International Affairs Forum

Mon. December 05, 2022

Social Media: Economics: Globalization

121-150 Social Media articles displayed
for the Economics/Globalization Topic

The Oxfam Debate

Is Oxfam right to insist that increased access to Northern markets is a solution to the Third World's problems? A disscussion from both sides. (The Ecologist, December, 2003) Read More...

A Self-Help Guide for Emerging Markets

Emerging markets must learn to inoculate themselves against future currency attacks by increasing liquidity, such as foreign currency reserves, so they can fight back the powerful forces of market spe... Read More...

Bank on Democracy

As the world gets more democratic, central banks get more undemocratic. These powerful institutions should not be exempt from popular control. By Sheri Berman and Kathleen R. McNamara. (Foreign Affair... Read More...

Beyond Border Control

The global economy opens national borders to goods and people, legal and illegal. International companies and government regulators need to invest in new technologies to help border control keep pace ... Read More...

Borders Beyond Control

Migration lies at the center of global problems today. Governments must stop trying to curtail migration and start managing it to seek benefits for all. By Jagdish N. Bhagwati. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2... Read More...

Chapter 11 for Countries?

A debate is unfolding over a new IMF proposal to avert future Argentina-style financial meltdowns: an international "Chapter 11". Such a plan would represent an improvement over the current approach -... Read More...

A Global Third Way: Social Justice and the World Economy

Critiques U.S. proposed 'third way' in economic policy as an alternative to free market liberalism on the one hand and active state interventionism on the other. By Ethan B. Kapstein. (World Policy Jo... Read More...

America the Vulnerable

September 11 revealed the soft underbelly of globalization. Washington must work with other governments to make international trade safe -- or else close the book on globalization. By Stephen E. Flynn... Read More...

We can seize the day

The task is not to overthrow globalisation but to use it for a democratic revolution. (Guardian, 6/17/2003) Read More...

Advancing Free Trade in Latin America: The Test of Leadership

A discussion of U.S. trade policy with Latin America as it relates specifically to the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Quebec summit on April 22, 2001. by Ana I. Eiras (Heritage Foundation, 4... Read More...

China's Big Mac Attack

"Global capitalism pushes one way, and local consumers push right back. Herewith, a parable of globalization." By James L. Watson. (Foreign Affairs, 5/1/2000, $) Read More...

Lessons for the Next Financial Crisis

The global financial crisis has eroded developing nations' faith in modern capitalism itself, and the meltdown of Brazil's currency was grim evidence that the chaos is far from over. Herewith, a poli... Read More...

Doing Good While Doing Well: The Unheralded Success of American Enterprise Funds

Over the last decade, Enterprise Funds have blazed a new path for development aid, merging public capital with private management to nurture businesses in new democracies. By John P. Birkelund. (Fore... Read More...

Eight Steps to a New Financial Order

The economic conflagrations that lit up the world throughout the last half decade sent a very clear message: There are fatal flaws in the global financial architecture. Herewith a simple, eight-point ... Read More...

The Ruin of Russia

Joseph Stiglitz attributes Russia’s economic decline in the last two decades to IMF and US Treasury sponsored policy prescriptions. Russia’s tumultuous transition demonstrates the danger of following ... Read More...

Disastrous Consequences of a World Without Balance

Joseph Stiglitz proposes a number of issues that the World Bank and the IMF should consider during their September meetings to avoid a global financial crisis. He addresses problems such as trade defi... Read More...

The Odd Couple of Global Finance

Joseph Stiglitz and Kenneth Rogoff, the IMF director of research, entered into a heated debate during the World Bank’s launch of Prof. Stiglitz’s book “Globalization and its Discontents.” The contrast... Read More...

A Different IMF Crisis During the Crisis

Joseph Stiglitz verifies that IMF programs failed in all countries yet, “instead of helping the crisis-hit countries deal with the problem and save them from greater devastation, the IMF turned out to... Read More...

Lessons from Argentina's Debacle

Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz argues that the International Monetary Fund encourages failing policies, and that countries like Argentina ends up paying the price. This crisis can teach important ... Read More...

Argentina, Shortchanged

Many economists reason that Argentina’s economic crisis resulted from the failure to implement IMF policies correctly and vigorously. Joseph Stiglitz disagrees, arguing that completely following the I... Read More...

China’s Entry into the WTO: Implications for China and the World Economy.

Program brief of Dr. Nicholas Lardy's discussion on China’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the WTO's impact on the country’s domestic economy and international trade. (Nixon Cen... Read More...

WTO Watch

WTO Watch focuses on globalization, trade and sustainable development issues as related to the World Trade Organization. Read More...

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