Category: Markets

Economic Leadership: From Pittsburgh to Copenhagen Via Two “Dissenting” Blue Bloods

25 September, 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. By the time Friday rolls around, there’s a natural tendency to want to chill out a bit, especially after the brutal week – nothing to do with my colleagues at Economy Watch, thankfully – I’ve experienced … but then you start to check websites, ideas start bouncing around and it becomes impossible not to start seeing new – and not especially happy – connections[br]

China/ Japan: China Overtakes Japan, But Real Lesson May Be For the US

5 October, 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist.. A provocative piece in the New York Times weighs in on a common discussion topic in Asia: what does China’s “rise” mean for the future of not just Asia but the entire world? [br]

The take-off point is the fact that, much sooner than expected, it seems

US Unemployment Now Key to Future of the Global Economy

29 September 2009, By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. One of the great things about this gig, aside from the fabulous colleagues, is there are so many fascinating things in the world political economy – all of which are significant in any number of ways, and deserve attention, and to which my attention is constantly being pointed by the surprisingly large number of devoted readers of this site. [br]

Economic Leadership: From Pittsburg to Copenhagen Via Two “Dissenting” Blue Bloods

25 September, 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. By the time Friday rolls around, there’s a natural tendency to want to chill out a bit, especially after the brutal week – nothing to do with my colleagues at Economy Watch, thankfully – I’ve experienced … but then you start to check websites, ideas start bouncing around and it becomes impossible not to start seeing new – and not especially happy – connections.

Educating Asia: English-Language Higher Ed Spurs East Asian Growth

24 September, 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. In many ways, globalization is not just a cliché but an inaccurate term for the world in which we live today.[br]

As we have pointed out many times, the global economy retains the US-centered structural dynamics that have been in place since 1947: countries either sell to the US – or they sell to countries that sell to the US.

Strange Brew: China International Inc. and the Third World

September 23 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. Yesterday, we talked about some of the more positive aspects of Chinese political control of the banks, in sad contrast to the US, where, it seems, the banks have more control of government and its policies towards them than vice-versa.

China Growth: Can the Chinese Keep Upturn Going ???

22 September 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist. By now, everyone knows how deeply inter-connected the US and Chinese economies are. Indeed, some have even called the two countries Chimerica because of their interdependence:

Oil, Sex and Corporate/ Government Corruption

18 September, 2009. It’s been a fun first week here at EconomyWatch, which “just happened” to coincide with the first anniversary of Black September 2008 – a fun-filled weekend that saw the collapse of Lehman Bros, the beginning of the never-ending bailout of AIG, and the disappearance of the icon of Wall Street bullishness Merrill Lynch into the maw of giant Bank of America.

The Man Who SHOULD Head Treasury

17 September, 2009 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com We’ve noted in recent postings that informed observers knew before Barack Obama took office that he was – sadly – unlikely to do much more in economic policy than mimic the paltry and blatantly inadequate efforts of the Cheney / Bush regime, symbolized above all by the Paulson “Plan”, which, in the aftermath of last year’s Black September meltdown, basically begged banks to take taxpayer money and lend it.

First, Kill All the Accountants

“The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers”, Shakespeare, Henry VI.