The future of the dollar: The passing of the buck?[1]
Dec 2nd 2004
From The Economist print edition
America's policies are putting at risk the dollar's role as the world's
dominant international currency
FORECASTING exchange rates is an inexact business. As Alan Greenspan, the
How Science Can Save Lives:
We know plenty about earthquakes, but we don't always apply the knowledge [1]
By Kerry Sieh [2]
For the past decade, my Indonesian colleagues and I have been trying to
understand great earthquakes in Sumatra. We had learned enough by last year to
start
A New Year's Resolution[1]
by Jeffrey D. Sachs [2]
It is time for New Year's resolutions, and this year's are obvious. When the
millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and
a cleaner environment. Since then, the world has seen countless acts of
Can We Insure against Tsunamis?[1]
by Robert J. Shiller[2]
Most of the discussion surrounding how to respond to Asias tsunami disaster
has focused on government relief programs and official schemes to implement
early warning systems. Little discussion has focused on the promotion of
The Environmental Effect of Tsunamis[1]
by Arne Jernelov[2]
Reports about the tsunamis that devastated Southeast Asia barely a month ago
have understandably been dominated by tales of death, suffering, and the
physical destruction of infrastructure. But man was not alone in feeling
The Lost Wealth of Nations[1]
by Partha Dasgupta [2]
The phrase sustainable development is commonplace, but economic commentators
offer no guidance on how we are to judge whether a nations economic
development is, indeed, sustainable.
The famous Brundtland Commission Report of
Bung Moritis, Bung Wisnu, Bung Ikra, Bung Asnawi, dan rekan Netters Yth.
lainnya,
Pandangan saya pribadi tidak mempersoalkan siapa (orang) yang bakal menjadi
penguasa tertinggi di World Bank. Tetapi lebih kepada proses yang fair
menurut ukuran DEMOKRASI (yang selalu diusung Amerika dan
Create Growth-Linked Bonds[1]
by Robert J. Shiller[2]
A year ago, at the Summit of the Americas, 34 western hemisphere heads of state
agreed to promote the creation of government-issued growth-linked bonds whose
payout is tied to gross domestic product (GDP). But progress has mostly
In Search of Global Demand[1]
by J. Bradford DeLong[2]
Once again, Germany and Japan have slipped into recession. Once again, the
second and third largest of the worlds major industrial economies are
subtracting from, not adding to, growth in the worlds aggregate demand.
From the
East Asia club leaves U.S. feeling left out[1]
Michael Vatikiotis[2]
SINGAPORE Why are Americans so nervous about the emerging East Asian Community?
U.S. officials and experts have started wringing their hands over the proposed
formation of a group uniting East Asian countries, which will
While dirty money flows, the poor stay poor[1]
Raymond Baker and Jennifer Nordin[2]
Close the back door
WASHINGTON In recent weeks, high-profile advocates have appealed for more
foreign aid for the developing world. The Commission for Africa established by
Prime Minister Tony Blair of
Religious Pluralism for a Pluralist Age
by Peter Berger
The election of Pope Benedict XVI and the global war on terror have brought
unprecedented attention to the role of religion in our world. There has been
particular interest (most specifically in the case of Islam) as to whether
Three Ladies Go to Heaven
Three ladies die and end up at the gates of heaven, talking to an Angel.
So, the Angel asks the first lady, how many times did you cheat on your
husband?
None, I had a perfect marriage.
Great, says the Angel. You get to cruise around heaven in a
Respectfully Cheating
Kim and Jack are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
Jack, I was wondering -- have you ever cheated on me?
Oh Kim... Why would you ask such a question now? You don't want to ask that
question...
Yes, Jack, I really want to know. Please.
Well,
Top 10 Habits of the Government:
·The process becomes more important than the product
·You dont see anything wrong with attending a meeting on a subject you
know nothing about
·You feel you contributed to the meeting just by being there
·You stop raising
The Commencement address by Steve Jobs at Stanford University
Stanford Report, June 14, 2005
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple
Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
Op-Ed Contributor
Arrested Development (Children, too, are abused in U.S. prison!!!)
