Home > You are at: News/Analysis, Page 4 ('07) | Previous | Next Posted: 10-14 Sep 07 Greenspan defends low interest rates: He defends his lower interest rates that critics say caused subprime meltdown and praises Bernanke for his handling of current market turmoil, 60 Minutes, 13 Sep 07 Economic forecasting survey -- Likelihood of US recession is given better odds: Economists debate if job outlook is as bad as feared, Wall Street Journal, 13 Sep 07 (incl link to graphic) S Beck & T Ogden: Beware of bad microcredit -- Companies are racing to add such initiatives to their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. But these well-intentioned efforts can backfire, Har- vard Business Rev, Sep-Oct '07 Six years after -- 'Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001?': The Web has no memory - unless it is created.So, an analogous ques- tion is - what did your (favorite) news site look like on Sept. 11 & 12? May this archive of screenshots from 250 sites around world serve as a humble memorial, Interactive Publish./Switz., 11 Sep 06 (This site at around that date-Scroll) T Helmus, R Glenn & C Paul: Ad men for US defense--Can success- ful biz practices like branding & monitoring customer satisfaction help military get more support from local populations in Iraq and Afghani- stan?, United Press Intl (courtesy Rand), 20 Aug 07 S Haggard & M Noland: Skidding into a deal -- Aid could nip the North Korean nuclear threat, Newsweek, 10 Sep 07 Learn from market turmoil - de Rato: Advanced economies should find ways to enable investors to better assess risk, and emerging mar- kets should consider response if capital inflows dry up, IMF Survey, 7 Sep 07 Political risk seen rising in Argentina, Pakistan and Turkey: The three nations are some of the emerging markets where political risk is rising, acc. to Eurasia Group's Global Political Risk Index for Sep., Market Watch, 7 Sep 07 (Link to: Info about Index) Annual ranking of economic freedom among 141 countries released: Hong Kong once again is top ranked, followed by Singapore, New Zealand & Switzerland, Fraser Inst/Canada, 4 Sep 07 (Link to: Rank- ings--Latest | Since '70--View Info) [pdf] Kenneth Rogoff: Fed vs financiers -- This is certainly high-stakes poker, w/ huge sums hanging in balance in $170 trillion markets. But who is right, Bernanke or Greenspan?, Project Syndicate (courtesy Korea Times), 2 Sep 07 Offshoring for long-term advantage--Global Services Location Index: Now in its 4th year, Index analyzes and ranks top 50 locations world- wide that provide most common remote functions, incl IT services & support, A T Kearney, 21 Aug 07 Hard truths about global energy: While risks have always typified en- ergy biz, they are now growing & converging in new ways, says new study w/c involved 350 people & consultations w/ 19 other nations, US Natl Petrol. Coun., 17 Jul 07 [pdf] (Link to: Info-Camb Engy Res Assoc) Simon Maxwell: 10 steps to a new development agenda--The domin- ant 'poverty reduction' paradigm has been successful in focusing the minds of aid donors & recepients. But it has never been uncontested nor risk-free, Overseas Dev Inst/UK, Jul '07 [pdf] Anti-corruption tools and expertise: Corruption is primary threat to good governance, sustainable econ development, democratic process & fair biz practices in our interconnected world, OECD, Aug '06 [pdf] (Related: Guidelines--Public service ethics and procurement) Posted: 3-7 Sep 07 Trade chief says Doha Round docking 'doable': The director-general of World Trade Org. skipped talks in Geneva this week to meet with APEC trade ministers & urge them to take extra steps needed, Age/ Australia, 7 Sep 07 Topping the charts--Robert Barro: Most journal articles fall w/o mak- ing sound in academic forest. Not ones by him. A recent list of 146 most influential econ articles since '70 has him sitting atop charts w/ 6 hits - an honor he shares w/ only 2, Fin.