Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 9 ('06) | Previous | Next Alan Krueger: The cost of invading Iraq -- Imponderables meet uncertainties: Cost-benefit analysis is little more than educated guessing by other means. But at least it provides framework for where to put the guesses, NYT (via Princeton site), 30 Mar 06 Coffee/tea break: Mason magic isn't rocket science--Before hoops fame, George Mason was known for its stellar econ dept, by N Irwin, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 30 Mar 06 (Link to: Univ seeks optimum academic, athletic mix) Coffee/tea break: Jagdish Bhagwati -- Fight the phone invasion at 30,000 feet: What will happen if the US Fed Aviation Admin allows cell phone use aboard planes?, Financial Times (via AEI site), 29 Mar 06 Why ports are hot properties: Globalization, cash flow & high margins are just some of the reasons prices are soaring - & why players like Goldman Sachs are keen to buy in, by F Balfour, Business Week, 29 Mar 06 US regains first position in World Econ Forum technology rankings: Singapore, Denmark, Iceland & Finland follow, confirming ICT dominance of Asia & Nordic nations, Finfacts (Ireland), 28 Mar 06 (Link to: WEF statement, w/ link to exec sum) Vaclav Havel: Beyond revolutionary disillusion--People tend to think that when their victory is complete, paradise on Earth is inevitable, Project Syndicate via Rzeczpospolita (Poland), 27 Mar 06 The worst job in the West Bank: Hamas - Out of money: A new cabinet starts out in the hole, by K Peraino, Newsweek, 27 Mar-3 Apr 06 Turning the taps back to the states: Privatization of utilities falls out of favor in Latin America, by M Reel, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 27 Mar 06 A game plan for global growth: To succeed in China, India & other emerging markets, cos. need troops - and execs - on the ground, says Boston Consulting Group, by P Engardio, Business Week, 24 Mar 06 Amartya Sen: Democracy isn't 'Western' -- When it is asked whether West can 'impose' democracy on non-Western world, it implies a proprietary belief that democracy 'belongs' to the West, Wall Street Journal, 24 Mar 06 World Bank trade strategy has not adequately helped poor--Ahead of WB's annual meet, group draws attention to key study critical of trade liberalization work, Friends of the Earth, 23 Mar 06 (Link to: Indep. Eval. Grp--Assessing WB support for trade, w/ exec sum) Daniel Yergin: Ensuring energy security--Although its usual definition is simply availability of sufficient supplies at affordable prices, nations interpret what that means for them differently, Foreign Affairs(via Camb Engy Res Assoc), Mar/ Apr '06 [pdf] Editorial: How to make China even richer -- Its leaders are worried about the inequality between town and country. They should let the peasants own their land, The Economist, 23 Mar 06 Russia plans gas line to feed China: But fate still unsettled for desired crude pipeline, by P Goodman & assoc, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 22 Mar 06 Editorial: Teachers spurn talented rivals--US faces a challenge to its technology leadership that can't be ignored, USA Today, 20 Mar 06 (Related link: Natl Acad of Sciences--Rising Above The Gathering Storm[2006], w/ link to t-o-contents) Saving the Saudi market -- Q&A w/ Al Waleed bin Talal: S Arabian prince, one of world's richest men, said he would plow $2.7 bln into share market which has tumbled dramatically since late last mo., by S Glain, Newsweek, 20-27 Mar 06 Michael Elliott: A backlash against globalization?--At HK museum of history last month, you could visit exhibition whose centerpiece was an old bleached, shaped piece of wood, 11 m long. To be honest, it didn't look much, Time, 20 Mar 06 Fair prices for farmers--Simple idea, complex reality: Critics say too many 'fair trade' dollars wind up w/ middlemen. But organizations involved claim benefits do trickle down, by J Alsever, NYTimes (via Urban Renais. Inst), 19 Mar 06 Financial sector must plan for possible flu pandemic - central bankers, Reuters, 17 Mar 06 (Link to: Financial Stability Forum statement[pdf]; and Global econ & financial impact of pandemic, posted by IMF Mar 10th) Nariman Behravesh: The outlook for global capital spending -- Global conditions remain very positive. Biz invest.in many parts of Asia staged a marked revival in '04, w/ momentum carrying through into '05, Global Insight (formerly DRI-WEFA), 17 Mar 06 Kenneth Rogoff: Artificial intelligence and globalization -- The author, who once played in World Chess Championship, reflects on exponential rise of applications of artificial intelligence, Project Syndicate via The Edge (Malaysia), 16 Mar 06 The peril of protectionism?: Economists see an impact on US growth but remain confident about '06, by T Annett, Wall Street Journal, 16 Mar 06 (incl link to: Economic forecasting survey of more than 50 econ.) A homegrown solution for safe ports: Sophisticated scanning technology is being tested in Hong Kong. Why not in America?, by B Bremner & assoc, Business Week, 16 Mar 06 World Bank warns Palestinians of bleak year for economy: The study, sent to donors yesterday, was provided