Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN State-Business Relations Trigger Growth in Africa Credit: ODI By Dirk Willem te Velde* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint LONDON (IDN) – Recent media coverage suggests brightening prospects for Africa, with some commentators discussing whether it could become the next BRIC. Indeed, the sub-Saharan African economy is scheduled to grow by 5 [...]
Robert Kuttner: A Presidency in Peril
May 9, 2010 By
PublicCitizenInc — April 27, 2010 — Author, journalist, economist Robert Kuttner talks about his latest book, “A Presidency in Peril: The Inside Story
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Jim Hightower | PBS
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PBS — May 07, 2010 — Bill Moyers interviews populist Jim Hightower about the history and legacy of people’s movements and discusses h…
EUROPE: Economists Blame Germany for Mediterranean Crisis
March 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Julio Godoy BERLIN, Mar 5 (IPS) – Germany’s obsession with maintaining a trade surplus, in line with its mercantilist traditions, is one cause for the severe economic crisis that has gripped several Euro-Mediterranean countries, say economists. Germany, the largest economy in the European Union (EU), has been for more [...]
2009 Trade Deficit Reduction Masks Serious US Competitiveness Deficiencies
March 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Originally Published on American Economic Alert Read the original article on Amercian Economic Alert. Alan Tonelson The details of the final 2009 trade figures hold two important lessons for both supporters and many opponents of current U.S. trade policies. The first: However critically important trade deficit reduction is, it’s just as [...]
It’s the Trade Deficit, Stupid!
March 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Originally Published on American Economic Alert Read the original article on American Economic Alert. by Peter Morici, Ph.D. Since the Democrat’s debacle in Massachusetts, President Obama has been campaigning. In the State of the Union address, his new budget presentation, and other staged events for the faithful where they gather for [...]
CHINESE ECONOMY MONITOR–NOTE NO.10: OBAMA’S WAR-CRY AGAINST UNDERVALUED YUAN ANGERS, UNNERVES CHINA
February 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN ( What will be the impact of the global financial and economic melt-down on the Chinese economy?This question should be of interest to the other countries of the South and South-East Asian region.If the Chinese economy is badly affected, they too are likely to feel the negative consequences of the [...]
Domestic Manufacturers Urge Obama to Back Up Tougher China Talk With Immediate Currency-Manipulation Bill Push
February 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Originally Published on American Economic Alert Read the original article on American Economic Alert Kevin L. Kearns and Alan Tonelson WASHINGTON, February 4 – The 1,900-member U.S. Business and Industry Council today urged President Obama to back up his tougher, post-Massachusetts, China trade rhetoric at yesterday’s meeting with Senate Democrats by [...]
AFRICA: ‘Have Your Own Policies, as Long as They’re Like Ours’
September 9, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Marina Penderis JOHANNESBURG, Sep 9 (IPS) – The controversial conditionalities attached to World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans over the past 20 years may, from the World Bank’s point of view, no longer be necessary as African countries are of their own accord imposing similar policy restrictions [...]