& Devel., Sep-Nov '07 [pdf] Participants arrive for inaugural meet of New Champions: The focus will be on global growth cos.,w/c come mainly from emerging markets like China & India, but also include fast movers from rich economies, World Economic Forum, 5 Sep 07 (Link to: Info kit) Robert Lawrence: The globalization paradox--More trade less inequal- ity: US inequality has grown but not in a way that suggests trade with developing nations is major reason. It's not least skilled who have fall- en behind, VoxEU, 4 Sep 07 Martin Feldstein: Overview-'If threat from housing sector materializes w/ full force, economy could suffer serious downturn.A sharp interest rate reduction - in add. to vigorous lender of last resort policy - would attenuate that outcome,' Jackson Hole Proceedings (courtesy NBER, pdf), posted 4 Sep 07 Portfolio: Stay away from stocks -- That's the contrarian advice of Boston University's Zvi Bodie. An investment he does like - TIPS, Business Week, 3 Sep 07 APEC set for world trade, climate change talks: Pres Bush hopes to spur momentum for world trade pact and global climate change target at this week's summit, but host Australia warns not to expect binding greenhouse targets, Reuters, 3 Sep 07 (Link to: APEC 2007) Coffee/tea break: Howard says no bathing suits for group photo--As Australia lacks a distinctive natl outfit, wags are having a field day on how to clothe the 21 leaders when they line up for summit's photo-op, Agence France-Presse (courtesy Gulf Times/Qatar), 3 Sep 07 Ricardo Hausmann: Give 'A Farewell to Alms' credit -- It would be a pity if the Clark book is dismissed because of its Darwinian argument, Rodrik's Web Log, 26 Aug 07; and Gregory Clark: How to save Africa--Saving Africa has rightly become a popular concern. But best of intentions does not necessarily lead to best of outcomes, New York Sun, 20 Jul 07 (Related: Princeton UPr--Book) [Link info courtesy Mankiw's blog] Lester Thurow: Despite the govt's hype, China has a long way to go to reach prosperity -- There may be a Chinese century, but it will be the 22nd century - not the 21st, NY Times (via IHTrib), 20 Aug 07 Best places to do business in the wired world: Biz travelers are as like- ly to find themselves in Seoul or Bangalore as they are on Sand Hill Rd.Our city-by-city list details best places to get things done, Business 2.0, Aug '07 Intl migration closes gender gap, brings other social, health gains: Intl migration not only reduces poverty in poorer 'source' nations, but can generate positive social & health effects in these nations, esp among girls, World Bank, 9 Jul 07 (w/ link to new study's overview) Jesse Shapiro: Should clean water have a price? -- Recipients of free products often don't value them or even use them. The poor may use health products more effectively if they have to pay for them, Forbes, 16 Apr 07 Fred Bergsten: Toward a free trade area of Asia Pacific--A free trade area initiative may well turn out to be the best, or perhaps only, way to catalyze a substantively successful Doha Round, Peterson Inst Intl Ec, Feb '07 Posted: 27-31 Aug 07 Coffee/tea break: Standing tall in London -- Madiba aka Nelson: 'Though this statue is of one man, it should in fact symbolize all those who have resisted oppression,' Daily Telegraph/UK, 30 Aug 07 World awaits Bernanke speech in Jackson Hole: The eyes of Tokyo, HK, London, NY & other fin. centers will turn to JH on Fri in antici- pation of Fed chief's speech, AP(courtesy-JHNews), 30 Aug 07 (Link to: Reuters briefing | Prev. JH symposia | Bernanke's speech) Global stocks see further falls: European stocks fall sharply in early Wed trading after more declines in Asia and US as housing market and credit fears persist, BBC News, 29 Aug 07 France's Sarkozy says he's willing to back Turkey-EU talks: The French pres., softening his opposition to Turkish accession to Euro- pean Union, says for the first time he'd be willing to discuss the issue, Bloomberg, 27 Aug 07 Full of eastern promise: Could Asian shares provide a safe haven for global investors?, Economist, 23 Aug 07 (incl link to: Subprimes shudder, Brazil shrugs) Dani Rodrik: The value of being undervalued--You will know you've succeeded when US Treas Secy comes knocking on your door saying that