ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
The Frontiers of Growth
Have Russia and China proved that authoritarianism and capitalism can go hand-in-hand? Can legality be imported? Are some countries fated to race ahead while others lag? Does culture shape economics? Is unrestricted foreign investment a help or a hindrance to countries seeking to escape from poverty?
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Taking Back Globalization
Olivier De Schutter Series: Frontiers of Growth 2012-01-25At Davos this year, the world’s economic and political leaders stand warned: do globalization better, or it will be derailed by the growing legions of the discontented. That means finally going beyond trade deficits and debt ratios to pay attention to the wider imbalances generated by unfettered globalization.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 9717 -
Islamic Finance Unbound
Mahmoud Mohieldin Series: Frontiers of Growth 2012-01-06
While uncertainty roils global markets and many investors are in full retreat, Islamic financial assets are growing exponentially. Though it needs to address several regulatory issues, Islamic finance has the potential to promote greater stability throughout the Muslim world.... read Comments: 5 Recommended: 0 Read: 12243 -
More Unequal than Others
Pranab Bardhan Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-12-01In India and the US, many forms of social inequality have declined in recent years, but economic inequality has been on the rise. If both countries wish to thrive as democracies, they must find a way to make the rich feel that it is in their best interests to improve conditions for the poor.... read Comments: 7 Recommended: 0 Read: 13767 -
Development Cooperation under Siege
Jomo Kwame Sundaram Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-11-22
Globalization has helped to integrate developing countries into the world economy, but now that very integration is becoming a threat in the wake of the financial crisis. With the increasing likelihood of protracted stagnation in most rich countries, the prospects for development look poor.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 6503 -
To the Jobless Economy
Martin Ford Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-11-07Nearly all economic forecasts agree that high unemployment in much of the developed world will most likely persist for years to come. But, given improvements in computers, robotic technologies, and other forms of job automation, even this dire projection underestimate future unemployment rates.... read Comments: 8 Recommended: 1 Read: 14200 -
The Education Solution
Mahmoud Mohieldin Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-11-03
The global challenges that we face today are proof that we need a world of problem solvers – people who are productive, resilient, creative, and versatile enough with technology and culture to find solutions to the many challenges we face. Education helps to build that world.... read Comments: 8 Recommended: 1 Read: 16602 -
The Microfinance Catalyst
Tarun Khanna and Jayant Sinha Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-10-04When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance – its advent, rise, and recent crises – shows how.... read Comments: 6 Recommended: 0 Read: 16790 -
Thinking the Unthinkable in Europe
George Soros Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-09-15
To resolve a crisis in which the impossible has become possible, it is necessary to think the unthinkable. So, to resolve Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, it is now imperative to prepare for the possibility of default and defection from the eurozone by Greece, Portugal, and perhaps Ireland.... read Comments: 26 Recommended: 1 Read: 51299 -
The Great Bank Robbery
Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Spitznagel Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-09-02For the US economy – and other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount paid to bankers over the last five years. Investors, and the rest of us, would be better off if these funds flowed to productive companies, perhaps with an amount equivalent to what would be transferred to bonuses directed to well-managed charities.... read Comments: 29 Recommended: 6 Read: 141666
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