to New York Times by an official who wanted it to have greater distribution, by S Erlanger, NYT via UnitedJerusalem, 16 Mar 06 Horizons: Editorial--When $8 trillion isn't enough: It's time to pause & consider Bush admin's fiscal policies & its unwillingness to alter its tax-cutting course to accommodate new budgetary realities, Wash.Post (free registr reqd), 15 Mar 06 R Hausmann, D Rodrik & A Velasco: Getting the diagnosis right--Once policy makers have identified the one or two most binding constraints holding back growth, they should focus on those, Finance & Development, Mar-May '06 Joseph Stiglitz: Bad-faith energy policy under Bush--One shouldn't begrudge him for having at last recognized that there is a problem, Project Syndicate via Daily Star (Lebanon), 15 Mar 06 Horizons: Claudia Goldin -- Working it out: Are highly educated women 'opting out' in record numbers, choosing the comforts of home and family over careers?, New York Times (via Harvard site), 15 Mar 06 [pdf] Mouse & wo/man: Developing world still lags behind in ICT - World Bank, Peninsula (Qatar), 14 Mar 06 (Link to: WB statement; and Information & Comm. for Devel. 2006, w/ your country's ICT data at-a-glance) Portfolio: Emerging-market funds draw $20.9 bln this year, beating record --Faster economic growth & a commodities boom lured investors to markets from India to Russia, by M Tsang, Bloomberg News, 14 Mar 06 Newsroom: The State of the News Media in US 2006--The third edition of the Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual report, 13 Mar 06 Ernesto Zedillo: Latin blues -- Mortification, tinged with depression, seemed to color the mood of Latin American participants at recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Forbes, 13-27 Mar 06 Kenneth Courtis: It's morning in Japan -- How the nation's central bankers won their war against deflation, Time, 13 Mar 06 Stephen Roach: A protectionist backfire -- The US trade deficit is closing in on $800 bln per year, or about $3 bln per business day, Newsweek, 13-20 Mar 06 Ian Bremmer: Revolution in search of a cause--A global political risk consultancy head pins down three questions which are key to understanding controversy over Iran's nuclear program, Business Week, 10 Mar 06 Lawrence Lindsey: Not for sale to foreigners -- Foreigners are always an easy target. In 1930, Congress legislated vs entry of foreign goods in form of Smoot-Hawley tariffs, whose long-term consequences were unknown at the time, WSJ (via AEI site), 10 Mar 06 Crash course: Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act -- Britannica Concise Encycl.(2006); Columbia Electronic Encycl.(2005); and E(con) H(istory) Assn (2001)[extended] What will the Dubai debacle cost us?: Now the deal is done, it's time for US companies to face the economic consequences of politicians' public statements, by N Schwartz, Fortune, 10 Mar 06 Editorial: Our porous port protections -- If Dubai Ports World debate distracts Congress from larger issue of securing US's vulnerable ports, it will have only decreased overall homeland security, NYT (via Can.Embassy DC), 10 Mar 06 Editorial: Happy now? -- They spend drunkenly, they fail at oversight & they can't stop admin. from abusing detainees or tapping phones. But never call members of Congress powerless, Washington Post (free registr reqd), 10 Mar 06 Editorial: The new protectionists -- How to create a real security crisis, Wall Street Journal, 10 Mar 06 Horizons: Hal Varian -- The difference between men and women, revisited: It's about competition -- Do women shy away from competition? Do men compete too much?, New York Times (via UC Berkeley site), 9 Mar 06 Hans Singer: The development economist of the 'Prebisch-Singer thesis' fame died on Feb 26th, aged 95, The Economist, 9 Mar 06 Bank of Japan ends deflation-fighting policy, a step toward raising rates: BoJ ended its five-year policy, a sign economy is resilient enough to withstand an interest-rate increase as soon as this year, Bloomberg News, 9 Mar 06 Charlene Barshefsky: Trade deals we need to close -- South Korea is world's 10th-largest economy, while Malaysia is US's fifth-largest trading partner in Asia, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 9 Mar 06 Horizons: James Thomson -- In political analysis, just the facts, please: 'We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts,' The Hill (via Rand site), 8 Mar 06 UN sets up drought insurance plan: The UN World Food Program has awarded French co. first insurance contract for humanitarian emergencies, BBC News, 6 Mar 06 (Link to: WFP statement--World's first humanitarian insurance policy) New E7 nations 'will overtake G7 by 2050': The G7 group of rich nations will be overtaken by an E7 bloc of emerging economies, The Guardian (UK), 6 Mar 06 (Link to: PricewaterhouseCoopers statement, w/ links to pts of The World in 2050) The new Middle East oil bonanza: Beyond the Dubai Ports deal -- Where all those billions are going, by S Reed & assoc, BusinessWeek, 6-13 Mar 06 (incl link to: Don't underestimate oil fear factor; & Why this boom is different) Horizons: S Dubner & S Levitt -- Endangered species: It is hard to think of