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Scott Wallsten
Scott Wallsten is a Fellow at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Digital Dreams
Scott Wallsten Series: Frontiers of Growth 2003-12-17A few years ago, a local Internet entrepreneur was arrested in Ghana, her employees jailed and her computer equipment confiscated. Her crime? Providing consumers with a way to make low-cost telephone calls over the Internet. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13102
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How Globalization Stabilizes Poor Countries
Scott Wallsten Series: Frontiers of Growth 2003-05-23Globalization stands accused of generating economic instability in developing countries and greatly exacerbating poverty, at least in the short run--which is the longest period the world's poor can afford to care about. Critics point to the string of economic crises in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in recent years, often attributing them to multilateral lenders' demands for full liberalization of foreign trade and capital flows, privatization, and fiscal austerity. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15653
