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World Bank Report to Focus on Land

July 28 2010

For the last several years the World Bank has been growing more and more concerned about the disposition of farmland in the world. There are a number of elements that combine to ...read more >>

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Long-Term Strategy for China Brings More Contention

July 27 2010

The Chinese have emerged as the nation that most vexes the global business community and that situation is not likely to change anytime soon. Over the last several months there has been ...read more >>

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Britain and India – Is There Still a Special Relationship?

July 26 2010

The British hope so and the Indians don’t really seem to care all that much at the moment. The new Cameron-led government has tried to stake out some new territory on a number of economic policies and it appears that India is part of that new approach. ...read more >>

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What is Driving Those Fast Growing Global Economies?

July 23 2010

The global recession took every nation down for a while but one of the surprising developments over the past year has been the rebound of certain nations. There has been an assumption for ...read more >>

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Heated Debates Over Policy Choices

July 22 2010

The tendency for most casual observers is to consign this latest set of discussions among economists to the category of arcane and only slightly relevant. Is it really going to matter all ...read more >>

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IMF Suggests that Central Banks Alter Whole Approach

July 21 2010

There are few things so esoteric to most people than the policy approaches adopted by the world’s central banks. For the most part these institutions have labored away in obscurity ...read more >>

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Doomed by History to Repeat?

July 20 2010

The debate is getting intense in both the US and in Europe and the reactions from both sides have become angry. The stakes are exceedingly high for both positions. To the Keynesians, the ...read more >>

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Business Frustration Mounts with China

July 19 2010

The visit to China by German Chancellor Angela Merkel was supposed to be a positive experience for both the Chinese and the Germans and for the most part the talks went well. ...read more >>

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Showdown Brewing in Europe Over Emissions Target

July 16 2010

The European business community is furious over the latest moves on the issue of climate change and this has set up a real fight over priorities. ...read more >>

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China’s Economy Starts to Slow Down

July 15 2010

Bear in mind that everything is relative in the word of economics. The US is trying to attain a paltry 3% growth and Germans are ecstatic over reaching close to 2%. The Chinese economy ...read more >>