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Ten questions about where quantitative easing will lead

1 day(s) ago

While quantitative easing may be needed to jump-start growth, it poses serious long-term threats, including losing sight of a road back to conventional policies, writes Nouriel Roubini

Austerity in small places: why comparisons can be misleading

Greece, the Baltic states and Iceland are often invoked to argue for or against austerity, but those arguments overlook important individual characteristics, writes Daniel Gros

China to become investor to the world in ‘Bretton Woods 3’

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16 day(s) ago

History shows periods of global growth usually involve economic imbalances, and the post-crisis world is unlikely to be any different, writes Sanjeev Sanyal

East Asia’s diplomatic relations burdened by rivalry and mistrust

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Picture: REUTERS
24 day(s) ago

Region’s international relations are akin to 19th-century European balance-of-power politics, writes Yoon Young-kwan

Anticipating the economic fundamentals of 2013

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39 day(s) ago

The global economy will exhibit similarities with conditions that prevailed in 2012, but there will be important differences too, writes Nouriel Roubini

The second nuclear age

A worker checks nuclear radiation levels on a bus during a visit by Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in December.  Picture: REUTERS
50 day(s) ago

North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile in mid-December underscored a reality that can no longer be ignored — the world has entered a second nuclear age, writes Paul Bracken

The eurozone’s delayed reckoning

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi (2nd L) addresses a news conference at the European parliament in Brussels December 17, 2012.
74 day(s) ago

Bloc’s fundamental crisis has not been resolved, and another year of muddling through could revive risks in a more virulent form in 2014 and beyond, writes Nouriel Roubini

Capitalism unlikely to facilitate sustainable development in Africa

Africa hemisphere XXX.   Picture: THINKSTOCK
85 day(s) ago

Applying entrepreneurial principles, business must be free to creatively transform resources into wealth and jobs, writes Frik Landman

The great American economic comeback

23 day(s) ago

As other advanced economies become increasingly services-based, the US is reindustrialising, writes Alfred Gusenbauer

Namibia succession path clear with return of Geingob

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba. Picture: GCIS
40 day(s) ago

Anticorruption campaigner Hage Godfrey Geingob has his work cut out to fulfil President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s growth and jobs promise, writes Menesia Muinjo

Rape outrage could be India’s Tahrir Square

A demonstrator holds a placard as she takes part in a protest rally in New Delhi on Thursday. Picture: REUTERS
44 day(s) ago

Spontaneous mass protests reveal accumulated discontent at pervasive public and private corruption, writes Jaswant Singh

Is Chinese demand enough?

Chinese college students majoring in textile work at a garment factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.  Picture: REUTERS
50 day(s) ago

José Luis Machinea asks whether Chinese demand for commodities will be enough to sustain high prices for Latin America’s exports in the coming years

Vigorous attempt to reduce interest rates is distorting capital allocation

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51 day(s) ago

Despite talk of easy money as the ‘new normal’, there is a risk that real interest rates will rise in the next decade, writes Zhang Monan

Disbanding of Libya militias must be top priority

CHALLENGE: In an interview in Tripoli last week, Libyan Interior Minister Ashour Shuwail on Friday there was still no concrete plan on how to disarm militias that have refused to join the country's legitimate police force. Picture: REUTERS
51 day(s) ago

While there is no shortage of challenges facing Libya’s new government, disbanding the militias must be at the top of its agenda, writes Barak Barfi

Public education: does the government really know best?

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88 day(s) ago

Sara Gon on the belief by the government that central control is better than local authority in education

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