By ARLIE HOCHSCHILD of UC Berkeley
Published: June 29, 2005
Berkeley, Calif.
LAST month John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor
and Combat Trafficking in Persons, said that half
Neo-Liberalism Meets Neo-Confucianism
Kenneth Murphy
The West has dominated the world ever since the industrial revolution. Today
that dominance seems threatened by the East Asian heirs to Confucianism, the
ideology par excellence of state cohesion.
Centuries of inculcation with
Managing Risk to Save the Poor
Robert J. Shiller
The G-8 finance ministers have agreed to cancel $40 billion of debt owed by
eighteen of the worlds poorest countries. This is a triumph for common sense.
But, at only $238 per person in the eighteen countries, debt relief alone is
hardly
Muslim doubts on extremism (Support for Terror Wanes Among Muslim Publics)
By Brian Knowlton International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/pew.php
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2005
WASHINGTON People in several predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East
and Asia see
The Economy of Fear
Kenneth Rogoff
The global economy seems to be walking on water, shrugging off soaring oil
prices, policy paralysis in Europe, unsustainable borrowing by the United
States, and record housing prices. Is it because, as G-8 leaders would have us
believe, investors are in
Improvements in Hell
An engineer died and ended up in Hell. He was not pleased with the level of
comfort in Hell, and began to redesign and build improvements. After awhile,
they had toilets that flush, air conditioning, and escalators. Everyone grew
very fond of him.
One day God called to
Chicken Soup for the Soul: All Thing Grow . . . with Love[1]
By Joan Bramsch
I once taught in a small private school located within the charming
confines of a three-story stone mansion. Each morning at nine o'clock all the
students gathered in the Great Room for a metaphysical
Tangerang, Sumut, Jambi Positif Flu Burung Apa itu Flu Burung
Kontributor: Ardian Wibisono
detikcom - Jakarta, Jika anda tinggal di daerah Tangerang, Sumatera Utara dan
Jambi sebaiknya waspada. Sebab, 3 daerah itu sudah positif terindikasi flu
burung.
Ini adalah data sebulan terakhir
Kisah seorang Pemeriksa Pajak Melawan Korupsi
Sebagai pegawai Departemen Keuangan, saya tidak gelisah dan tidak kalangkabut
akibat prinsip hidup korupsi. Ketika misalnya, tim Inspektorat Jenderal datang,
BPKP datang, BPK datang, teman-teman di kantor gelisah dan belingsatan, kami
tenang saja.
The End of the Beginning of Ending Poverty
Joseph E. Stiglitz
With President Bush at the table, the spin masters who put a victorious gloss
on all his actions had little need to lower expectations concerning the outcome
of the G-8 meeting in Scotland. Any agreement would be seen as a major
Bombs, Books, and Bucks
David Bloom and Joel E. Cohen
The $82 billion emergency supplemental bill to finance American military
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves the United States spending more money
on military power than is needed on a yearly basis to permit every child in the
Jeremy Siegel on the Yuan: Buying China Some Time
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1256.cfm
Responding to international pressure as well as a desire to deal with its own
macroeconomic challenges, China decided last week to revalue its currency, the
yuan, or the renminbi. The
Managing Brands in Global Markets: One Size Doesn't Fit All
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticleID=1206
Theodore Ted Levitt of Harvard Business School set the marketing world abuzz
in 1983 with a bold prediction: Globalization had arrived, and before long
global
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits
By C.K. Prahalad (Wharton School Publishing)
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticleid=1020
From Chapter 1: The Market at the Bottom of the Pyramid:
Turn on your television and you will see
Three Reasons Why Good Strategies Fail: Execution, Execution...
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticleid=1252
From Vivendi to Webvan, the shortcomings of a bad strategy are usually
painfully obvious -- at least in retrospect. But good strategies fail too, and
when that
Design for ConfusionBy PAUL KRUGMANPublished: August 5, 2005
Id like to nominate Irving Kristol, the neoconservative former editor of The
Public Interest, as the father of intelligent design. No, he didnt play any
role in developing the doctrine. But he is the father of the political
Theories of humour
Poking fun
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4246393
Aug 4th 2005 | TUEBINGEN, GERMANY
From The Economist print edition
Why people laugh
THE true story of how your wifes stalker rang her to discuss killing you isnt
supposed to provoke mirth.