you are guilty of manipulating your currency, Proj Synd (cour-tesy Stabroek News/Guyana), 14 Aug 07 Coffee/tea break: Passengers' choice for Airline of the Year--Over 14 million eligible nominations were received from around the world dur- ing 11-month survey, says survey firm, Skytrax, 27 Jul 07 (Winners by category, w/ link to methodology) Paul Blustein: Global trade talks--The Doha disaster: Why does this make for a disaster story? It is not that world trade will grind to a halt in the absence of a Doha accord, Brookings Inst, 9 Jul 07 Horizons: Superstar cities--As high salaries soar even higher, housing prices in the most attractive cities have tested their limits, Ideas at Work (Columbia), Jun-Aug '07; and From our archive: Robert Shiller--The myth of 'superstar cities': New cities are constantly ripening like cherries on a tree, drawing people away from older, original cities, Proj Synd (courtesy Taipei Times), 20 May 07 Rating agencies -- Measuring the measurers: Credit rating could do with more competition, and a bit more rigor, Economist, 31 May 07 Alan Blinder: Free trade's great, but offshoring rattles me--"I'm a free trader down to my toes. Always have been.Yet lately, I'm being treat- ed as a heretic by many of my fellow economists," WashPost (free registr reqd), 6 May 07 Diana Farrell: Beyond offshoring--Assess your company's global po- tential: Offshoring is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of how glob- alization can transform industries, Harv Bus Rev In Brief, 26 Mar 07 (Article info) Posted: 20-24 Aug 07 Latin America-East Asia forum urges swift end to Doha round: In Brazil, foreign ministers from 33 nations say despite differences in trade interests, they share common vision, Agence France-Presse (courtesy ChNewsAsia/Sing.), 24 Aug 07 (Link to: Info--Forum) Peter Coy: It's out of Bernanke's reach -- The Fed did not - and cannot - fix the problem at the root of the market crisis. That problem is a lack of crucial information, Business Week, 23 Aug 07 Mr. International -- Dallas Fed Reserve Pres Richard Fisher: 'I do not believe Fed's job is to protect vs failure of specific risk-takers. Its job is to protect the financial system itself,' Intl Economy, Aug '07 [pdf] Paul Samuelson: New financial gods that failed? -- 'My phone rings around the clock as journalists ask, what is going to happen in coming years to US & world after recent volatility indexes' explosion?,' Trib- une Media Svcs (courtesy Khaleej Times/UAE), 21 Aug 07 Robert Shiller: Something's up as 'buy' confidence slips -- We learn time & again that stock markets are driven more by psychology than by reasoning about fundamentals, Proj Syndicate (courtesy Japan Times), 19 Aug 07 Crisis counsel: Will subprime lending meltdown & credit crunch send us into a financial free fall? We asked sharpest minds in biz to share their insights (incl W Buffet, H Paulson, S Roach, L Tyson &others), Fortune, 18 Aug 07 Coffee/tea break: Graphic--The search for the next hot spot: It may be the world's best job - testing beaches and scouting scenic locales, by C Jackson, Wall Street Journal (article), 18 Aug 07 Dennis de Tray: Harberger, labor, and capital in Latin America--Did 'Washington Consensus' have it right?: Since Williamson first coined the term in '87, it has come in for a lot of bashing, Ctr Glob Dev, 13 Aug 07 Edward Snyder: The market's place--Would you buy your next laptop from China?: If the goal is to make products safe, the best hope lies w/ companies eager to protect their profits, Chicago Trib, 12 Aug 07 David Ignatius: The Democrats dither on trade -- Are today's Demo- crats a party of open markets & economic development, or of market restrictions & job protection?, WashPost (free registr reqd), 5 Aug 07 Moises Naim: The hidden pandemic--Unlike bird flu, it is not caused by a virus transmitted from one species to another; it is exclusively created and spread by people, Foreign Policy, Jul-Aug '07 Robert Frank: In real world of work & wages, trickle-down theories don't hold up-Proponents are quick to object to higher taxes, claiming