Economics

Did Goldman Goose Oil?

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:40:11 -0400

FORBES : When oil prices spiked last summer to $147 a barrel, the biggest corporate casualty was oil pipeline giant Semgroup Holdings... READ MORE

China Slowdown Stunts Entrepreneurs

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:40:11 -0400

WALL STREET JOURNAL : Over a decade, his small firm outfitted more than a thousand assembly lines with specialized equipment: pumps and pipes to sluice chemicals through high-tech plants... READ MORE

Is the Bail Out Breeding a Bigger Crisis?

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:40:11 -0400

WWW.COUNTERPUNCH.ORG : At his March 24 press conference President Obama demonstrated that he is capable of understanding issues as presented to him by his advisers and able to pass on the explanations to the press... READ MORE

Does exporting improve firm performance?

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:40:11 -0400

VOXEU : Many emphasise the importance of export growth in economic development, but does exporting increase economic growth or does growth increase exports... READ MORE

'A Hell on Earth'

polymeme — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:00:16 -0400

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS : "The situation inside Tibet is almost like a military occupation," I heard the Dalai Lama tell an interviewer last November, when I spent a week traveling with him across Japan... READ MORE

Fiscal stimulus and German unification

polymeme — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:33:30 -0400

MARGINAL REVOLUTION : For all the talk about the Great Depression, we are missing one historical analogy for a program of large fiscal stimulus... READ MORE

Do nations go to war over water?

polymeme — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:30:15 -0400

NATURE : The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. In its World Water Development Report1 of March 2009... READ MORE

Regional Banks Are the Future

polymeme — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:30:15 -0400

WSJ.COM: REAL TIME ECONOMICS : The big-bank model isn’t going to last much longer, banking industry analyst Meredith Whitney said at the Journal’s Future of Finance Initiative... READ MORE

Eastern Europe's Economic Crash

polymeme — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:30:15 -0400

SPIEGEL ONLINE : The global downturn has hit Eastern Europe with particular vengeance. Countries that profited more than many others from globalization and were previously capitalism's rising stars are now seeing demand for exports collapse, along with their currencies... READ MORE

Do men and women read books differently?

polymeme — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:30:15 -0400

MARGINAL REVOLUTION : A study of reading habits showed almost half of women are 'page turners' who finish a book soon after starting it compared to only 26 per cent of men... READ MORE