Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 5 ('05) | Previous | Next Jagdish Bhagwati: A new vocabulary for trade -- The notion of a flat world is as wrong metaphorically now as it was when Copernicus showed it to be literally wrong, Wall Street Journal (via CFR site), 4 Aug 05 Is there any point to the WTO?: Does the World Trade Organization promote trade?, The Economist, 4 Aug 05 Robert Frank: There's a hidden price for being a cheat--W/ steroid violations & accounting chicanery so much in news, one begins to wonder how honest individuals still manage to survive, NYTimes via McGraw-Hill site, 4 Aug 05 Where the Gulf states oil bonanza is going: A multi-billion-dollar windfall is being spent with varying degrees of wisdom, The Economist, 4 Aug 05 Wim Duisenberg: Europe, an engine of peace--Europe's integration of Muslim Turkey is the same sort of question that Schumann and Monnet successfully confronted, Project Syndicate via Daily Times (Pakistan), 4 Aug 05 In final article late ECB president Duisenberg pleads for Turkey's EU entry, Agence France Presse via EUbusiness, 3 Aug 05 National oil firms take bigger role: Governments hold most of world's reserves, by J Blum, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 3 Aug 05 Horizons: Hans-Werner Sinn--Germany's five shocks: Over the past 15 years there have been various external challenges that have hit nation simultaneously, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 2 Aug 05 (in this bilingual site,a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") Jeffrey Sachs: The US should make politics, not war, in Iraq -- America is once again learning the limits of military power. Its mere presence incites violence, Project Syndicate via Daily Star (Lebanon), 2 Aug 05 Boardroom: The Indians are coming -- How management thinkers from India are changing the face of American business, by S Crainer & assoc, Across the Board, Jul/Aug '05 [pdf] N Birdsall, D Rodrik & A Subramanian: How to help poor countries -- It is time to direct attention of rich nations to other ways of helping poorest - ways that have been for too long neglected, Foreign Affairs via NYT (free registr. req'd), Jul/Aug '05 State room: 60 years since Hiroshima (Aug 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9), National Geographic and Time, Jul/Aug '05 A new face of hunger, without the old excuses -- Ordeal in Niger: A new African food crisis raises question of why, by L Polgreen, New York Times via Intl Herald Tribune, 31 Jul 05 Daniel Yergin: It's not the end of the Oil Age--Technology and higher prices drive a supply buildup, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 31 Jul 05 Editorial: Trading places -- Cafta represents a new trade low for US House Democrats, Wall Street Journal, 31 Jul 05 Editorial: Applauding the Cafta 15--Anyone who believes that benefits of free trade outweigh those of protectionism should cheer Democrats who voted for Central Amer. free trade pact, New York Times via IHTribune, 29 Jul 05 The 100 most powerful women -- A special report: Incl leaders of a number of developing nations (sorted by country) | The top 10, by E MacDonald & C Schoenberger, Forbes, 28 Jul 05 Mouse & wo/man: Hal Varian -- Reading bet. the lines of used book sales: The Internet has allowed used bookstores to become more efficient, which has upset some publishers/authors. Should they be?, NYT (via UC Berkeley site), 28 Jul 05 Robert Shiller: The culture of entrepreneurship--Experimentation is necessary to produce occasional firm that can transform an economy, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 28 Jul 05(in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") WTO chief warns trading nations to bridge differences by Oct: 148 govts are meeting this wk to take stock of efforts to reach pact at Dec HK summit, & then go into summer recess until Sep, Agence France Presse via Bahrain Trib, 28 Jul 05 Central American free trade agreement approved by US House: The vote, 217-215, effectively completes what was more than a yearlong process for US ratification of CAFTA, by M Drajem, Bloomberg News, 28 Jul 05 IMF chief draws fire over style as leader: Critics accuse him of spending too much time abroad, while others say he spent first year doing a lot of traveling, getting to know his membership, by D Altman, Intl Herald Tribune, 27 Jul 05 Glenn Hubbard: Market comrades -- China's currency shift is the modest ceremonial gift that may make more possible a comprehensive econ. dialogue with the US, Wall Street Journal (via AEI site), 26 Jul 05 Editorial: The stakes in Central American free trade agreement -- With the House getting ready to vote on CAFTA, the political argument for it is at least as compelling as the commercial one, Wash.Post (free registr reqd), 26 Jul 05 A Bhide & E Phelps: Classical theory vs. the real world -- Econ theories overlook 2 reasons w/c can