Macroeconomic Policy

Where Do We Go From Here?

Alan Schram | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business


Alan Schram

The only sensible approach to investing is to buy into well-understood businesses when they are offered substantially below what they are worth, and to sell them as they approach intrinsic value.

Hans Jørgen Koch Explains Why IRENA Is "50 times More Than the IEA"

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


Lily Riahi

Lily Riahi speaks with Hans Jørgen Koch about why we need the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) especially given the existence of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The Yen, the Yuan and the Yunus

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business


Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

A global currency would allow emerging economies to borrow in their own currency, avoid currency mismatches and the extreme poor can trade with each other without being exposed to currency risk.

Symptoms and Solutions

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business


Max Fraad Wolff

We need a stimulus to prevent rapid and disorderly economic meltdown. We cannot aim to return to massive trade imbalances, huge government deficits, loose monetary policy, and debt based consumer spending.