Economics focus
Is there any point to the WTO?
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4251046
Aug 4th 2005
From The Economist print edition
Does the World Trade Organisation promote trade? A reprise.
SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, the softly spoken director-general of the World
The Culture of Entrepreneurship
Robert J. Shiller
Governments around the world want to promote entrepreneurship. Though most
business start-ups will never amount to much, each little company is an
experiment, and a great deal of experimentation is necessary to produce the
occasional firm
EINSTEIN'S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
by Ron White
Albert Einstein had a formula for success. Can you believe that? One of the
greatest minds of all time developed a math formula for success! I suggest you
read this carefully -- this may be the most important math equation that you
will ever see.
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Keakraban Arab-Tionghoa
Kampung Pekojan di Jakarta Barat Menjadi Contoh
Oleh: IWAN SANTOSA
Bila ingin menyaksikan komunitas Tionghoa yang bersopan-santun gaya Islam,
datanglah ke Kampung Pekojan di sisi kawasan Glodok, Jakarta Barat. Masyarakat
Tionghoa asli kampung Pekojan memiliki
The Trade and Aid Myth
Dani Rodrik
Dani RodrikTrade and aid have become international buzzwords. More aid
(including debt relief) and greater access to rich countries markets for poor
countries products now appears to be at the top of the global agenda. Indeed,
the debate nowadays is
HOW THE G8 LIED TO THE WORLD ON AID The truth about Gleneagles puts a cloud
over the New York summit Mark Curtis
Tuesday August 23, 2005
The Guardian
World leaders are now preparing for the millennium summit to be held in New
York next month, described by the UN as a once-in-a-generation
The Sleeping Volcano of Global Finance
Michel Rocard
The rejection of the European Unions Constitutional Treaty by French and Dutch
voters was, according to all evidence, more a rejection of unregulated
globalization than it was a rejection of Europe. The general instability of
social
The Case Against Emergency Food Aid
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Nigers food emergency has reached the worlds headlines, but the crisis there
is only one part of a much larger disaster. On an extended trip this summer
through rural areas of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa on behalf of the
United
Dear Netters,
FYI.
Regards,
Sidqy L.P. Suyitno
DAFTAR KEKAYAAN PEJABAT POLRI :
1. DA'I BACHTIAR 1,2 T
2. ADANG DORODJATUN 1,1 T
3. MAKBOEL PADMANEGARA 800 M
4. SALEH SAAF 800 M
5. FIRMAN GANI 800 M
6. IWAN SUPANJI 600 M
7. RASYID RIDHO 600 M
8. DEDI S KOMARUDIN 500 M
9. EDDY GARNADI 400 M
List of top 100 intellectuals includes only 10 women
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1582174,00.html Polly
Curtis and Joy PersaudFriday September 30, 2005 In a list of the worlds top
100 public intellectuals, there are only 10 women to be found.Germaine Greer,
the
JK Fans
There's a teacher in Eastern Indonesia town, Makassar. She asks her class how
many of them are JK fans. Not really knowing what a JK fan is, but wanting to
be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands except one boy, Daeng.
The teacher asks Daeng why he has decided to
Mobile phones and taxation
Making the connection
Sep 29th 2005
From The Economist print edition
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4465936
A new study examines the impact of taxation on mobile-phone adoption
THE global march of the mobile phone passed another milestone
Dear Netters,
FYI.
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Salam,
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Who Pays for Bird Flu?
Peter Singer
Fifty years ago, American chicken farmers found that by keeping their birds
in sheds they could produce chickens for the table more cheaply and with less
work than by traditional farmyard methods. The new method spread: chickens
disappeared from
Islams Forsaken Renaissance
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Children often play a game where they sit in a circle. One whispers something
to his neighbor, who then whispers that information to the next child, and so
on, around the circle. By the time the last child whispers the information to
the
NYT Editorial
Recklessness in Indonesia
Published: January 9, 2006
Freeport-McMoRan, an American company that operates a giant open-pit copper
and gold mine in Papua, is a major contributor to Indonesias economy. The
company is also one of Indonesias most reckless polluters and a
The Morality of Capital Punishment
Gary S. Becker
The US is often criticized for its refusal to abolish capital punishment. Many now claim that abolition of capital punishment is a precondition of a civilized criminal-law system. Nobel laureate Gary Becker disagrees.
