C Lynch, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 4 Feb 05 (incl link to: Independ. Inquiry Cmte site and its interim report, 246pp) After the tsunami -- The rebuilding starts: Assistance has been generous, but it is not always being well spent, The Economist, 3 Feb 05 Alan Krueger: UN aims to cut poverty in half as experts wonder how to measure it--Measuring poverty is difficult for a particular country, let alone the world, New York Times (free registr. req'd) | via his site, 3 Feb 05 All eyes on special guest China at G7 meeting: The invitation to its meetings in London reflects desire to hear how Beijing plans to solve some nagging doubts about its economy, Times of London, 3 Feb 05 Report OKs 19 emerging markets for US giant pension fund: Argentina, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey are eligible to join the fund's closely watched list for investment this year, The Nation (Bangkok), 3 Feb 05 Robert Shiller: The next bubble (or bust) -- A changing level of public confidence is the ultimate driver behind much of the variation in individual and national incomes, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 Richard Cooper: Carry on spending! -- The problem is not that the US is spending too much, but that the rest of the world is spending too little, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 Robert Gates: Land of the freeze--America will hurt itself unless it resumes its warm welcome to foreign students and scholars, The Economist - The World in 2005, Jan '05 (Related archive link: Dec 21st) Kenneth Rogoff: A prescription for Marxism -- The next great battle between socialism and capitalism will be waged over human health and life expectancy, Foreign Policy (via his site), Jan/Feb '05 Import workers or export jobs? -- The travelling bra salesman's lesson: The first prize winner of the essay competition run by Shell and The Economist, The World in 2005, Jan '05 [pdf format] Rashid Khalidi: The lessons of history-Foreign intervention has undermined democracy in Mideast for more than a century. But Arab countries are far from devoid of a democratic tradition, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 Celso Amorim: Brazil redraws the trade map--The new negotiating patterns in World Trade Org. are important not just for pursuit of fairer farm trade, but as a model for fairer intl governance, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 There is no trade king: Pascal Lamy on why he wants to run the 'medieval' World Trade Org., by Karen Miller, Newsweek, 31 Jan-7 Feb 05 Anwar Ibrahim: The quest for social justice -- True social justice is still a long way off for much of Asia. It is time for leaders to wake up to the demands of their people, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 Coffee/tea break: Caffeine--Slurped in black coffee or sipped in green tea, it is the world's most popular psychoactive drug, by T R Reid, National Geographic, Jan '05 (excerpts only, w/ multimedia links) Roberto Lavagna: New rules for debt work-outs--The intl financial system needs new concepts & instruments to deal with recurring sovereign debt crises, like the one Argentina has suffered, Global Agenda (Davos), Jan '05 Sebastian Mallaby: Marketing Darfur--Can a professor's struggle lessen the death toll?, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 31 Jan 05 Taking the pulse of technology at Davos: Dreams grow for high tech in Third World, by J Markoff, NYT (free registr reqd) | IHTrib, 31 Jan 05 Robert Shiller: Can we insure against tsunamis? -- None of the hardest hit nations had developed an early warning system. They can't all be bunglers, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 29 Jan 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up--pls. select "cancel") Editorial: America's promises -- For the third straight year, Pres. Bush has committed a lot less than he promised to poor countries, New York Times (free registr. reqd) | Intl.HTribune, 28 Jan 05 Interviews with Robert Shiller: Booms and bubbles--Nobody knows when a bubble will end, by K Miller (Newsweek) and A Feldman (CNN Money), 27 & 25 Jan 05 (w/ excerpts of bk's new ed. in latter) (Link to: Princeton U Press--Irrational Exuberance) Andy Mukherjee: Will yuan be made flexible first?--Convertibility is neither a prerequisite for flexibility, nor a solution to China's overheating challenge, Bloomberg News, 27 Jan 05 (Link to: Prasad & assoc -- Putting the cart before the horse? [posted by IMF Jan 25th]) Davos's best, worst, and surprising: Blair, Chirac & Gere, by B Nussbaum, Business Week, 27 Jan 05 (incl link to: A vote on global concerns) (Link to: World Economic Forum | Session summaries) China passes US in trade with Japan: 2004 figures show Asian giant's muscle, by P Blustein, Washington Post (free registr. reqd), 27 Jan 05 Jeffrey Garten: The high-tech threat from China -- America Inc. is rushing Beijing ahead by sharing R&D treasures, Business Week, 24-31 Jan 05 The next big killer: Avian flu could kill tens of millions around the globe. Are we prepared?, by R Langreth & assoc, Forbes, 24 Jan-7 Feb 05 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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