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Annus horribilis: Two futuristic looks at the crash of 2009

with Niall Fergusonvia Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sunday, January 4, 2009

In 2005's fictional "Countdown to a Meltdown," The Atlantic magazine's James Fallows describes America's coming economic crisis by looking back from the election of 2016 -- when the 46th president of the United States will be the first since before the Civil War to be neither Democrat nor Republican...

In the News

The World Supports Hamas? Of Course, They Do!

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Sunday, January 4, 2009

I got more than the usual nasty letters this week over voicing support for Israel...

Analysis and Commentary

Four bankers and a fiasco

by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
Saturday, January 3, 2009

When the history of the current financial crisis comes to be written, the battle of the index entries will surely be won by central bankers not politicians...

Analysis and Commentary

2009 brings hard choices over the future of capitalism

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy new year? You must be joking...

In the News

What “Chimerica” Hath Wrought

by Niall Fergusonvia American Interest
Thursday, January 1, 2009

The U.S. financial system has been as much a part of American power over the past thirty years as the Sixth Fleet...

In the News

2008 Flat Tax Wrap-Up

by Alvin Rabushkavia Flat Tax
Monday, December 29, 2008

A flat tax on individuals (households) and, in some instances, the same flat-rate on individuals and corporations, has spread throughout most of Central and Eastern Europe...

Analysis and Commentary

An imaginary retrospective of 2009

by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
Saturday, December 27, 2008

It was the year when people finally gave up trying to predict the year ahead...

In the News

Follow the Money

with Niall Fergusonvia New York Times Book Review
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Niall Ferguson, it is fair to say, is a one-man book factory...

Analysis and Commentary

On an auspicious anniversary, here are four keys to China's peaceful rise

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, December 18, 2008

As we mark the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's launching the country's world-changing economic reforms, I want to address the $65 quadrillion question of China's peaceful rise...

Analysis and Commentary

China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, December 4, 2008

The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth...

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