European governments
Globalization à la carte By Patrick Sabatier, YaleGlobal Online
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2006
PARIS Call it the French paradox. French multinationals go on acquiring foreign assets, but the French government is busy erecting walls around French companies against foreign takeover, while at the same
The Enron Model of Irresponsible Capitalism
William Pfaff
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2006
PARIS The Enron verdicts are one more blow to a new American model of capitalism already heavily criticized for its gross abuse of common-sense moral values.
The American economist Robert Lekachman has
The oil spike blame game: Hedge funds, traders and Big Oil are only part of the explanation for high energy prices. http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/news/companies/oil_blame_fortune052906/index.htm
By Nelson D. Schwartz and Jon Birger,
May 17, 2006: 12:45 PM EDT
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - All
A Golfer's Deal with the Devil
A golfer was having a tough day and in his frustration he blurted out, I
would give anything for a birdie on this hole.
A nearby stranger walked out of the woods beside the hole and whispered, If
you give up one quarter of your sex life, I guarantee you will
American inflation Feeling the heat Jun 22nd 2006 | WASHINGTON, DC From
The Economist print edition Americas Federal Reserve gets a touch of the
vapours CENTRAL bankers are supposed to be calm, even a little boring. But the
governors of Americas Federal Reserve seem to have been
Salam Dari Rendra
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bahwa sesungguhnya ini hanya titipan,
bahwa mobilku hanya titipan Nya,
bahwa rumahku hanya titipan Nya,
bahwa hartaku hanya titipan Nya,
bahwa putraku hanya titipan Nya,
tetapi,
mengapa aku tak pernah
What News Is Moving the Markets?
Robert J. Shiller
Stock markets in much of the world have shown sharp cumulative declines since
around May 10, with most of the drop occurring in the two-week period to around
May 23, but with prices continuing to fall on average since then. Does trouble
Citizens versus Extreme Poverty
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Twenty years ago, a grass-roots movement led by Rotary International, a
voluntary organization with around 1.2 million members in more than 200
countries, decided to attack. As of the mid-1980s, there were more than
300,000 cases of polio
Economic models
Big questions and big numbers
Jul 13th 2006
From The Economist print edition
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7159491
We cannot live without big and ambitious economic models. But neither can we
entirely trust them.
AMONG the many gadgets,
Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away
Peter Singer
Would you be happier if you were richer? Many people believe that they would
be. But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies
greater happiness only at quite low levels of income. People in the United
HOW AN ECONOMIC THEORY BEAT THE ATOMIC BOMB
The most important event of the second half of the 20th century is one that
didnt happen. With those words, Thomas Schelling[1] marked the stunning
achievement of 50 years without a nuclear war. No one person can claim credit,
but Mr
The case for a global currency
Robert H. Wade
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/03/opinion/edwade.php
International Herald Tribune Published: August 3, 2006
LONDON Reining in the dollar
There is a rising tide of opposition around the world to Americas unilateral
assertion of its
Scarcity, mother of invention
Stephen L. Sass
The New York Times Published: August 10, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/10/opinion/edsass.php
ITHACA, New York In the wake of the closure of a BP oil field in Prudhoe Bay,
Alaska, oil prices shot up to $77 a barrel on
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Usianya pun tak lagi muda (58 tahun), tetapi perempuan
itu memancarkan semangat yang kuat. Bajunya rapi
tetapi berkesan simpel dan kasual. Alas kaki yang
dikenakannya pun bukan sepatu atau sandal berhak,
Making Globalization Work
Joseph E. Stiglitz
I have written repeatedly about the problems of globalization: an unfair
global trade regime that impedes development; an unstable global financial
system that results in recurrent crises, with poor countries repeatedly finding
themselves
A Chinese Lady Called Annie Wan
Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan (anyone)?