lead to trade imbalance bet. techno. advanced nation (US) & backward one (China), Wall St J (via Columbia site), 25 Jul 05 [pdf] Joseph Nye: Europe's next steps -- Power in world today is distributed like a three-dimensional chess game, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 25 Jul 05 (in this bilingual site,a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls select "cancel") Boardroom: Graphic -- Toolbox for the creative corporation: Pt. of The creative corporation--How to build innovative cos., by B Nussbaum & assoc, Business Week, 25 Jul-1 Aug 05 Stephen Roach: Give China credit -- Beijing's shift in currency policy is great news for the global economy, Time, 25 Jul 05 Boardroom: Like the iconic carmaker, the Korean electronics giant is out to build a brand that people know instantly and desire, says its chief marketer, by R Berner, Business Week, 25 Jul-1 Aug 05 M Goldstein and N Lardy: China's revaluation shows size really matters -- While the move to basket peg should be applauded, incremental reform is the wrong strategy in currency domain, FT (via Inst Intl Econ site), 22 Jul 05 Paul Krugman: China unpegs itself -- The policy shift on the yuan could be start of a process that will turn the world economy upside down - or, more accurately, right side up, New York Times via Intl Herald Trib, 22 Jul 05 The rational response to terrorism: How people respond to terrorist attacks, The Economist, 21 Jul 05 Alan Krueger: Adding up the Oil-for-Food payoffs--A new study shows how economics can be used to gauge the extent of corruption, New York Times (via Princeton site), 21 Jul 05 (Link to: UC Berkeley--Underpricing, bribes & UN program [pdf, 40pp]) Nariman Behravesh: Global and regional risks in the near term -- The biggest risks to world growth in near term are oil prices, housing bubbles and ever-growing global imbalances, Global Insight (formerly DRI-WEFA), 21 Jul 05 Rwandan finance minister elected head of African Devel. Bank: He was elected by 55 of 77 member states to replace outgoing pres. from Morocco, Agence France Presse via Yahoo! Finance, 21 Jul 05 China lets the yuan rise: It has revalued its currency & linked it to a basket of currencies. This may ease trade tension w/ US, though China's slowing econ., w/c is boosting its trade surplus, may reignite the spat, Economist, 21 Jul 05 Editorial: Niger's quiet tragedy -- Drought threatens millions but the world yawns, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21 Jul 05 (Link to: Reuters -- Niger intro) China's censored online market booms as India's lags: China has paved the way for Internet growth by investing in telecommunications networks in the past 5 years, by M Miller, Bloomberg News, 20 Jul 05 Editorial: From coups to corruption -- Most political systems feature factions that are held together by money. Where there's no ideological glue, financial glue does all the work, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 19 Jul 05 Bradford DeLong: Inviting the avoidable -- Intl policy coordination requires a leader, a first mover. The US, as the world's largest economy, is best suited for this role, Project Syndicate via The Edge (Malaysia), 19 Jul 05 The new deal makers: Deals by new investment banking stars, born in China & educated in US, transform China's economy, by D Barbosa, New York Times via IHTribune, 19 Jul 05 Jeffrey Garten: A new threat to America Inc--Corporate giants from emerging markets are challenging the West, Business Week, 18-25 Jul 05 Ken Livingstone: Our strength is our diversity -- London's mayor says that among those killed or missing were Poles, Turks, Americans, French, Italians, Iranians, Sri Lankans & British of many ethnic origins, Newsweek, 18 Jul-1 Aug 05 Iraq donor conference kicks off: A donors' conference of some 60 countries & intl organizations has opened on Dead Sea coast in Jordan, by D Gavlak, BBC News, 18 Jul 05 Detroit East: Thanks to lower labor costs, Eastern Europe is becoming the world's newest car capital, by G Edmondson & assoc, Business Week, 18-25 Jul 05 Innovation gives Finland a firm grasp on its future: Economy offers a new model for Old Europe, by R Kaiser, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 14 Jul 05 (Link to: World competitivenesss yearbk-posted by IMD May '05) William Pesek: Meet the man with the toughest job in Asia -- The new Philippines' fin. min. is stepping into minefields the likes of which most policy makers would just as soon avoid, Bloomberg, 13 Jul 05 (Link to: BBC News--Phil. credit woes escalate) Joseph Stiglitz: Beginning of end of poverty -- Perhaps not surprisingly, IMF warns new studies suggest that aid does not in general lead to faster growth, Project Syndicate via Business Day (South Africa), 13 Jul 05 Poor nations propose farm-aid compromise: US & EU officials praised a proposal by poor nations that would lend momentum to a stalled round of