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Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) Coordinating organization for NGOs and thinktanks around the US which promote labor rights. Read More...

Economic Policy Institute An economic policy thinktank which advocates a fair and sustainable economy, with a focus on the living standards of working people. Read More...

Demystifying Hedge Funds Author looks at the importance Hedge Funds have in the global marketplace and through what mechanisms they influence the international financial system. Several reasons why political backlashes again... Read More...

The Return Of Voodoo Economics Senior Republican leadership in the White House and Senate are painfully misguided in their assurances that tax cuts lead directly to higher federal revenues. By Sebastian Mallaby. (Washington Post, 5... Read More...

Mexico's Uneasy Choice: The 2006 Presidential Election Mexico's democracy has freed itself from its authoritarian past, yet it is faltering in its quest to become a modern nation. The country shed the one-party system that Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas L... Read More...

Military muscles bulging in SE Asia Southeast Asia's arms market is booming, as governments in the region shell out funds for everything from light arms to fighter jets in a gathering race to keep pace with their neighbors. By David Is... Read More...

Lamy calls for trade deal revival Article looks at the WTO boss' calls to revive a push for trade liberalisation. Comments come as countries fail to meet the Doha round's deadline for the third year in the running. (BBC, 05/01/06) Read More...

Globalization and Economic Development in the Third World: Hazard or Enhancement? Examines the global economic integration and whether globalization will bring economic growth for Third World countries. By Karla Sosa. (5/2/2006) Read More... 0 Comments |

Evo Morales tilts towards Chavismo Article examines Bolivia's recent shift towards leftist economics. Current Latin American economic trends are also highlighted and compared with this country's new policies. (FT, 30/04/06) Read More...

We can now cure Dutch disease There is a curious phenomenon that economists call the resource curse - so named because, on average, countries with large endowments of natural resources perform worse than countries less well endowe... Read More...

Why Foreign Aid Has Failed . . . and How to Fix It After fifty years and more than two trillion dollars in aid, the West has strikingly little to show for its efforts in alleviating global poverty. Why has foreign aid so often failed to achieve result... Read More...

France's Spring Break Perpetuel "Never, never aim legislative reforms at the retired or the young, particularly when the weather is warming up." Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler discuss the French student protests against the Read More... 0 Comments |

China acts to rein in its surging economy Author looks at the recent trends in Chinese monetary anf fiscal policy, and what effects these have on the global economy as a whole. By Keith Bradsher (IHT, 04/28/06) Read More...

The Vienna Institute for International Relations Established in 1973 as an independent research institute, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies is a non-profit organization. Analyses economic and structural developments in China, ... Read More...

Lithuanian Free Market Institute A private non-profit, apolitical organization established in 1990; the LFMI‘s team conducts research on key economic and economic policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluat... Read More...

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy ISS is the leading centre for higher education and research in development studies on the European continent and one of the oldest and largest in the world. As an international academic agency the Ins... Read More...

The Globalisation Institute (London, UK) The Globalisation Institute is a think tank founded in 2005 with the aim of examining how globalisation can be harnessed to work for the worlds poorest. Read More...

Reshaping the IMF Article looks at recent trends in the World Economy and how this is forcing the IMF to rethink its role. (The Economist, 20/04/06) Read More...

Steady as she goes Article looks at the recent trends in the oil/energy industry, arguing that production levels have not peaked. (The Economist $, 04/20/06) Read More...

As Hu heads to U.S., China eases currency rules Author writes that as China's top leader heads to Washington D.C., the country's moves to ease its currency regulations is more due to economic concerns at home than American pressure. By Richard Latk... Read More...

Wasted Energy The authors poke at the European 'Energy Summit' and discuss possibilities for Energy diversification in Europe. By George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson (first published on Tech Central Station, 04/10... Read More... 0 Comments |

Globalizing Good Government The authors write that the global economy no longer means that nations can pursue policies incompatible with a world economy. By Richard W. Fisher and W. Michael Cox. (New York Times, 4/10/2006) Read More...

Riots in France, Quiet Debates in Germany Germans have a more tepid reaction to proposed labor market reforms. By Markus Dettmer and Stefan Simons. (Der Spiegel, 3/28/06) Read More...

EU-China tariff war hits shoes Article focuses on a looming trade dispute between China and the European Union that highlights shoe manufacturing as a source of conflict. (The Guardian, 4/7/06) Read More...

Japan eyes huge Asia trade bloc The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry states that it wishes to create a Pan-Asian Free Trade Zone that would include China and India, the world's largest emerging markets.(BBC, 4/4/2006... Read More...

The Sanctions on South Africa: A Successful Story Author reflects on the history of economic sanctions on South Africa. By Ghada Gomaa A. Mohamed. (IA-Forum) Read More... 0 Comments |

Is Coca the New Hemp? Eva Morales is attempting to legitimize Coca production through the expansion of Coca based products and creation of a state owned Coca processing plant. By Jens Gluesing. (Der Spiegel, 3/28/06) Read More...

Riots in France, Quiet Debates in Germany Germans have a more tepid reaction to proposed labor market reforms. By Markus Dettmer and Stefan Simons. (Der Spiegel, 3/28/06) Read More...

The Black Man's Burden Dr. Gary K. Busch breaks down the cost poor infrastructure has on African development. (Ocnus.net, 3/21/06) Read More...

US needs to get its own economic house in order A Chinese perspective on America's current account deficit. By Danyang Xie. (China Daily, 3/28/06) Read More...

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