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Xinjiang and China's strategy in Central Asia

By Stephen Blank (Asia Times online, 04/03/2004) Read More...

Free trade, like sunlight, is a necessity

Protectionism is in vogue even among American voters. Carlos Alberto Montaner explains. (Firmas Press, 04/04/2004) Read More...

Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Once again, a sweeping "free trade" agreement is in the works that puts commercial interests above all other values. (Global Exchange, 03/12/2004) Read More...

Transatlantic tiff

Tarrifs, anti-dumping laws, and hormone treated beef are all signs of rising transatlantic tensions. (The Economist, 3/4/2004). Read More...

The World Bank and IMF at sixty: plus ça change?

Of the ten elements which made up the original 'Washington Consensus', three have been both most aggressively pursued and most strongly opposed. Have the Bank and Fund changed their attitudes to liber... Read More...

Spending Control Strategy

Republicans can make progress against out-of-control spending, but they need both Reagan-style solutions and Reagan-style leadership. By Chris Edwards. (Cato, 3/28/2004) Read More...

Increasing Social Security Taxes Won't Make the Program Solvent

Removing the cap on payroll taxes will not ensure Social Security's safety. The program can only be saved through some form of privatization. (National Center for Policy Analysis, 3/23/2004) Read More...

Foreign Investment Creates Jobs in America

With the furor over call centers in India and threats of trade tariffs abroad, a new study by the Business Roundtable strongly warns against U.S. economic isolation. (National Center for Policy Analys... Read More...

IMF Executive Board Discusses Lessons from the Crisis in Argentina

Public Information Notice on on the lessons from the crisis in Argentina. (IMF, 11/17/2003) Read More...

BBC Q&A: Argentina and the IMF

Argentina and the IMF may be in dispute over loan repayments and financial support in the aftermath of the huge financial crisis that engulfed its economy more than two years ago. BBC News Online expl... Read More...

Institute for International Economic Studies

Swedish institute whose mission is to create a research environment characterized by high competence in economic analysis of international issues. Read More...

A New Global Balance

The address by James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank Group, to the board of governs in Dubai. The event was part of the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. By James D. Wolfensohn... Read More...

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Greenspan warns on trade barriers

Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warns that erecting trade barriers to stanch the flow of jobs overseas would eventually damage the US economy, stifling the innovation and competitive spirit th... Read More...

Plunder and Profit

The IMF and World Bank continue to push privatization, in spite of its massive failures. By David Moberg. (In These Times, 3/4/2004) Read More...

Don't Cry for Cancun

Despite the dramatic collapse of the recent trade talks in Cancun, things aren't nearly as bad as they seem. By Jagdish N. Bhagwati. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2004, $) Read More...

Mexico at an Impasse

Three years into Mexico's democratic revolution, few of its hopes have been realized: the political system is gridlocked, the economy is stagnant, and relations with the United States are deterioratin... Read More...

The Reluctant Partner

Growing differences over trade and foreign policy threaten to upset the delicate balance in U.S.-Brazil relations. By Peter Hakim. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2004, $) Read More...

North America's Second Decade

In just ten years, NAFTA has created the world's most formidable free trade area. The United States, Mexico, and Canada have many common interests; they need to pursue them in common ways. By Robert A... Read More...

The Privatization of Foreign Aid: Reassessing National Largesse

Critics have long derided the U.S. government for stinginess in international giving. But such charges miss the point. Today, it is private funds that make the difference in poor countries, and here t... Read More...

China Takes Off

Although China's unprecedented economic success is understandably unnerving to it's neighbors and trading partners, it should not be cause for worry; China, the United States, and the rest of the worl... Read More...

Candidates' replay of NAFTA debate misleads wary voters

NAFTA-bashing overstates the pact's impact on U.S. job losses during the 2001 recession and also ignores the economic benefits to American workers provided by NAFTA and world trade generally. (USA Tod... Read More...

Thailand halts key privatisation

Plans by the Thai Government to privatise the country's electricity authority have been put on hold due to a week of mass protests by state workers. By Kylie Morris (BBC, 3/6/2004) Read More...

IMF cautiously optimistic on UK

The UK economy has "weathered the global slowdown well", and growth could hit 3.1% this year. However, the IMF also warned Britain to keep a careful eye on public finances. (BBC, 3/5/2004) Read More...

There's no realistic alternative to globalization

International growth abroad present opportunities for Canadians. The focus needs to be on successful globalization, not a narrow globalization captured and manipulated by neo-conservative ideologues. ... Read More...

Social Security, Is It A Crisis That Doesn't Exist?

Arguments that the social security crisis does not exist are based upon the unrealistic assumption that the economy will grow much faster than projected. By Andrew Biggs. (Cato, 10/5/2000) Read More...

What Social Security crisis?

Economic prosperity has eliminated the social security crisis yet politicians and advocacy groups continute to push for privatization. By Merrill Goozner. (4/5/2000) Read More...

Privatize program now

Private investment is the only way to save social security from financial crisis. By Michael Tanner. (USA Today, 2/27/04) Read More...

Most Argentines Back Their President, Not Debt

63% of the Argentines support President Nestor Kirchner's proposal to pay only a fraction of the nearly US$ 88 billion the country owes to international creditors, reports Jon Jeter (The Washington Po... Read More...

The New American Century

New Imperialism is already upon us. It's a remodeled, streamlined version of what we once knew. For the first time in history, a single empire with an arsenal of weapons that could obliterate the worl... Read More...

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