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A Good Year for God
Chris Patten Series: History in Motion 2010-12-23After withering literary assaults on the Almighty from Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and others, believers have hit back. For a happier New Year, we should listen to the core messages of all the great religions, not the anti-modern fear and resentment propagated by their fundamentalist adherents.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 3101 -
The Making of International Monetary Reform
Jean Pisani-Ferry Series: Reuniting Europe 2010-12-23The run-up to the G-20 summit in Seoul was marred by a series of currency controversies, bringing international monetary reform to the fore. But the task is anything but simple: the subject is abstruse, and no one outside academia has taken any interest in it for the last 20 years.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 3673 -
Europe’s Financial Alchemy
Luigi Zingales Series: The Rules Of The Game 2010-12-23It is universally recognized that a key factor behind the financial crisis was the diffusion of collateralized debt obligations, which transformed lower-rated debt into highly rated debt. And now Europe has embraced this egregious financial alchemy, in the form of the European Financial Stability Facility.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 3771 -
New Wave Nationalism
Dominique Moisi Series: European Observer 2010-12-22In the 1990’s, the fall of the Soviet empire and the brutal implosion of Yugoslavia led to a spectacular increase in the number of independent states. Now a new wave of identity fragmentation, spanning Africa and perhaps Europe, may be approaching.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4565 -
Europe’s Instability Mechanism
Hans-Werner Sinn Series: Transatlantic Perspectives 2010-12-22The new European Stability Mechanism may stabilize Europe in the short run and help it to withstand better the current speculative attacks on the euro. But while financial contagion today is limited to bank interaction, the EU’s measures have broadened the channels for contagion to include government budgets.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4196 -
The US-China Dialogue of the Deaf
George Soros Series: The World in Words 2010-12-22In 2010, economic conflict between the US and China became one of the most worrying global developments. Unless both countries adopt economic policies that are in their own interest, and begin cooperating to ensure global stability, their conflict will become increasingly geopolitical in 2011 and beyond.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 1 Read: 5781 -
The Fallen Heroes of the Financial Crisis
Jean-Paul Fitoussi Series: Frontiers of Growth 2010-12-21When the scale of the financial crisis became clear last year, many were certain that it would be managed badly. But, in view of the vilification nowadays of those who pulled the world economy back from the abyss, perhaps we should be grateful that it was managed at all.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 8050 -
A Confederal Solution for Palestine
Robert Skidelsky Series: Against the Current 2010-12-21Official Western policy still backs a two-state solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. But such a possibility was always an illusion; there is simply enough land to satisfy the passionate possessiveness of all those with claims to it.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 4070 -
Is Regulation Really for Sale?
Howard Davies Series: Finance in the 21st Century 2010-12-20In narratives of the financial crisis, regulatory capture is often an important part of the story. But, while the revolving door between regulators and the financial industry is a cause for concern - as is intellectual capture - regulators were not surrogate lobbyists.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 8613 -
The Protocols of Rupert Murdoch
Jonathan Schell Series: The World in Words 2010-12-20The American right – the party of Fox News, the Tea Party, and, increasingly, of the Republican Party itself – are no longer conservatives, but radicals. Nothing illustrates this more starkly than the recent anti-Semitic attack on the financier and philanthropist George Soros by Fox News conspiracy-monger Glenn Beck.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 1 Read: 7965 -
The Non-Smoking Gun
Jorge G. Castañeda Series: The Statesmen's Debate 2010-12-17For Latin America, Wikileaks has so far provided enticing tidbits of both gossip and substance about Brazil and Argentina; interesting, first-rate analysis regarding Honduras, Bolivia, and Mexico; and a few intriguing notes about regional politics and international relations. Nothing extraordinary has been revealed, but much will be learned.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 1 Read: 11511 -
New Europe’s Surprising Resilience
Anders Åslund Series: European Economies 2010-12-16Two years ago, five of the ten new East European EU appeared to be devastated by the global financial crisis, with social unrest, huge devaluations, and populist protests looming. Yet no disaster ensued, and today all of these countries are returning to financial health and economic growth without significant disruption.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 2 Read: 12535
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