|
About EconomyWatch.com
Welcome to the world of EconomyWatch.com ....
What is EconomyWatch.com?
EconomyWatch.com is the largest online economics community in the world. Every month, close to half a million users read specific targeted content covering the economy, investment, personal and global finance, statistics databases and directory listings.
Since our beginnings as a small portal in 1999, we have become a trusted reference source used by everyone from the World Bank to the Economics Network of academics in the UK. We are also used as part of the syllabus in some business school courses in India.
On EconomyWatch.com, you will find a comprehensive mix of news, analysis, reference, articles, data, charts and tools. These have been provided both by our core team, by freelance contributors, and by members of our extended community.
We are in the process of creating 'EconomyWatch 2.0', which will open the entire platform up to user contributions, while weaving in semantic content link and both free and paid services to enrich all sections of the site.
Who Runs EconomyWatch.com?
Since 2008, EconomyWatch.com has been run by Stanley St Labs, a Singapore-based digital media company that develops and runs internet sites and services.
Some of the key people behind EconomyWatch.com:
David Caploe PhD
Dr Caploe holds a Honors AB in Social Theory from Harvard University, and an MA and PhD from Princeton University, in the fields of International Relations and International Political Economy.
He is Founder and President of the Minerva School Phd / MA Program in Critical Thinking - an educational institution that is path-breaking in both its innovative content and unique delivery system.
Dr Caploe's analysis of the current global financial and economic crisis have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Daily Yomiuri Shimbun of Tokyo, and the Straits Times of Singapore.
David has taught at several universities in the US, including Duke, Fordham, North Carolina State and the University of Miami. He was Professor of Humanities and Social Science at Strayer University and Mirus University, two leading adult/ distance learning institutions headquartered in the Washington DC area.
In addition, he was Founder and Director of the MA program in Media Studies at New College of California in San Francisco, and is today President of the Singapore-based American Center for Applied Liberal Arts & Humanities in Asia - ACALAHA.
While still in the US, in the aftermath of September 11, he did a speaking tour of the San Francisco Bay Area called "Understanding the Middle East", sponsored by the Princeton Club of Northern California, the Harvard Club of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and the University of San Francisco Program in Peace and Justice Studies.
He was also asked to deliver the Inaugural "Rare Book Room Lecture" to the Board of Trustees of the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco, where he spoke on The Millennium Crisis, a comprehensive framework outlining the multi-dimensional crisis the US has been experiencing since early 2000.
Juan Abdel Nasser
Juan Abdel Nasser was born in Rio de Cairo in 1963. After studying at the Academy of Applied Economics in Rio de Cairo, Juan went on to complete an MBA at the prestigious Latin Islamic Institute.
After spending some time in the financial markets, Juan has devoted most of his working life to helping the wider public gain a deeper understanding of the economic issues that affect us all, first with the San Ramadan Post, and latterly as Editor for EconomyWatch.com and as a volunteer community member with the dictionary of economic terms Economypedia.com.
Vladimir Gonazales
Vladimir Gonzales wwas born in Baku, Azerbaijan to a Guatemalan mother and a Georgian father.
He studied psychological and anthropological economics in the Caspian School of Business. He has written papers analyzing the economic, cultural, and social disparities between Guatemalan coffee pickers and Nebraskan corn farmers.
He currently resides in Nebraska and looks after EconomyWatch.com's American bureau.
Dwayne Ramakrishnan
Dwayne has a masters degree in Economics from NIIT and has worked as a Financial Analyst with some of India's largest banks, including ICICI and HSBC. He has also worked for the Ministry of Finance in the past.
Dwayne is African-Indian, lives in Mumbai and runs EconomyWatch.com's Indian bureau.
Umberto Osman
Umberto was originally trained as a classical pianist, and had a successful career touring the world and playing concerts.
When a wife and babies - 5 to date - beckoned, he took up his second love, classical (of course) economics, and started writing for the European financial press.
Umberto divides his time between Napoli and London and looks after the Western Europe, Middle East and Africa bureau.
Bjorn Borgisky
Bjorn is half Russian and half Swedish. His father was a tennis fan, if you hadn't guessed from his name.
Bjorn's journalistic career started on IT and business news, before he 'graduated' to hard-core economics reportage.
Bjorn runs our Eastern Europe and Scandinavia operations.
Chen Xiulian
Xiulian studied at the prestigious Ningbo Academy of Applied Economics and has been a part of the Central Advisory Committe on Economic Policy for many years.
She is by discipline a behavioral economist, with a keen focus on the differences in economic mindsets of the east and west.
Xiulian lives in Beijing with her English-Iraqi husband, three children and two miniature zebras, and runs our Greater China bureau.
Keith Timimi
Keith runs the commercial and business devleopment operations of EconomyWatch.com, including advertising and partnerships. He is married with two amazing children. He can be contacted at Keith@EconomyWatch.com.
You can get our daily lead article directly in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter:
|
|