an occupation w/c garners less goodwill these days than real-estate agent. But you should have bit of sympathy for them for 2 reasons, NYTMag(free registr reqd), 5 Mar 06 (Link to: Freakonomics site) Editorial: The case for democracy--The 'democracy backlash' is in full swing, largely because of carnage in Iraq and electoral success of Hamas in Palestinian Authority, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 5 Mar 06 Editorial: Passage to freedom--The Bush visit to India heralds a new democratic alliance, Wall Street Journal, 4 Mar 06 Moises Naim: Economist class--Albert Hirschman, superbly original economist, borrowed freely from other disciplines & aptly titled one of his books Essays in Trespassing. We need more trespassers, Foreign Policy, Mar/Apr '06 Jeffrey Sachs: Development aid for development's sake -- An aid cut-off should be a policy of last resort, not a first strike , Project Syndicate via The Namibian, 3 Mar 06 Just saying no: The World Bank's president takes on graft, The Economist (via Ctr Glob Dev site), 2 Mar 06 [pdf] Alan Krueger: Do you need a license to earn a living? You might be surprised at the answer--Is occupational licensing beneficial for society as a whole or only for those who hold licenses?, NYTimes (via Princeton site), 2 Mar 06 (Link to: Licensing Occupations--Ch 1 and summary[3pp, pdf]) Lula's leap: The Economist talks to Brazil's president, 2 Mar 06 Horizons: Getting a grip on prosperity -- What changes if intangible investment is measured properly?, The Economist, 2 Mar 06 An industrial park in North Korea nears a growth spurt: According to S Korean businessman, Kaesong has more advantages than Vietnam, China or Guatemala, by J Brooke, New York Times (free registr. req'd), 28 Feb 06 Fred Bergsten: Avoiding another Dubai -- Nearly all objective observers of uproar over 'selling US ports to Arabs' agree on three key elements of situation, Washington Post (free registr. req'd), 28 Feb 06 Robert Shiller: Insuring the worst may require spreading the risk globally--Even Hurricane Katrina & other similar disasters are small by world standards, Proj Synd via Taipei Times, 27 Feb 06 (in this bilingual site, a 'language pack installation' sign may pop up-pls. select "cancel") Portfolio: Sudan selloff--Most divestment activism goes nowhere. Response to genocide in Darfur is another story, by D Whelan, Forbes, 27 Feb-13 Mar 06 Investment climate improving in Afghanistan - World Bank: Based on survey of 338 cos. in 5 cities, report says serious constraints for priv-sect.dev incl reliable electricity, Integrd Regl Info Netw via OnlineNews (Pak), 27 Feb 06 (Link to: WB statement, w/ link to Invest.Climate in Afg.) Gurcharan Das: Education--A learning curve: What's behind India's success in the global knowledge economy?, Newsweek, 26 Feb 06 Philip Bowring: A boatload of ignorance on show--Perhaps most stunning fact thrown up by dispute over Dubai's ports deal in US is level of ignorance of much of US media & politicians, Internatl Herald Tribune, 24 Feb 06 Jorge Castaneda: How to get immigration right--The Senate is about to take up the crucial, excruciating issue of immigration, long after they should have, but better late than never, Newsweek, 13-20 Feb 06 Nook & cranny: Thomas Schelling--The nuclear taboo: If Iran should, despite diplomatic effort to prevent it, acquire nuclear weapons, we may discover again what it is like to be deterred one, not one doing the deterring, WSJ (via NPRI), 24 Oct 05 (Link to: Foreword to Pearl Harbor-Warning & Decision via MIPT) Nook & cranny: Raghuram Rajan -- Risky business: IMF's research chief says skewed incentives for investment managers may be adding to global financial risk, Finance & Development, Sep-Nov '05 Boardroom: Shane Greenstein--The anatomy of foresight traps: How do cos. escape big traps? Each trap has a tech/comml surprise to it. A new environ. raises unfamiliar issues, IEEE Micro (Inst Electr & Electro Engr)[via Northwestern site, pdf], Jun '05 Nook & cranny: T Khanna & assoc--Strategies that fit emerging markets: Yes, you understand your co. needs to compete in emerging mkts. But w/c nation is best fit for you?, Harvard Bus. Rev. excerpt, Jun '05 (Related link: Huang & Khanna['03]--Can India overtake China? Q&A | article) Boardroom: Shane Greenstein -- The paradox of commodities: Bananas are commodities. Can an electronic product like cellphone be a commodity?, IEEE Micro (Inst Electr & Electro Engr) [via Northwestern site, pdf], Apr '04 Nook & cranny: Jagdish Bhagwati--...And a new dawn for immigrants--Morality & politics call for fundamental shift in policy toward illegals. Since their arrival is inevitable, we have to learn to give them rights, w/o granting amnesty, WSJ (via Columbia site), Jan '04 [pdf]; and George Borjas: Making it worse -- Only when we have dramatically reduced no. of incoming illegals should we consider proposals to change status of illegals already here, Natl Review (via Harvard site), Feb '04 (Link to: Princeton--Immigration Policy[2001], w/ link to Google Book Search) << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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