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Markets and Antimarkets in the World Economy - Manuel De LandaCapitalism itself is seen as maturing through a series of stages, the latest one of which is the monopolistic stage in this century. Even non-Marxists economists like Galbraith, agree that capitalism began as a competitive pursuit and stayed that way till the end of the nineteenth century, and ...
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Asian Innovation: China, India and KoreaThe rise of China and India will remake the innovation landscape. US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation can no longer be taken for granted. Nor can the knowledge jobs that have depended upon it. Global supply chains have transformed how we make products. Our savings depend ...
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The demise of the dollar - The IndependentIn the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified ...
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A BRIC in the World: Emerging Powers, Europe and the Coming OrderThe world is changing. It is becoming increasingly multipolar with the emergence of China, India, Brazil, and with the resurgence of Russia – forming the so-called BRIC. The world is also becoming increasingly interdependent, not only economically as recently illustrated with the US financial ...
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The IMF Should Move To Europe - The Baseline ScenarioEurope still insists on the right to nominate one of its own to be managing director of the IMF, which is an awful anachronism at this point. The New IMF could be based in London with a French boss, or in Paris with a British boss. The EU would have a powerful voice and the US would keep its ...
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No Consensus on the Washington ConsensusOn local, national, and international levels, new forces have risen to challenge the Consensus and create alternatives. Beginning in the 1980s, the “Washington Consensus” – the concept that free markets were the solution to poverty — dominated development theory, policy, and practice around the world....
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The Rise of the RestIt's true China is booming, Russia is growing more assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead. NOTE: even if a May 2008 article, still worth reading.
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The G-8 Is DeadThe L'Aquila summit showed just how irrelevant the G-8 has become, as emerging economies demand more and more of a say at the negotiating table. It was a funeral ceremony: The G-8 is dead, at least as a global leadership forum. It has now been reduced to a mere talking shop for certain heads of ...
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The next global reserve currencyIf history is any guide, the Chinese renminbi will soon be due to overtake the US dollar, just as the dollar replaced the pound sterling last century. But will the renminbi be ready for reserve currency status? This column discusses the issues at hand and explains why some experts would prefer ...
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What Would Gorbachev Say? On The US, China, And Saudi ArabiaPresident Obama is on his way to Saudi Arabia, and Secretary Geithner is done with his major initiative in China. In part, this is just the US normalizing its relations with the rest of the world and rebuilding some basic diplomatic niceness. But it’s also about reshaping – or not – the way ...
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