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Turkey struggles to define itself
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Don’t Cry for Me, America - Mexico. Brazil. Argentina. Mexico, again. Thailand. Indonesia. Argentina, again.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: January 18, 2008
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Economic Policy Management in China
Lessons for Developing Countries |
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Dichotomies endure, but the pressure builds
More than most places, it is tempting to see China today as a study in dichotomies. One involves an ongoing struggle for social justice, and can be seen as a race between protest and process as a means of addressing legitimate grievances. |
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The education of Ben Bernanke
By Roger Lowenstein, The New York Times
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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Dollar and pound fall sharply
The U.S. and British economies have drastically weakened in recent months, raising expectations that central banks will cut interest rates.
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Can the global commodities boom survive a U.S recession?
Commodities have always been subject to boom-and-bust cycles, but many economists see a fundamental shift -- led particularly by the industrialization of China -- driving the markets these days.
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Economists see no quick fix for U.S. downturn
...many economists suggest that it may already be too late to change the course of the economy over the first half of the year, if not longer.
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Europe struggles to avoid effects of a U.S. downturn
A growing number of economists feel that Europe is not as insulated from America's woes as many Europeans would like to believe. |
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Gold prices climb to record high
Gold's appeal as a safe-haven investment has carried it to record prices.Gold futures surged to an all-time high above $875 an ounce Tuesday as traders bet that rebounding oil prices would boost demand for the metal as a safe haven investment. |
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A Union of the West? Balladur says it's time
Edouard Balladur, the former French prime minister whose Gaullist establishment credentials stretch back 40 years, says the United States and Europe ought to form an organic alliance, a Union of
the West.
January 7, 2008 |
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France warns of a period of sluggish growth
France on Monday became the latest major European economy to warn of a period of sluggish growth and high inflation, as soaring energy prices and fresh signs that the United States may suffer a sharp slowdown threaten to drag down European expansion. |
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A scramble to understand Greenland's melting ice sheets
Scientists are sifting for clues from past warm periods, including the last warm span between ice ages, which peaked about 125,000 years ago and had sea levels 12 to 16 feet higher than today's. |
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U.S. gloom puts central banks on the spot
The Federal Reserve and other central banks desperate to avoid.... |
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Individual privacy under threat in Europe and U.S., report says
Individual privacy is under threat in the United States and across the European Union as governments introduce sweeping surveillance and information-gathering measures in the name of security and controlling borders, an international rights group has |
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Paul Krugman: Dealing with the dragon
US foreign policy, Oil and China |
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Paul Krugman: The trouble with trade
While the United States has long imported oil and other raw materials from the third world, we used to import manufactured goods mainly from other rich countries like Canada, European nations and Japan.
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World's top underwriters: Citigroup and Merrill Lynch
Citigroup and Merrill Lynch were the world's top underwriters of stocks and bonds in 2007, measured by volume and reported fees, despite being at the epicenter of the global credit crisis.
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Economy and geopolitics decide where oil goes next
Now that the price of crude oil has crossed the $100-a-barrel threshold, and then retreated slightly, what direction will it take now?
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IHT Globalization
Managing Globalization |
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FT Economists' Forum / Debates
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World Economic Forum
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Global Strategy - Research & Analysis