22 December 2009. David Caploe, PhD, Chief Politcal Economist, EconomyWatch.com. The Copenhagen environmental talks ended in a weak, informal “agreement” that some called the end of the UN-based world ecological process that began in the early 1990s with the Rio de Janeiro meetings.[br]
19 December 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com.
15 December 2009. In a global economic scene dominated by continuing uncertainty, one of the few “sure bets” has SEEMED to be the “green tech / cleantech” – whatever you want to call it – sector.[br]
As the increasingly ludicrous health “care” “debate” grinds agonizingly along – “Senate Democrats said Wednesday they were not sure exactly what was in a deal the
We’ve previously noted, in much greater sorrow than anger, how President Obama has seemingly gone, in less than a year, from “The One” to “Who?” – so much so that some have started calling him “Mr. Irrelevant”.
As the far-from-finished Dubai World drama makes clear yet again, economics and politics are two sides of the same coin – the rulers of oil-rich sister Emirate Abu Dhabi MAY help their debt-ridden brothers to the north, but if they do, they’re going to extract a stiffer price than they have
27 November 2009. Is this the trigger for the next round of the financial crisis?[br]
27 November 2009. Is this the trigger for the next round of the financial crisis?[br]
21 October 2009. Like me and four million others, you may have read the first ‘Freakonomics’ book and felt it was a refreshing new take full of contrarian insight. In the sequel, ‘SuperFreakonomics’, the authors have taken on global warming.
19 October 2009. Although Sovereign Wealth Funds, or SWFs, still represent a small percentage of total world finance, with the Top 12 alone holding close to $3.2 trillion in assets they are big, and you can rest assured they plan on getting bigger.