these would cause people to work less and take fewer risks, thereby stifling growth, NYT (courtesy Author's site), 12 Apr 07 [pdf] Jeff Faux: Toward the continental 'we'--Is NAFTA an agreement for rich & powerful in US, Mexico & Canada, effectively excluding ord- inary people in all 3 societies?, Globalist, Mar '06 (Related: Petersen Inst--NAFTA Revisited: Info [pdf] | Full text) Posted: 13-17 Aug 07 Graphic--Global correction: Since peaking on 19 July, major US in- dexes are down bet. 8-10%, approaching what analysts call a 'correct- ion'. Other global markets show even bigger hits, WSJ, 17 Aug 07 Global hot spots: With the rush to globalization, manufacturers are looking to four corners of world to set up shop.When it comes to cap- italizing on best opportunities for globally expanding a supply chain, timing is everything, Industry Week, Aug '07 Portfolio: Moody's, S&P lose credibility on debt securities they rated --Moody's Investors Service & Standard & Poor's, arbiters of credit- worthiness, are losing their credibility in fastest-growing part of bond market, Bloomberg, 14 Aug 07 Amartya Sen: India at 60 -- In the old days, some wise guys used to put forward the thesis that India's growth rate was low because of its democracy, Forbes, 13 Aug 07 Jeffrey Sachs: Making development less risky--Life at the bottom of income distribution is massively risky. Households lack basic buffers -saving accounts, health insurance, water tanks, diversified income sources - vs droughts & other hazards, Scientific American, Aug '07 Crash course: How does the central bank maintain the stability of the financial system? | Glossary of econ terms--'Repurchase agreements'; 'Discount window'; and 'Lender of last resort', US Federal Reserve (NY, SF and Atlanta) Mohamed El-Erian: Don't fear the credit crunch -- Concerns about a derailment of global economy are understandable. But they will prove warranted only if 3 distinct 'circuit breakers' fail to operate in months ahead, Newsweek, 13 Aug 07 Asian stocks plummet on credit fears: Fallout is spreading from mar- ket turmoil set off by concerns about credit weakness in US. Bank of Japan joins its US and EU counterparts in pouring cash into money markets to calm jitters, AP (via My Way News), 10 Aug 07 South-North Korea summit expected to provide major boost for stock market: But the major intl credit agencies are maintaining a reserved stance on any immediate rating action, Thomson Financial (via Forex TV), 8 Aug 07 Joseph Stiglitz: America's day of reckoning -- There is an old adage about how people's mistakes continue to live long after they are gone, Project Syndicate (courtesy Daily Times/Pakistan), 7 Aug 07 William Easterly: What Bono doesn't say about Africa -- 'As I sip Rwandan gourmet coffee & wear a Nigerian shirt, I wonder what it will take for Westerners to learn about products of dignified Africans,' LA Times, 6 Jul 07; and From our archive: Bono -- Message 2U-Guest editor's letter: "I've always imagined that if I hadn't been a singer I would have been a journalist. But, in truth, my bandmates saved me from disappoint- ment," Vanity Fair, Jul '07 (Link to: Special on Africa) D Leipziger & M Spence: Who wins, who loses in out-of-kilter global game? -- The globalization debate deals with many issues, but none is more important than who benefits and who loses in both industrial & developing nations, FT (courtesy Shanghai Daily), 1 Jun 07 F Zimmermann & D Drechsler: Facing complexity in devel. finance--The proliferation of aid donors and private givers is now common in poor nations. Are many hands making light work, or are too many cooks spoiling the broth?, OECD Insight, Apr '07 [pdf] (Related: Aid and Beyond) Nook & cranny: Natural disasters - Eluding Nature's wrath--Nature's wrath is inevitable.But the devastation which too often follows floods, droughts, earthquakes & hurricanes does not have to be, WorldBank, Mar '04 << Previous Home Next >> Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Leonardo L. Sta. Romana All rights reserved. |
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