Author : David Caploe

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...