Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Constanza Vieira CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia, Apr 15, 2012 (IPS) – "What matters at this summit is not what is on the official agenda," said Uruguayan analyst Laura Gil, echoing the conventional wisdom in this Colombian port city, where the Sixth Summit of the Americas ended Sunday [...]
MIDEAST: Into an Unsettled New Year
January 22, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mya Guarnieri HEBRON, Jan 22, 2012 (IPS) – An elderly Palestinian woman spent last week on hunger strike to protest violent attacks by Israeli settlers. Hana Abu Heikel went on the hunger strike on behalf of her family after settlers burned the family car during the previous [...]
IMF Seeks Asia’s Help to Tackle Eurocrisis
January 22, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By J. C. Suresh IDN-InDepth NewsReport TORONTO (IDN) – When an international commission headed by Nobel laureate Willy Brandt drew attention to global economic interdependence in its report in 1980, the world was divided between rich North and the poor South. More than three decades later, the International [...]
A Heaping Helping of Ridicule for the Fed, Please
January 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally published on The Guardian Unlimited, January 18, 2012 See the article on the original website By Dean Baker In keeping with its policy of releasing transcripts with a five-year lag, the Federal Reserve Board just released the transcripts from its 2006 Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. There is much [...]
Egypt Continues March to Democracy
January 18, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Woman casting her vote By Ernest Corea* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – As the January 23 deadline for the inauguration of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak People’s Assembly (parliament) approaches, the thoughts of politically conscious Egyptians must inevitably turn to the conundrums that lie beyond the recently concluded elections. [...]
SPECULATION REGARDING ZARDARI
December 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The “Dawn News” of Karachi has reported as follows: “President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday (December 6,2011) arrived in Dubai for a medical check-up. According to presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar, the President has traveled to Dubai along with his team of doctors for an extensive medical examination. He added [...]
Millions Stand to Benefit from Farmers’ Co-ops
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22, 2011 (IPS) – The 925 million people who went hungry in 2010 are just one facet of an ever-worsening food security crisis. Both food producers and consumers face the consequences of price volatility and unsustainable agricultural practices – challenges that leave [...]
Debt deal distracts from the economy’s real problems.
August 2, 2011 By
Statement on the Debt Ceiling Deal Debt deal distracts from the economy’s real problems. Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR For Immediate Release: August 1, 2011 Contact: Alan Barber, (202) 293-5380 x115 Washington, D.C.- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), issued the following statement on the debt ceiling [...]
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation?
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher It’s no secret American manufacturing is in crisis, and that its problems form a significant component of our present economic mess. I’ve written before about how the Obama administration may (may!) be starting to get serious about the problem. Another small but significant data point on the question [...]