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Germany’s Recession vs. America’s: Doing Worse, but Feeling Better
The global recession that started in the United States is hitting Germany particularly hard as their economy is expected to shrink by 8%. The American economy is expected to shrink by only half that m... Read More...


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Foreign Investors Snap Up African Farmland
Governments and investment funds are buying up farmland in Africa and Asia to grow food -- a profitable business. The high-stakes game of real-life Monopoly is leading to a modern colonialism to which... Read More...


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The Global Economic Crisis: How Much is the Persian Gulf Worth Now?
Despite projections in late 2008 that the Persian Gulf states had the cash and the incentive to cushion the regional impact of the financial crisis, evidence is mounting that the region is far from be... Read More...


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The Gulf Cooperation Council: A New Global Force?
Mohsin S. Khan discusses the GCC, assessing the Persian Gulf countries’ prospects for a monetary union and a repository of dollar reserves generated by oil. (PDF format, Peterson Institute for Interna... Read More...


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China Needs to Invest in Itself
China should reexamine how it uses its reserves and should increase domestic spending, writes Robert Tenorio (Asia Chronicle, 07/23/2009) Read More...


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The Centre for International Governance Innovation: Afghanistan: Looking Forward
Though the situation in Afghanistan is grave, it is far from hopeless. In an attempt to find a way forward, author Ronald E. Neumann analyzes the specific issues which must be addressed for the Afghan... Read More...


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U.N. Development Expert Pedro Conceição Answers Your Questions
The interview with the director of Office of Development Studies at the United Nations Development Program discusses how the global economic downturn has affected the poorest countries. By Catherine ... Read More...


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Chinese Foreign Investment: Insist on Transparency
China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. public debt. In just the last few years, China has invested roughly $100 billion in Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere. By Derek Scissors (Heritage Fou... Read More...


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Can China Keep Growing?
Discusses how China has reacted to the global financial crisis, how it fits into the global economy and if it will allow China to continue growing. Read More...


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African Opportunities, Global Benefits
The global economic recession has translated into a development crisis for Africa, writes Kofi A. Annan. (Project Syndicate, 07/13/2009) Read More...


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Rising temperatures: The Potential Impact on Growth in Poorer Countries
This article analyzes the empirical evidence that rising temperatures are negatively correlated with economic growth in poorer countries. By Melissa Dell, Benjamin Jones, and Benjamin Olken (Internat... Read More...


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U.S.-China Relations: The Case for Economic Liberalism
Patience and reasonable expectations on the part of the US are important to maintaining healthy political relations and ensure the best outcome economically for both nations. By James A. Dorn (CATO In... Read More...


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Ghana's Chance
This article discusses the challenges and opportunities for growth in Ghana's economy as it attempts to be one of Africa's few success stories. By Peter Henry (International Growth Centre 6/18/2009) Read More...


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China's Stock Market: A Marriage of Capitalism and Socialism.
An investigation of the growth of China's stock market despite a number of institutions commonly considered to adversely affect market growth. (Cato Institute, Fall 2006) Read More...


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G8 Africa Action Plan
The G8 discusses issues regarding African development such as intra-African trade, increasing access to financing, reducing capital flight, and the role of China. Mwangi S. Kimenyi (The Brookings Inst... Read More...


The Pope on 'Love in Truth'
The Pope on 'Love in Truth'
The Pope’s third encyclical, Caritas in Veritate is concerned with morality, not shoring up anyone’s political agenda. By Fr. Robert A. Sirico (Wall Street Journal, 07/10/2009) Read More...


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Vaticanomics: The Holy Father Tackles Globalization
Pope Benedict's Encyclical Letter is full of critical comments about commerce, the profit motive, banks and businesses. Yet for all its left-wing rhetoric on economic matters, the underlying assumptio... Read More...


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IMF Says World Economy Stabilizing
The IMF issues an encouraging, yet cautious, prediction for the global economic recovery. Although praising the macroeconomic and stimulus efforts, the Fund maintains that the financial sector is not ... Read More...


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Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and Peace: Reflections on Turkey's Economy
Hanke explains how recent economic and financial improvements aren't enough in Turkey. In order for Turkey to reach its full potential as a modern and competitive state, a new set of liberal economic... Read More...


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The Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomic Disorder
Author presents Austrian Prespective on the Great Recession of 2008. By Steven Horwitz (George Mason University, June 2009) Read More...


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In Search of the Exit
As attention turns to how to unwind emergency measures, much depends on how the American and Euro zone recoveries develop. By Ralph Atkins and Krishna Guha (Financial Times, 06/28/2009) Read More...


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North Korea's Other Crisis: An Economy in Tatters
An article detailing the economic crisis in North Korea, which is a result of further economic centralization of the economy, during what appears to be a wave of retrograde policies. (Time, 06/30/200... Read More...


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A Global Recovery Needs A Global Response
It is time to begin the restructuring of our global economic and financial system, in ways that ensure that the fruits of prosperity are more widely shared and that the system is more stable. By Josep... Read More...


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America's Next President Must Master the Tyranny of the Urgent
The biggest job for the new US administration is to find better methods of governing an interdependent world. By Strobe Talbott. (Brookings Institution, 11/02/2008) Read More...


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Time to Bring Mahatma Gandhi Back
India’s essential challenge is to take up Gandhi’s mantle and boldly imagine a future that is different from the West’s present, writes Mira Kamdar. (Project Syndicate, 06/11/2009) Read More...


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A Global Perestroika
The economical and political model that emerged during the final decades of the 20th century has turned out to be unsustainable. The current model does not need adjusting; it needs replacing. By Mikha... Read More...


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Can Economic Growth Stop Climate Change?
Revisiting the "limits to growth" theory, the director of Share the World's Resources considers why political leaders are taking so little action on climate change. By Rajesh Makwana (Global Policy, 0... Read More...


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How Economists Can Misunderstand The Crisis
Argues that Paul Krugman's account of today's crisis draws an unwarranted parallel with the Great Depression. By Niall Ferguson (Financial Times, 05/29/2009) Read More...


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Sustainability Equals Prosperity
We must think about and work to advance the sustainability agenda for what it really is: a prosperity agenda, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (Project Syndicate, 05/22/2009) Read More...


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China’s Final Frontier
The remote, rebellious western provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang are China’s poorest, but they hold vast natural wealth which Beijing is determined to control. By Parag Khanna (Prospect, June 2009) Read More...


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