Operator: Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan (anyone)!
Operator: You are talking to someone! Who is this?
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Dynamic Capitalism
By EDMUND S. PHELPS
October 10, 2006; Page A14
There are two economic systems in the West. Several nations including the
U.S., Canada and the U.K.have a private-ownership system marked by great
openness to the implementation of new commercial ideas coming from
Has NeoLiberalism Failed Mexico?
J. Bradford DeLong
Six years ago, I was ready to conclude that the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) was a major success. The key argument in favor of NAFTA had
been that it was the most promising road the United States could take to raise
the
DECEMBER 26, 2005
VOICES OF INNOVATION
Nobel Winner Yunus: Microcredit Missionary
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_52/b3965024.htm
Economics professor Muhammad Yunus wasnt afraid to turn the rules of banking
upside down
Editors Note: Bangladeshs Muhammad Yunus and the
Grameen Bank
Introduction
It began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that
kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr.
Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and
sell stools. In a short time, the
FROM MICROCREDIT TO MICROCAPITALISM
An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus.[1]
October 13 2006: 12:37 PM EDT
(Fortune Magazine) -- Forget billion-dollar development projects. When
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus surveyed a poor village in the mid-1970s
and found that all
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Dari lubuk hati yang paling dalam, kami menghaturkan:
SELAMAT IDUL FITRI 1 SYAWAL 27 H
MOHON MA'AF LAHIR DAN BATIN
TERIRING DO'A SEMOGA SEMUA AMAL-IBADAH KITA MENDAPAT RIDHA ALLAH SWT.
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membawa
Assalamu¢alaikum wr.wb.
Dari lubuk hati yang paling dalam, kami menghaturkan:
SELAMAT IDUL FITRI 1 SYAWAL 27 H
MOHON MA¢AF LAHIR DAN BATIN
TERIRING DO¢A SEMOGA SEMUA AMAL-IBADAH KITA MENDAPAT RIDHA ALLAH SWT.
Selamat mudik, semoga semuanya lancar, selamat, silaturahmi semakin erat dan
membawa
OCTOBER 13, 2006
Small Biz
By Jeffrey Gangemi
What the Nobel Means for Microcredit
Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus promotes peace not by brokering treaties,
but by uprooting poverty through entrepreneurialism
On Friday, Oct. 13, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and its founder, Dr. Muhammad
SP Ratings News October 26, 2006, 5:32PM EST
Islamic Finance Comes of Age
Amid rapid growth, Sharia-compliant banks are looking to expand beyond their
traditional markets
From Standard Poors RatingsDirect
After more than three decades of modern Islamic finance, the industrys
build-up
How Milton Friedman Changed Economics, Policy and Markets
By GREG IP and MARK WHITEHOUSE
November 17, 2006
A half century ago, Milton Friedmans advocacy of free markets over government
intervention and his prescription for inflation-fighting by central banks were
treated as fringe notions by
Friedman Completed Keynes
J. Bradford DeLong
The most famous and influential American economist of the past century died in
November. Milton Friedman was not the most famous and influential economist in
the worldthat honor belongs to John Maynard Keynes. But Milton Friedman ran a
close
Happiness and economics
Economics discovers its feelings
Dec 19th 2006 From The Economist print edition
http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8401269
Not quite as dismal as it was
ECONOMICS is not a gay science, wrote Thomas Carlyle in 1849. No, it is a
dreary,
One size does not fit all
Annals of capitalism
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/08/opinion/edbardhan.php
Pranab Bardhan
Published: January 8, 2007
BERKELEY, California:
A little over a decade ago, the American model of capitalism was triumphant.
