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Economic Affairs

Mar 22, 2009: Is Global Economic Crisis Too Complex for World's Elected Leaders?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Economic Affairs , Opinion & Analysis
Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan in Tokyo, and Andy Zelleke, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s esteemed John F. Kennedy School of Government and co-director of Harvard’s Center for...

Jan 1, 2009: The Economy First, The Middle East Second
Comments: 0 | Categories: Diplomatic Affairs , Economic Affairs
Will the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be a priority for President-Elect Barack Obama’s administration when he takes office on January 20, 2009? Chicago Tribune Reporter Peter Nicholas seems to have obtained an answer to the question during a December 31, 2008, interview...

Oct 13, 2008: Paul Krugman, A Public Intellectual, Wins Novel Prize in Economics
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Justin Wolfers at Freakonomics adequately sums up why I admire Princeton University scholar, columnist and author Paul Robin Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, despite his ill-advised stint at Enron. Opines Mr. Wolfers: Whether you like...

Oct 5, 2008: Francis Fukuyama Analyzes 'The Fall of America, Inc.'
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Political economist and author Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama, described by Wikipedia as "a key Reagan Administration contributor to the formulation of the Reagan Doctrine," has a thought-provoking article in the October 13, 2008, issue of Newsweek headlined "The Fall of America,...

Sep 27, 2008: The McCain-Obama Foreign and Economic Policy Debate
Comments: 0 | Categories: Economic Affairs , U.S. Foreign Policy , U.S. Politics
Last night, September 26, 2008, I started watching the debate between Senator Barack Hussein Obama, the Democratic Party's candidate's for President of the United States, and Senator John Sidney McCain, the Republican Party's candidate in the 2008 elections, but fell...

Mar 23, 2008: Economics and the U.S. Presidential Race
Comments: 0 | Categories: Economic Affairs , Opinion & Analysis , Political Affairs
J. Brooks Spector, "a senior visiting lecturer in international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand" in South Africa and a former U.S. Foreign Service officer, asserts in a March 23, 2008, column in The Sunday Independent of South Africa:...

Sep 4, 2006: Russia, Bulgaria, Greece Sign Energy Pact
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The Russian News Information Agency (RIA Novosti) reported today that, "The leaders of Russia, Bulgaria and Greece signed a joint declaration on energy cooperation in Athens" on September 4, 2006. For more, please see "Russia, Greece, Bulgaria sign energy declaration.

Sep 9, 2005: Iraq, Afghanistan and Katrina: A Costly Trio
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Craig Gordon at Newsday of Long Island, New York reported September 7, 2005 that, "Some analysts warn that Katrina, plus Iraq, plus additional tax cuts, plus the upcoming Medicare prescription drug plan could push the federal budget deficit from $331...

Jun 24, 2005: People's DailyAnalyzes CNOOC's Bid For Unocal
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"China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) released its offer for a merger with Unocal amid concern and speculation. However, as its arch rival Chevron has not shown its ace, it is much difficult to estimate the chance CNOOC's success," China's...

Jun 23, 2005: China's Bid For Unocal Has Broad Economic Implications
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"A bold offer by a state-owned company here [in Beijing, China] to outbid Chevron and take over a major California oil group [Union Oil Company of California] suggests that China's rising economic clout has hit harder and faster than even...