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Opinion / Thought Leaders

A tale of two currency areas

[2011-02-08 15:02]

Only Europe's currency union faces uncertainty about its future; America faces no existential crisis for its currency.

Sputnik Redux

[2011-01-21 14:40]

More than 50 years ago (1957), the Soviets launched the world's first orbiting satellite, beating the US into space.

Did the poor cause the crisis?

[2011-01-20 12:52]

The United States continues to be riven by heated debate about the causes of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Is government to blame for what went wrong, and, if so, in what sense?

Five steps forward in 2011

[2011-01-15 11:01]

The worst of the financial/economic crisis seems to be over. Asset markets performed reasonably well in 2010. Growth in the United States and parts of Europe returned.

The best investments

[2011-01-14 13:30]

On the eastern edge of Kolkata, Dulu Bibi, a 25-year-old mother of four, worries about the cost of treating her two sick boys.

Asia in the balance

[2011-01-11 13:14]

Last year, the leaders of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council visited India, accompanied by delegations of business leaders.

New rules for the global economy

[2011-01-11 12:48]

Suppose that the world's leading policymakers were to meet again in Bretton Woods, New Hamp­shire, to design a new global economic order.

Debt and democracy

[2011-01-06 08:43]

The European Union's sovereign-debt crisis constitutes a fundamental threat not only to the euro, but also to democracy and public accountability.

Armageddon can wait

[2011-01-04 08:43]

Where are global currencies headed in 2011? After three years of huge, crisis-driven exchange-rate swings, it is useful to take stock both of currency values and of the exchange-rate system as a whole.

Why is rape different?

[2011-01-02 09:54]

As Swedish prosecutors’ sex-crime allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange play out in the international media, one convention of the coverage merits serious scrutiny.

Urbanizing China

[2010-12-31 08:40]

Measured by the percentage of people living in its cities, China's urbanization rate currently stands at about 48%.

What's so good about America's tax package?

[2010-12-30 09:12]

The key feature of the agreement is to continue the existing 2010 income-tax rates for another two years with no commitment about what will happen to tax rates after that.

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