International Affairs Forum

Tue. July 08, 2025

Social Media: Economics

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The New Gloomsayers

Thinkers again predict American decline. Is there any reason to think they'll be right this time? By Joshua Muravchik. (6/23/2003) 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...

A Chilean Model for Russia

For Russia to grow at self-sustaining annual rates of seven to ten percent for a decade or two -- the only way it can pull itself out of poverty -- it needs much more economic liberalization. By Jose... Read More...

New Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The Russian Factor

This paper seeks to position Russia within the North Asia region and offers a new definition of Pacific Russia, a concept that covers both the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia and discusses some o... Read More...

Russia's Borrowing Spree: A Looming Financial Crisis

Argues that the Yeltsin administration dug itself a financial hole, and Western attempts to solve the problem by allowing Russia's federal and local governments to borrow billions of dollars are likel... Read More...

Russia's Collapse

Argues that the Russian economy is not very liberalized, and its problems have been caused by reforms that were too slow and partial, not too sweeping. Offers optimistic outlook. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1... Read More...

Bretton Woods Project

The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). 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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Strategic Risks for East Asia in Economic Integration with China

By John J. Tkacik, Jr. (Heritage Foundation, 11/12/2002) Read More...

Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence

This paper provides a review of recent empirical evidence, including some new research, on the effects of financial globalization for developing economies. (International Monetary Fund, 3/17/2003) Read More...