Global Economy

Julie Satow

Economist: America Is Just Like An Emerging Market, Wall Street Oligarchs And All

HuffingtonPost.com | Julie Satow | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Global Economy, Simon Johnson, Economy, Emerging Markets, The Economist, Huffington Post Simon Johnson, Simon Johnson Emerging Market, Business News

America may be more like an emerging market than we realize. That is the analysis by an increasingly vocal and influential professor at MIT, Simon Jo...

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Global recession worst since Depression, IMF says

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The global economy is expected to lurch into reverse this year for the first time since World War II with appalling consequences fo...

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Too Big to Fail

Chip Ward | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

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Chip Ward

A capitalist economy based on constant, unlimited growth is a reckless fantasy because ecosystems are not limitless; there are just so many pollinators, so many aquifers, so much fertile soil.

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Elections in Iceland: The Revolutionary Fire is Down to Dying Embers

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Johanna Sigurdardottir, Global Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Alcoa, Aluminum, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Geir Haarde, Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir Iceland, Iceland Bankrupt, Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Banks, Elections, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Prime Minister Geir Haarde, Iceland Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Unfortunately, in Iceland, as elsewhere, we're numbed by the continuous stream of bad economic news and appear in danger of forgetting what we were fighting for.

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Following the London Summit, What's Next for the World Economy?

Jake Colvin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: International Trade, Poverty, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, London Summit, Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty, International-Development, Global Economic Crisis, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News
Jake Colvin

The current economic climate presents a real danger to international stability and, ultimately, to U.S. national security. The time is right for a renewed commitment to trade.

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India's Poorest State Defies Economic Slump

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Global Economy, Foreign Affairs, Economic Crisis, India Poor, India, India Economy, Global Economic Crisis, Advocacy, Bihar, World News

This country's path out of the global economic turmoil may start here, among a community of outcastes who dine on rats. In Bihar, India's poorest and...

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It's the Global Economy (Stupid) -- or Is It?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, Global Economy, Nafta, European Union, Free Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, g20, Global Economic Crisis, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Fiscal Stimulus, Monetary Policy, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Deregulation, World News
Mark Weisbrot

The contemporary idea of the "global economy" is based on a misapplied analogy to the historical development of national economies.

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Healing All Homeowners

Iris Martin | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Global Economy, Wall Street, Mortgage Wars, Barack Obama, Treasury, Business News
Iris Martin

We will make them care. You will stay in your home. There is light at the end of the tunnel and you will prevail. Judges all over the country are on your side.

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Is the IMF Helping Iceland?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Iris Erlingsdottir

Why are the countries that have accepted IMF assistance in the past -- such as South Korea and Argentina -- so bitter over the experience?

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama G-20, Global Economy, Latin America, Central America, IMF Funding, Bretton Woods, World Bank, Imf, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, G-20 Summit, Africa, IMF Bailout, G-20 Europe, Neoliberalism, Economic Failure, Globaliation, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrat...

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Dead Aid: The Wrong Prescription for Africa

Dr. Alex G. Coutinho | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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Dr. Alex G. Coutinho

Dambisa Moyo's book, Dead Aid, takes the approach of lumping together all of Africa's 50 years of post colonial history and its troubles and blaming it on only one thing -- Western aid.

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Time for Courage and Leadership, Mr. President

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, General Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, President Bill Clinton, President Obama, Global Economy, National Security, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, Defense Department Budget, Admiral Mahan, Campaign Promises, Fox News Sunday, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a wrong that can be made right. Just say what you said in your campaign, Mr. Obama, and what's on your White House web site. Do what you said you'd do.

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Merkel Attacks British PM Brown's Plan For "Global New Deal"

Times London | Jonathan Oliver and Bojan Pancevski | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

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Gordon Brown's carefully laid plans for a G20 deal on worldwide tax cuts have been scuppered by an eve-of-summit ambush by European leaders. Angela M...

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G-20 Advice From South Korean President

Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Global Economy, G-20 Summit, Lee Myung-Bak, South Korea, Foreign Affairs, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, South Korea Economy, Korea Banks, Stimulus, G-20, Advocacy, g20, World News

When world leaders met at the G-20 summit in Washington, D.C., last November, our hope was that by the first quarter of this year we would have largel...

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Global Economy To Shrink In 2009: World Bank

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business

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The global economy is set to shrink by one to two percent this year, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, saying the depth of the sl...

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World Bank cuts China's 2009 growth forecast

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

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BEIJING — The World Bank cut its forecast of China's 2009 growth from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent on Wednesday due to plunging exports but expres...

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Japan Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged At 0.1 Percent

Wall Street Journal | MEGUMI FUJIKAWA and TOMOYUKI TACHIKAWA | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

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With Japan's recession deepening and corporate financing still tight, Bank of Japan policy board members held interest rates steady at ultra-low level...

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17 Of 20 Nations Have Broken Promise TO Avoid Protectionist Measures

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: World Bank Report, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, Economy, Trade Barriers, Protectionism, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

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Global Financial Crisis Threatens World's Autocrats

The American Prospect | Beth Schwartzapfel | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

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Gansu is one of interior China's most forlorn provinces, one that has gone largely unnoticed by the outside world. When I worked in rural Gansu two ye...

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Obama, Europe At Odds Over Fixing Economy

Spiegel | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

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As the global economic downturn worsens, the industrialized nations are at odds over how to fight the crisis. Obama wants the Europeans to introduce a...

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Theoretical Currency: One Essential Step in Addressing the Global Financial Crisis.

MJR Montoya | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

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MJR Montoya

It has been a year since we have been aware of the severe financial downturn that has crippled the global economy. Since then, banking systems, finan...

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Upcoming G-20 Summit: 'Stakes Are Enormous'

Council On Foreign Relations | Stewart M. Patrick | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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When G-20 leaders convene in London on April 2, they will confront the most parlous global economic situation in seven decades. People and markets...

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Will Everyone Grab a Bucket? This Thing is Sinking

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Economy, Balanced Trade, Economic Crisis, Gdp, Imports, Economy, Exports, Warren Buffett, Economic Growth, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

G-20 conferences have generally been for show. The stakes are real this time -- and the odds going in are against the president in gaining the bold action needed.

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Closing the Gender Gap on International Women's Day -- and Every Day

Klaus Schwab and Saadia Zahidi | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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Klaus Schwab and Saadia Zahidi

There is still much work to be done in education, health, the workplace, legislation and politics, before women around the globe enjoy the same rights and opportunities as men.

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