trade negotiations, by P Goodman, Wash.Post (free registr. req'd), 13 Jul 05 (Related link: Report on OECD countries' farm support-Jun '05) Is America the world's 97-lb weakling?: In the relentless, global, tech-driven, cost-cutting struggle for business, America isn't ready. Here's what to do about it, by G Colvin, Fortune (via McKinsey site), 11-25 Jul 05 [pdf] Newsroom: Putting the wheels back on -- Reuters responds (letter to the editor), by S Walker, Forbes, 11-25 Jul 05 (Related link below: Jun 6th) Ernesto Zedillo: China -- Wrong whipping boy: There are some important issues that it should be taken to task for, but they are not the two for which it has recently felt the most heat, Forbes, 11-25 Jul 05 A 'tropical' way to fly: How unsung Gol of Brazil became a discount leader, more profitable than giants like Southwest or Ryanair, by M Margolis, Newsweek, 11-18 Jul 05 Jeffrey Garten: Rethinking our view of China -- Opinion in the big industrial nations is divided into two camps, both representing outdated extremes, Newsweek, 11-18 Jul 05 Robert Barro: Quit bullying China -- If the US would stop its hectoring, China would probably revalue, Business Week, 11-18 Jul 05 Q&A with James Wolfensohn -- An envoy, not a 'prophet': Now acting as envoy to Mideast for 'quartet' (US, UN, Russia & EU), he secured pledges of up to $3B in aid for Palestinians, by K Peraino, Newsweek, 11-18 Jul 05 Portfolio: 2ndQ results--US funds: The market's up. Why do we feel blue?: The 2nd qtr proved to be, well, a conundrum for investors, by P Lim, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 10 Jul 05 Editorial: Now G8 leaders must follow up their words--The terrorist atrocities foreshortened discussions, but they may also have helped jolt leaders into concessions, Financial Times via NYT (free registr reqd), 9 July 05[GMT/ UTC] Kenneth Rogoff: New age of anxiety dawns -- Is a pathology of fear holding down long-term interest rates, thereby covering up a host of simmering problems?, Project Syndicate via Australian Financial Review, 9 Jul 05 India ranked No.1 for retailers looking to expand overseas - report: India trumps China & Russia as most attractive market, CNN Money, 8 Jul 05 (Link to: AT Kearney--Emerging market priorities for global retailers) Subdued mood at G8 summit as deals poised on Africa, climate: G8 leaders were meeting w/ leaders of African nations to frame a deal for devel. aid, Ag. France Presse via TurkishPress (US), 8 Jul 05 (Link to: G8 at Gleneagles) When the shock begins to fade: If history is any guide, market slump inspired by terror attacks may actually be overture to subsequent surge, by S Stovall, Standard & Poor's via Bus.Week, 8 Jul 05 (Link to: Outlook for key sectors after 7/7) The corporate savings glut: Companies, not emerging economies, are leading the global shift to thrift, The Economist, 7 Jul 05 Editorial: London under attack -- After the joy of winning the Olympics, evil came swiftly, The Economist, 7 Jul 05 (Link to: Rush-hour attack) Newsroom: Reporter jailed after refusing to name source -- Q&A: What happened?, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 7 Jul 05 (Link to: A case most clearly defined by its shadows; & NYT--Response fr. journalists is not unanimous) Africa tackles graft, with billions in aid in play: Increasingly, donors have watched their aid vanish into a sinkhole of fraud & waste, by S LaFraniere, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 6 Jul 05 Graphic: Jeffrey Sachs -- A checklist for development economics: This is for making a differential diagnosis for the developing world's economies in need, The Globalist, 6 Jul 05 Jeffrey Sachs: Development economics as clinical economics--The challenge of making policy recommendations for an economy, esp a poor & unstable one, shares many of challenges of clinical medicine, The Globalist, 5 Jul 05 Raghuram Rajan: A comment on 'Aid will not lift growth in Africa, IMF warns' (letter to the editor), Financial Times (via IMF site), 5 Jul 05 Robert Shiller: Managing risk to save the poor--A tool for managing farmers' risks, crop insurance responds directly to crop failure. Yet it reduces their incentives to ensure crop's success, Proj Synd via The Edge(Malay.), 5 Jul 05 Stars of Asia -- Leaders at the forefront of change: The list reflects growing importance of China & India - and the spread of Asia's vibrant culture around the globe, Business Week, 4-11 Jul 05 M Goedhart & P Haden: Emerging markets risky? Think again -- This perception leads intl cos. to reject good opportunities in emerging mkts & to underestimate existing biz, McKinsey Quart. via Bangkok Post, 10 May 05 Nook & cranny: A new high flyer -- Most of the world's airlines are cash squeezed, but one in Dubai is rolling in it, by S Donnelly, Time, 21 Mar 05 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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