Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 2 ('05) | Previous | Next Amartya Sen: Resisting insecurity & unfreedom--To what extent is eradication of poverty dependent as much on promotion of basic human freedoms as on grass-roots economic growth?, Principal Voices (Time/Shell), 14 Nov 05 (Link to: Random Hse--Excerpt fr. his 'Development as Freedom'[1999]) Boardroom: Peter Drucker's monumental legacy--Long-lived & prolific to very end, guru is now gone, but his teachings about what really matters will continue to influence, by M Morrison, Business Week, 14 Nov 05 (incl link to: 'Great innovators'--Mr. Mgmt.; & selection fr. his WSJ articles) Jeffrey Garten: Battle of the Asian summits -- Asian states want to hedge vs protectionism in US & EU with stronger regional trade strategies, Newsweek, 14-21 Nov 05 A seat at the table: Economists quiz Bernanke on inflation target; growth forecasts are cut, by T Annett, Wall Street Journal, 11 Nov 05 (incl link to: Economic forecasting survey of 56 econ.) Robert Shiller: Who do you feel is richer, you or I?--The economist Hirschman once likened society w/ recognizably distinct groups to multilane highway where people are unable to change lanes, Proj Synd via Fin.Express(India), 10 Nov 05 Nook & cranny: Inside the banlieues -- Out of sight, out of mind: The poor are always with us, we just forget they are there ... or where they live in French cities, by B Crumley, Time, 14 Apr 02 Dark clouds over Doha -- A tough week for trade: Doha is in the dumps, but it's not yet dead, The Economist, 10 Nov 05 (incl link to: World Bank's new study on Agricultural Trade Reform) Bush asks business leaders to assess quake relief: One month after quake, he's sending to assess victims' needs a delegation of CEOs, incl those he named to lead private fundraising aid effort, Bloomberg News, 10 Nov 05[GMT/UTC] Editorial: Senate grills Big Oil, but answers lie elsewhere--There is no question that surging gas prices have inflicted pain, particularly on lower-income drivers, USA Today, 10 Nov 05[GMT/UTC] Editorial: The windfall profit tax--To be effective, a windfall tax should be part of a strategy to reduce oil dependence, which in turn would depend on reducing consumption, New York Times via IHTribune, 9 Nov 05 Kenneth Rogoff: Thank Bush for Bernanke -- The world may not know it, but we all dodged a bullet when Pres. nominated next Fed head, Proj Synd via Bus. Day (S Africa), 8 Nov 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") Mandelson resists pressure for further EU farm market access concessions in Doha trade talks, Finfacts (Ireland), 8 Nov 05 Asia's hot growth companies: Backed by a flood of capital, region's smartest startups are expanding their scope, by F Balfour & assoc, Business Week, 7-14 Nov 05 S Dubner & S Levitt: Why vote?--The odds that your vote will actually affect the outcome of a given election are very slim. Is voting then a waste of time?, New York Times Magazine (via Freakonomics site), 6 Nov 05 Editorial: Les mis�rables -- France's Muslim underclass goes to the barricades, Wall Street Journal, 6 Nov 05 Latin America softly rebuffs Bush--Americas Summit diary: Hugo Chavez was no victor, but the US didn't get its way, by M Cooper, Time, 6 Nov 05 Mouse & wo/man: Kofi Annan -- The UN isn't a threat to the Net: It doesn't want to take over, control or police Internet. But many believe US should share governance w/ intl. community, Washington Post (free registr reqd), 5 Nov 05; and Editorial: Whose Internet? -- There may be a multilateral solution down the road, but right now it is in everyone's best interest to keep control of Internet where it was founded, NYTimes via Intl. Herald Tribune, 1 Nov 05 The hidden wealth of the poor -- Intro to survey of microfinance: Financial services are at last spreading from rich to developing world - and even making money, by T Easton, The Economist, 3 Nov 05 World Bank, ADB see huge risks from bird flu: WB highlighted potentially huge human & econ costs from pandemic, while Asian Devel. Bank said such outbreak could push world econ into recession, Reuters, 3 Nov 05 (Link to: Statements of WB & ADB w/ links to reports) Editorial: Tired of globalization -- But trade liberalization and other forms of openness are needed more than ever, The Economist, 3 Nov 05 Horizons: Glenn Hubbard -- Triple jeopardy: The advisory panel's answers to tax code problem call to mind game show 'Jeopardy', inviting us to guess the questions. Here are 3 most important, Wall St Journal (via AEI site), 2 Nov 05 Bush outlines $7.1 billion in flu preparations, by D Brown, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 2 Nov 05 Ernesto Zedillo: Climate change--Prudence or venture?: The intl community must pursue anew a consensus on the real dimensions of the problem, Forbes, 