Banned Aid
Why International Assistance Does Not Alleviate Poverty January 1, 2010 Jagdish Bhagwati As the Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo argues, the concept of foreign aid is flawed -- not just because corrupt...
View ArticleWhat to Read on Foreign Aid
February 2, 2010 John Gershman Summary: An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on foreign aid.Over the course of the twentieth century, the richer, more industrialized nations of the world shifted from...
View ArticleFaulty Basel
Why More Diplomacy Won't Keep the Financial System Safe May 1, 2010 Marc Levinson Summary: Attempting to prevent future financial crises by drafting new global regulations will do more harm than good....
View ArticleThe G-20’s Dead Ideas
Why Fiscal Retrenchment is the Wrong Response to the Crisis July 9, 2010 Mark Blyth and Neil K. Shenai Summary: The recent G-20 meeting in Toronto ended with the world's largest economies promising to...
View ArticleIrresponsible Stakeholders?
The Difficulty of Integrating Rising Powers November 1, 2010 Stewart Patrick Summary: A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into...
View ArticleCan the BRICs Take the IMF?
The Emerging World's Chance to Break the IMF's Status Quo June 9, 2011 Sebastian Mallaby Summary: As the race to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF heats up, emerging markets finally have a...
View ArticleThe Financial Rebalancing Act
Stop Worrying About the Global Flow of Capital July 1, 2011 Alan M. Taylor Summary: Many economists argue that global financial imbalances fueled the recent recession. To prevent future crises, world...
View ArticleWhen Currencies Collapse
Will We Replay the 1930s or the 1970s? December 14, 2011 Barry Eichengreen Summary: Confidence in the dollar and the euro continues to falter, threatening the international monetary system. The world...
View ArticleWhy the Euro Will Survive
Completing the Continent’s Half-Built House September 1, 2012 C. Fred Bergsten Summary: The euro’s naysayers have it all wrong. True, the continent’s powerhouses have yet to agree on a clear plan to...
View ArticleWho Will Save Egypt?
Cairo's Economic Disaster and Those Fighting to Fix It June 30, 2013 Marina Ottaway Summary: Underneath all the anger in Egypt lies a basic fact: The country's economy is in deep trouble. Normally a...
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