A trade expert who once advised Bill Clinton painted a sweeping portrait of how globalization affects everything from shoe prices to job hunting, arguing that while America benefits from trade, government should also help those who are hurt...
Hardly a day goes by during this housing crisis that the media does not report on families in foreclosure proceedings, or in arrears in repayment on mortgages that had close to zero down payment requirements and low “teaser “ interest rates...
In his most recent book, "The War of the World," Harvard historian Niall Ferguson says economic instability leads to conflict but viable market economies can end it -- especially in the Middle East...
I was asked the other day by a reporter if NAFTA had been a good thing or a bad thing for America. I said that both the proponents and opponents of NAFTA had no legitimate, unassailable or even suggestive, statistical evidence on their side...
She made the call last week, while sharing her thoughts on the private sector perspectives on ways of developing sound financial intermediaries at the High-Level seminar on African Finance for the 21st Century in Tunisia ...
Another Nobel Laureate, Dr. Douglass C. North, will deliver the sixth UP Centennial Lecture on March 15 at the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics (UPSE) at 2 p.m...
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