31 Oct-14 Nov 05 Foreign investment in China: Tempting though it may be, there is little evidence to support 'blanket statements' of any sort - positive or negative - about China's economic impact, by M Davis, Natl Bureau of Econ Res Digest, Oct '05 The Tamiflu tug of war: As bird flu panic spreads, demand for flu medicine - & shares of its suppliers - is getting feverish, by N Schwartz, Fortune, 31 Oct-14 Nov 05 Jeffrey Garten: Plummet of the Americas -- These countries cannot compete in basic manufacturing w/ East Asia, or in high technology w/ US and Europe, Newsweek, 31 Oct-7 Nov 05 (Link to: Fourth Summit of the Americas in Argentina | Secretariat) Seven questions for Stephen Roach -- What awaits Bernanke: Compared to hurricanes & Mideast turmoil, economy may seem placid. But there are going to be very turbulent waters in '06, Foreign Policy, Oct '05 Auditor says violence, incompetence stymie rebuilding effort in Iraq, by Y Dreazen, Wall Street Journal, 31 Oct 05 Rev. Jesse Jackson: Appreciation -- Long before Internet, the mother of civil rights movement cast her global net from long walk to freedom of Nelson Mandela to temerity of Chinese students at Tiananmen Sq., Time, 30 Oct 05 Saving one life at a time -- Special report: We make a living by what we get, Churchill said, but we make a life by what we give, by N Gibbs, Time, 30 Oct 05 Peter Mandelson: Europe's final offer -- Its trade commissioner says EU has tabled new offer on agric. market access that goes much further than it has previously been willing to go, Intl. Herald Tribune, 30 Oct 05; and Rob Portman: America's proposal to kickstart the Doha trade talks -- US trade rep proposes two-stage reform - initially by making deep cuts & then over time eliminating all trade-distorting measures, Fin. Times (via USTR site), 10 Oct 05 Gregory Mankiw: Questions for Ben Bernanke -- As confirmation hearings for new Fed chairman approach, the most intriguing questions are those he must be contemplating quietly on his own, Wall Street Journal (via AEI site), 28 Oct 05 Jeffrey Sachs: Facing nature's fury -- Political leaders are not using scientific info adequately, owing mainly to deep divides that persist between scientists, politicians & general public, Project Syndicate via The Namibian, 28 Oct 05 Report on UN oil-for-food program to name thousands of companies who paid $1.8bn in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein, Finfacts (Ireland), 27 Oct 05 (Link to: Volcker cmte's final report--Exec sum [pdf, 8pp], t-o-c [pdf, 7pp] & full text) Editorial: What's to stop India and China? -- India and China could grow even faster but for their political timidity, The Economist, 27 Oct 05 (incl link to: Democracy's drawbacks) Editorial: Uncharitable charity -- Rich nations should give more money to poor ones. But it's even more obvious that, when they do give money, they should do so in a helpful way, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 27 Oct 05 Economists' take on Bernanke: Comments from M Friedman, P Samuelson, F Mishkin, M Feldstein, G Mankiw & others, by P Coy & assoc, Business Week, 25 Oct 05 (Link to: Special report--A shrinking Fed) Nook & cranny: Ben Bernanke -- A crash course for central bankers: Bush's pick to lead Fed argues that 1929 stock mkt crash wouldn't have been so bad if Fed hadn't bungled the job. Now it looks like he will get his chance to take the reins, Foreign Policy, Sep/Oct '00 Bush picks adviser as Greenspan's successor: Bernanke pledges to maintain continuity at Fed, by N Henderson, Washington Post(free registr reqd), 25 Oct 05 (Link to: White House--Bernanke's bio); and From our archive: An interview with Ben Bernanke -- On inflation targeting, fiscal debt & deficits, Great Depression & why econ. is like trying to learn how to repair a car when engine is running, by A Rolnick, Minneapolis Fed's The Region, Jun '04 Developing lands hit hardest by 'brain drain': Poor nations are losing staggering portions of their college-educated workers to rich countries, new World Bank study says, by C Dugger, NYT(via CGDev site), 25 Oct 05 [pdf] (Link to: WB report; & Ctr Glob Dev--Give us your best & brightest) Mouse & wo/man: Countries question US control of Internet -- A growing no. of nations, incl China, Brazil, India & Cuba - as well as European Union - are questioning US control over Internet, by C Rhoads, Wall Street J, 25 Oct 05 10 questions for Michael Leavitt: Time talks bird flu with the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, by K Johnson, 24 Oct 05 Laura Tyson: A stronger yuan helps China -- Beijing should use its reserves to update its infrastructure & fund education, Business Week, 24-31 Oct 05 Figures reveal dynamics of disaster giving: Donations for quake victims in South Asia have not come close to level of