Tag Archives: United States

Passing Up A Golden Opportunity

Vast infrastructure updates would be a wise choice for the United States.

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What Really Ails Detroit

Stephan Richter’s NYTimes Oped: Detroit’s collapse — bad luck, globalization to blame or indicative of a U.S.-wide problem?

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Larry Summers and A Tale of Two Harvard Professors

Why can’t a smart man like Larry Summers bring even a bit of compassion and common humanity to his economic analyses?

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The Coming Global Economic Ice Age?

As investors pull back and commodity prices fall, is a new crisis in emerging markets brewing?

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Data Privacy: When Angela Merkel Leads From Behind

How the German Chancellor turns big political crises into major reforms. After the NSA scandal, it’s data privacy.

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To Fight Mexican Cartels, Follow The Money

What is the best strategy to truly disrupt Mexico’s cartels: targeting their leaders or their finances?

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The Snowden Case: About More Than Leaking

Wherever one stands on the Snowden issue, it is high time to reassess the United States’ level of civic participation.

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Perceptions of Superpowers

People think China will be the next superpower, but like the United States better.

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The United States as a Haven of Economic Inefficiency

Can the U.S. economy trim costs and make itself internationally competitive?

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Should China Deregulate Finance?

Why is it in the world’s best interest for China to go slow on deregulating its financial system?

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