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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...

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...

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: 22 September 2009. By...

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...

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...

"The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers", Shakespeare, Henry VI.  "The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers", Shakespeare, Henry VI.  16 September, 2009. Here at EconomyWatch.com, we take special pride in promoting a global...

  15 September, 2009. Lower Manhattan is always a bit of a strange and wonderful place, with the Federal / State / City government complex a short taxi ride away from Wall Street, Little Italy cheek-by-jowl with a Chinatown that...

Wall Street, New York, US, 14 September 2009. Has Wall Street changed, one year after meltdown? Maybe, but it's pretty hard to see how. Wall Street, New York, US, 14 September 2009. Has Wall Street changed, one year after meltdown?...

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Washington, 25 Mar. Today US President Barack Obama announced his plan for economic recovery. Included in this strategy includes means to create new jobs, reviving the housing market, and reestablishing liquidity in banks and getting them to resume lending. Obama...

New Delhi, 11 Mar. Top Indian economic adviser Suresh Tendulkar recently reported that the nation’s economy could be on the path to recovery. This came with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cutting the reverse repurchase rate to 3.5% and...