How a flat world has yielded uneven fruits, sowing the seeds of democratic discontent
The big challenge of this new decade...
Tags: Chrystia Freeland, credit crunch, Financial Crisis, Financial Times, Global Brief, global capitalism, globalization, income disparity, plutocracy, technological revolution, Thomas Friedman
Proposition: The international discourse over the next decade will (still) be economic in nature.
JH (against): What...
Tags: Davos Economic Forum, economic governance, Economic sociology, Financial Crisis, G20, Global Brief, John Helliwell, macroeconomics, Peer Zumbansen, rational-choice economists, recession
Pierre Fortin
« …restera le même que par le passé. Il consiste, premièrement, à gérer la quantité de monnaie et...
Tags: 1944 Bretton Woods conference, Brett House, Central banks, Financial Crisis, Fred Lazar, Global Brief, inflation, monetary policy, money, Pierre Fortin, UN Monetary and Financial Conference, Vladimir Popov, William Watson
The rise of the 21st century’s newest governance network means that developing countries will need to be all the more strategic...
Tags: Africa’s G4, Asian financial crisis, Bank for International Settlements, Brazil, Bretton Woods institutions, Brookings Institution, China, Financial Crisis, Financial Stability Forum, G20, G20 Finance, G20 Leaders, G7, G8, Global Brief, High Indebted Poor Country Initiative, IMF, India, International Development Research Centre, international economic cooperation, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, monetary policy, Ngaire Woods, Russia, World Bank
Why the Dollar Will Live to See Another Day
In recent years, investors have flocked to gold, driving its price to an all-time...
Tags: ageing baby-boomers, Brett House, Financial Crisis, Global Brief, gold bubble, Gold standard, IMF, inflation, The Earth Institute, US dollar, US Treasury
The international financial crisis has China’s artists rethinking not the state, but their craft. Diana Fu reports from...
