• Structural adjustment coming to the West

    Updated: 2010-11-28 23:59:00
    A small update to the global financial crisis page looks at further examples of structural adjustment-like policies for industrialized nations. This example is Iceland, which like Ireland, has had a banking crisis. However, Ireland has gone the route of publicly backing the banks’ debts, thus socializing the risks. The Irish population is already bearing the brunt of a recession with austerity measures, but the recent bailout by the EU, IMF and others puts more pressure on the public.Read full article: Global Financial Crisis

  • Exchange Controls and Deflation

    Updated: 2010-11-15 13:28:36
    Treasuries and gold tanked together on Friday, evidently in response to news reports that Asian countries may impose exchange controls to hold back the septic tide of dollars bubbling out of the Fed’s printing press. Never before has the world displayed the sort of public contempt for American policy that Germany, China and others expressed [...]

  • After the Floods, the IMF

    Updated: 2010-11-15 11:00:23
    PAKISTAN IN RECENT years has found itself in the headlights of the international press with increasingly regularity. As Obama's surge into Af-Pak has taken shape over the last 12 months, the country and its people have been thrust to the forefront of political discussion for forces left, right and center. - IVP 430 November 2010

  • Government budget transparency important to strengthen democracy and tackle corruption

    Updated: 2010-11-07 02:44:00
    Global Issues Social , Political , Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All Main : menu Home About Issues World News Site Updates Support Contact You are : here Home Issues Articles Corruption Corruption Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Sunday , November 07, 2010 This page : http : www.globalissues.org article 590 corruption To print all information e.g . expanded side notes , shows alternative links , use the print : version http : www.globalissues.org print article 590 Corruption is both a major cause and a result of poverty around the world . It occurs at all levels of society , from local and national governments , civil society , judiciary functions , large and small businesses , military and other services and so on . Corruption affects the

  • Volcker Says QE2 Won’t Help (Make Him Economic Czar!)

    Updated: 2010-11-05 13:08:26
    A couple of weeks ago, Larry Kudlow asked me on his TV show whom I would pick to replace Larry Summer. It took a millisecond to respond, “Paul Volcker!” And I was pleased to see the AP report that he doesn’t believe that Fed bond purchases will help the economy. “The thought that you can create [...]

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