APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) News, Views & Roundtables
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Have We Seen the Last of the Bear Raids?So is that it? Is the downturn over? After bouncing off of 6500, or more than half its peak value, and with Citigroup briefly breaking $1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has rallied back more than 1200 points. So, is it safe to go back in the water? Best to figure out what went wrong first -- ...
James Choate
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8 months ago
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Prospects for the United States and the World: a Crisis that Conventional Remedies cannot ResolveThe prospects for the U.S. economy have become uniquely dreadful, if not frightening. In this paper we argue, as starkly as we can, that the United States and the rest of the world’s economies will not be able to achieve balanced growth and full employment unless they are able to agree upon and ...
Giorgio Bertini
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8 months ago
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IMF Outlines Dire Consequences if World Fails to Act on BanksIMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn pressed governments around the world to act urgently and decisively to reverse a slump in global trade and industrial activity by cleaning up the banking system, restructuring the financial sector, and reviving the global economy in a coordinated manner. ...
Giorgio Bertini
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9 months ago
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Obama and trade: an alarm sounds - Jagdish Bhagwati - FTIn the Financial Times, I argued that, unlike with Hillary Clinton, there were several reasons why one could be optimistic that Barack Obama would follow a pro-trade policy despite “prudential” protectionist talk on the primaries circuit (“Obama’s free-trade credentials top Clinton’s”, March 3 ...
Giorgio Bertini
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10 months ago
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Can China Adjust to the US Adjustment? - Asia EconoMonitorFor the past ten years the global balance of payments has been dominated by the trade and investment relationship between China and the US. This relationship is now undergoing a major shift. Most large economies will be affected, and to the extent that their economic policies do not ...
Giorgio Bertini
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12 months ago
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In the New World Disorder, Loads of Rivals for America - TIMEImagine 100 companies from Former Third World countries with a combined revenue in the trillions of dollars--greater than the total economic output of many countries--competing with U.S. companies for space on the world stage. Imagine several hundred such companies. Now imagine thousands. You ...
Giorgio Bertini
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13 months ago
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Interview with yours truly in VentureBeat todaySee this (including a response from me which appears at the very end). And for background, see this month's Wired magazine article . Cheers, - David Scott "Lightman" Lewis (yep, some hackers convinced me that I should start using my hacker alias, "Lightman")
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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15 months ago
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Something you didn't know about me ...Since Hrafn always meant this to be a social network for Twine Power Users (and I, along with Nova) were the first two co-admins invited by Hrafn, here's something I might as well share: Guess what, I'm the real David Lightman (well, as close as there is to a real David Lightman) -- as in the movie, ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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15 months ago
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PODCAST:: Foreign Affairs Journal - China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's FutureHere's an excerpt from the podcast: "Beijing's failure to respond creatively to its critics and effectively manage its environmental and product-safety issues reveals a certain political myopia. China's leaders have long been aware that opponents of the regime would try to disrupt the ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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17 months ago
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Foreign Affairs Journal - China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's FutureThis piece was co-authored by a friend of mine who heads APAC policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Here's an excerpt: "Beijing's failure to respond creatively to its critics and effectively manage its environmental and product-safety issues reveals a certain political myopia. China's ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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17 months ago