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BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 |
A Savings Crisis? Maybe Not Is the U.S. in a savings crisis? We think not, though one may be brewing if attitudes toward the budget deficit don't change in Washington. |
CFO June 1, 2008 Edward Teach |
How Bad Will It Get? The subprime-mortgage meltdown is strikingly similar to major financial crises in other countries. Will the aftermath be as costly? |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Peter Coy |
The Trade Gap: How Long Can It Go On? The rapid growth of the U.S. trade deficit has sparked vociferous debate -- and fresh research -- among international economists. Some see it as sustainable, but most believe the U.S. spree must soon end |
Reason May 2009 Brian Doherty |
Storm Ahead While past performance is no guarantee of future bad results, the effects of the current type of economic crisis, as opposed to a typical recession, tend to be grim and long-lasting. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Economic Recovery: What the Economists Say Harvard's Rogoff says economists deserve a portion of the blame for this crisis. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Francesco Giavazzi |
Growth after the Crisis If the world economy is to recover, a replacement must be found for the newly frugal U.S. consumer. |
Finance & Development June 2010 Linda Yueh |
A Stronger China China can emerge from the crisis stronger if it increases domestic demand and promotes global integration. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Rich Miller |
Too Much Money A global savings glut is good for growth -- but risks are mounting. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Zagha, Nankani & Gill |
Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Kumhof & Ranciere |
Leveraging Inequality THE United States experienced two major economic crises over the past 100 years -- the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2007. Income inequality may have played a role in the origins of both. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 |
Book reviews Robert Solomon's Money on the Move: The Revolution in International Finance Since 1980... Distributive Justice and Economic Development: The Case of Chile and Developing Countries... Ruth de Krivoy's Collapse: The Venezuelan Banking Crisis of '94... etc. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Charles Kramer |
Asia's Investment Puzzle Despite the recovery in Asia, lingering uncertainty appears to be holding back investment. |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Mandel & Dunham |
Can Anyone Steer This Economy? Global forces have taken control of the economy. And government, regardless of party, will have less influence than ever |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Tom Keene |
Tom Keene's EconoChat A talk with Harvard international political economy professor Dani Rodrik about globalization and its shortfalls. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Mauro & Yafeh |
Financial Crises of the Future Will future financial crises resemble the contagious crises of the 1990s, or the country-specific crises of the 1890s? What seems clear is that both advanced and emerging market countries will pay close attention to this debate. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Mike Norman |
The Rich Uncle Syndrome Asia's savings are the gift that America never has to give back. |
HBS Working Knowledge February 28, 2007 Rawi Abdelal |
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance The world looks different to most financial policymakers in the twenty-first century, with many regions, and the United States in particular, adopting ad hoc measures that benefit their own interests but ignore the lessons learned from financial crises in the 1920s and 1930s. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 21, 2006 Ann Cullen |
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance A discussion about the implications and the historical roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
Lost and Foundering? Why we (probably) won't repeat Japan's infamous "lost decade." |
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Jonathan Anderson |
Solving China's Rebalancing Puzzle The trends most likely to drive corporate earnings and the trade surplus back to more sustainable levels over the next few years are the gradual end of excess capacity growth, the subsequent return of net import demand, and lower overall GDP growth. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Gerd Hausler |
The Globalization of Finance Financial globalization has brought considerable benefits to national economies and to investors and savers, but it has also changed the structure of markets, creating new risks and challenges for market participants and policymakers... |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
Our Hidden Savings While other countries chide the U.S. for being profligate, Americans are putting more money into the things that matter over the long run. That's reflected in U.S. economic performance, among the strongest in the world. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2002 Emanuele Baldacci |
Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution How do financial crises affect income distribution and the poor? A recent IMF study shows that poverty rises and, in some cases, so does inequality -- underscoring the need for adequate and flexible safety nets, ideally in place before crises strike. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Charles Collyns |
The Crisis through the Lens of History The current financial crisis is ferocious, but looking at history shows the way to avoid another Great Depression. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Pisani-Ferry & Santos |
Reshaping the Global Economy The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2007 Kose et al. |
Financial Globalization: Beyond the Blame Game A new way of looking at financial globalization -- the phenomenon of rising cross-border financial flows -- reexamines its costs and benefits. |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Economy's Safety Valve Periodic crises like the subprime mess may be necessary to keep global markets from melting down. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ingves & Lind |
Stockholm Solutions A crucial lesson from the Nordic experience is the need for prominent state involvement in crisis resolution. |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
South Korea: Hope in a Brighter Export Outlook South Korea is emerging from its worst downturn since the Asian crisis in 1998, but a full recovery is still a way off. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Rethinking Economics in a Changed World Three Nobel laureates discuss what the global crisis has taught us. |
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2008 John S. Chen |
Is This Crisis Different? Not Really Despite popular sentiment that the financial meltdown of 2007-08 is unique in history, we can glean lessons from earlier crises to make better decisions for our businesses. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Keller et al. |
The Bottom Line Weaknesses in public and private sector balance sheets could be the sign of a crisis in the making. |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Even-Keel Economy Today sharp shocks in one sector, like housing, don't necessarily lead to broader downturns. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Michael Mandel |
A World of Influence on Interest Rates Many investors find the new global connections more difficult to understand than the old domestic links. So here's a guide to how global and domestic events used to influence interest rates -- and what the impact will be today. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Berglof et al. |
A Tale of Two Crises Russia is still a resource-dependent economy that must diversify in a market-friendly way |
Finance & Development June 2011 Sam Ouliaris |
What Are Economic Models? How economists try to simulate reality |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Consumer Crunch Recession or not, American families will be forced to tighten their belts. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Peter Coy |
Debt: The U.S. Is on the Edge of a Cliff There are still buyers aplenty for Treasury obligations. But if Uncle Sam's borrowing gets much higher, investors could abruptly lose confidence in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
What Goes In The Piggy Bank? On the face of it, the definition of personal or national savings seems simple. Take a household's or a country's income, subtract consumption, and savings is everything left over. Easy. Ah, but look again. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Michael Mandel |
Totting Up Savings Here's a primer on how savings is calculated -- on a national level as well as personal one -- and its impact on economic growth. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 Jeffrey E. Garten |
The Case for a Global Central Bank With world finance increasingly intertwined, we'll need one sooner or later. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Great Earnings Season! Is It Enough? Are we on the path to a sustained stock rally? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Olivier Blanchard |
Cracks in the System The Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist of the IMF discusses what he thinks is needed to repair the damaged global economy. |
Reason June 2009 Michael C. Moynihan |
What Caused the Crisis? In his new book, Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis, John B. Taylor argues that the government bears the most responsibility for creating and sustaining the current crisis. |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Rich Miller |
The Unreliable Predictive Power of Bond Yields Bond investors follow interest rates as predictors of financial crises, but it turns out they're a poor indicator. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Atish R. Ghoshet et al. |
Anticipating the Next Crisis THE current global financial turmoil has rekindled the interest of both policymakers and the general public in early warning systems to anticipate future financial crises. But what alarms can such systems realistically sound? |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Peter Coy |
Is $100 Oil As Lethal As It Looks? Economists are more worried about housing's downturn than oil's upturn, and for good reason. |
Searcher February 2009 Stephen Fadel |
A Searcher's Journey Through a Morass: Researching the Financial Crisis The economy during the past few months has been changing fast. Those maintaining information guides on the crisis will need to monitor changes in the crisis and add and remove resources when appropriate. |