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19 December 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. 19 December 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com.19 December 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. While it wouldn’t take much to have a...

17 December 2009. 17 December 2009.17 December 2009. During the decade after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, China was generally seen throughout East Asia as a friendly alternative power-center to the American-led Washington-consensus that told countries in trouble they had...

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] 15 December 2009. In...

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 As the increasingly ludicrous health “care” “debate” grinds agonizingly along – “Senate Democrats said...

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”. We’ve previously noted,...

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...

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] 27 November 2009. Is this the trigger for the next round...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...