The US and Chile share a strong bilateral relationship, in which the two countries often consult on issues concerning commerce, diplomacy, security, environmental sustainability, and academic and scientific exchange. Now, with American policy in Latin Amer ...
The world seems to be turning into one vast city. How is this social transformation impacting political participation, problems of inequality, and the environment? Born in Calcutta and now teaching urban planning and global poverty at UCLA, Ananya Roy brin ...
Kim Heys's blog winebottles_trade_600x375.jpg Over at National Review Online, Kevin Williamson offers a stirring defense of free trade agreements. Squaring off against Donald Trump, he deftly covers NAFTA battles and misperceptions about US manufactu ...
worldofcents_sept29.jpg Anonymous's blog On Monday this week, stock markets dropped sharply. The S&P 500 Index, a broad measure of large US stocks, closed down 2.57 percent from its level on Friday. That’s a pretty big move, actually. If you look ...
Anonymous's blog boehner_john.jpg Trade ministers from the 12 participating nations are trying to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this week in Atlanta. As hard as those negotiations may be, any deal that emerges will have to make it th ...
Today, money is increasingly more bits and bytes rather than bits of paper. Moreover, disruptive financial technologies and innovations—such as cryptocurrencies, mobile payment systems, peer-to-peer lending, and crowdfunding—continue to transform finance ...
Anonymous's blog It’s been a rough year for global trade. Notwithstanding the fanfare that followed October’s successful Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, the deal’s path forward seems increasingly fraught. And while the TPP threatens to stagna ...
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The modern financial system—centered on money and banks—has facilitated unprecedented economic growth in the last two centuries. Yet it has also produced a long string of economic catastrophes, including hyperinflation, deflation, bank failures, the rec ...
http://www.newgeography.com/content/004934-flexible-economic-opportunism-beyond-... Kris Hartley June 1, 2015 New GeographyGlobal Cities, Global Economy, Policy & PoliticsGlobal Cities, Global Economy, Policy & Politics Kris Hartley ...