giving that followed Dec's tsunami & Katrina, by S Strom, NYT (free registr reqd), 23 Oct 05 (incl graphic: Aid for intl. disasters) Europe remains divided on farm subsidies: No progress was made on talks about new cuts in its farm tariffs & subsidies, casting doubt on the fate of the trade round, by T Wright, New York Times via IHTribune, 21 Oct 05 Horizons: Hal Varian -- Is affordable housing becoming an oxymoron?: What is the cause of high home prices and what can be done about it?, New York Times (via UC Berkeley site), 20 Oct 05 Quake 'is UN's worst nightmare': UN says Asia quake aid situation is worse than last Dec's tsunami and calls for a massive airlift, BBC News, 20 Oct 05 (incl box on how to donate | CNN's list of relief organizations) Editorial: Global inflation--The scourge returns: Central banks cannot ignore the latest spurt in inflation, The Economist, 20 Oct 05 Boardroom: Alan Murray--Roche feels the highs & lows of feverish demand for Tamiflu: Finding right balance between public interest & private profit when lives are at stake is never going to be easy, Wall Street Journal, 19 Oct 05 Ralf Dahrendorf: A closer look at politics of extreme poverty -- Does extreme poverty breed violence & ultimately revolution?, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 18 Oct 05 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") Chad, Bangladesh top corruption list; Iceland least: Transparency Intl's index for 159 nations draws on up to 16 sources to come up w/ its composite, by S Voss, Bloomberg News, 18 Oct 05 (Link to: Corruption Perceptions Index--Country rankings ; & World Bank--List of ineligible[corrupt]firms | FAQ) US faces Iraq 'reconstruction gap': Security costs eat up money intended for public services, by G Witte, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 19 Oct 05 Kenneth Rogoff: Hollywood's favorite villains -- Once upon a time, Cold War enemies, white supremacists & evil geniuses reigned supreme as favorite bad guys. No more, Project Syndicate via Business Day (South Africa), 18 Oct 05 Wall Street's Asia hand: A leading investment banker sees Chinese stock growth matching its peppy economic expansion, by R Lenzner, Forbes, 17-31 Oct 05 Shashi Tharoor: Winning argument -- Take him on at your own risk. Amartya Sen is more than just a leading economist, Newsweek, 17-24 Oct 05 Moises Naim: Dark trade--Broken borders: Globalization has lowered barriers to illegal as well as legal commerce, & intl. smuggling now threatens to derail the world economy, Newsweek, 17-24 Oct 05 Jeffrey Garten: Deja vu all over again--How D.C. should handle China: What should the US have learned from a similar experience w/ Japan?, Newsweek, 17-24 Oct 05 Asian 50 and Europe's hot growth companies: The mag's first annual ranking of outstanding publicly listed cos. in Asia, plus Europe's 500 entrepreneurial outfits, w/c are flourishing despite high taxes, rigid rules & scarce capital, Bus. Week, 17-24 Oct 05 Dispute over farm subsidies stalls global trade negotiations: Securing a worldwide agreement to cut trade barriers & reduce govt subsidies was never going to be easy, by P Blustein, Washington Post (free registr reqd), 16 Oct 05 World's major economies call for stable oil prices, free trade: The Group of 20 key industrialised & devel. nations urged world to help reduce oil prices & free up trade, Ag. France Presse via ChannelNewsAsia(Singap.), 16 Oct 05 (Link to: G20 statement [pdf]; & IMF's G20 intro w/ link to its site) Thai plan--Not just a fleeting idea?: Among natl shipping lines of SE Asia, Thai Maritime Navigation is an oddity. It has operated for 65 yrs, but still does not own a single ship, by N Cumming-Bruce, Intl Herald Tribune, 12 Oct 05; and Sounds great -- It floats: Why Thailand's plan to build a national merchant fleet is laden with risk, by A Shameen, Business Week, 19-26 Sep 05 Jagdish Bhagwati: A deeply flawed report on global migration -- Intl migration, regarded as an exotic subject when a few of us pioneered its analysis almost 4 decades ago, has come of age, Financial Times (via Columbia site), 6 Oct 05 From our archive: Global Commission on International Migration--Migration in an Interconnected World, 5 Oct 05 (incl link at homepage to full text) Graphic -- Chile's unfinished agenda: Growth is strong, but inequality and joblessness remain high, by G Smith, Business Week, 26 Sep-3 Oct 05 (incl link to main story: A lopsided miracle); and Nook & cranny: An interview with Arnold Harberger--He may best be known as dean of 'Chicago Boys' (so named because of connection to Univ Chicago), who were significant free-market reformers in Chile during '70s, by D Levy, Minneapolis Fed's The Region, Mar '99 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. 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