The Soviet Union had recently collapsed,
Budidaya Malu Dikikis Habis Gerakan Syahwat Merdeka[1]
Sederetan gelombang besar menggebu-gebu menyerbu pantai Indonesia, naik ke
daratan, masuk ke pedalaman. Gelombang demi gelombang ini datang
susun-bersusun dengan suatu keteraturan, mulai 1998 ketika reformasi
meruntuhkan represi 39 tahun
A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/03/healthscience/web.0103aging.php
By Gina Kolata
Published: January 3, 2007
James Smith, a health economist at the RAND Corporation, has heard a variety of
hypotheses about what it takes to live a long life
The False Promise of Financial Liberalization
Dani Rodrik
Something is amiss in the world of finance. The problem is not another
financial meltdown in an emerging market, with the predictable contagion that
engulfs neighboring countries. Even the most exposed countries handled the last
round of
Inequality on the March
J. Bradford DeLong
How much should we worry about inequality? Answering that question requires
that we first answer another question: Compared to what? What is the
alternative against which to judge the degree of inequality that we see?
Florida is a much more
The Changing Climate On Climate Change
Joseph E. Stiglitz
The message, it seems, has finally gotten through: global warming represents a
serious threat to our planet. At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos,
world leaders saw climate change, for the first time, topping the list of
global
Embrace your siesta for a healthy heart
By Stephen Smith
The Boston GlobePublished: February 13, 2007
Could midday napping save your life?
If the experience of Greek men is any guide, the answer just may be yes.
In a study released Monday, researchers at THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
and
Uncle Teds Morals
Billys homework assignment is to think of a true story with a moral so he goes
home and thinks about it all night and finally has one.
The following day, Suzy raises her hand first and says, My dad owns a farm and
every Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the truck and
The Four Ghosts of the Republic of BBM
This story was supposed to be occured in the Republic of BBM (RoBBM).
One night, Sastro bin Yono, the President of RoBBM is tossing restlessly in his
Presidential Palace bed. He awakens to see Bung Karno standing by him. Sastro
asks him, Bung Karno,
The Hedge Fund Hegemon
Kenneth Rogoff
The recent volatility in global capital markets should give pause to those who
say German leaders, who have been arguing for greater transparency in global
hedge funds, are just sore losers US and UK policymakers, in particular, say
the German whining is
A Faithful Woman vs. An Atheist
Once upon time in mBantul lived an elderly faithful lady,
Marsinah, who was well-known for her faith and for her confidence in talking
about it. She would stand in front of her house and say God be
praised to all those who passed by.
Next door to her
Taming Speculative Capitalism
Robert J. Shiller
Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading contender in the French
presidential election, recently lashed out against what he called speculative
capitalism, and says he wants to moralize the financial zone created by the
euro. What does Sarkozy
Gender gap carries a big cost
If you are not convinced, would the annual loss of almost
$80 billion of Asian output change your mind?
By William Pesek Bloomberg News
Published: April
30, 2007
We live in a world of daunting economic challenges: debt
imbalances, out-of-whack
Economics focus
To do with the price of fish
May 10th
2007
From The Economist print edition
How do mobile phones promote economic growth? A new paper
provides a vivid example.
YOU are a fisherman off the coast of northern Kerala, a
region in the south of India.
Visiting your
Chinas
Lessons for the World Bank
Jeffrey D. Sachs
The China Daily recently ran a front-page story recounting
how Paul Wolfowitz used threats and vulgarities to pressure senior World Bank
staff. The newspaper noted that Wolfowitz sounded like a character out of the
mafia television show
The four circles of
a changing world
By James Wolfensohn
Published: June 4,
2007
WASHINGTON:
When G-8 leaders meet for their annual summit this week,
they will focus on reducing poverty in Africa and
accommodating emerging powers. However, unless a new vision is forged to
confront
Questions for Robert
Zoellick
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Paul Wolfowitzs resignation from the World Bank solved
one problem, but brought another to light. When Wolfowitzs name was first
mentioned as a candidate to lead the worlds premier development bank, the idea
that the architect of
Climate Change and Water
Security
Mikhail Gorbachev and Jean-Michel Severino
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently
released alarming data on the consequences of global warming in some of the
worlds poorest regions. By 2100, one billion to three billion people worldwide
Does capitalism lead to
democracy, and how?
By Patricia Cohen
Published: June
13, 2007
NEW YORK:
When President George W. Bush declared last week that political liberty is the
natural byproduct of economic openness, his counterparts in Beijing
and Moscow were not the only ones
to object.
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