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Posts Tagged ‘ globalization ’

Arab Spring: Counting Costs and [Oil] Profits In MENA

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October 16, 2011
arab springs cost to gdp

By EconMatters To follow up on our last article about the Arab Spring shockwaves, we thought it’d be of interest to see what the cost impact is for countries affected by the uprising.  A timely new study… by the risk
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Rick Santelli Calls Thomas Freidman an Idiot

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September 8, 2011
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Rick Santelli always provides a good laugh. Here is the latest rant, where Rick calls NYT columnist Thomas Freidman, an idiot. Below is video and transcript: SANTELLI: I’d just like to know – you know, I was watching that debate…
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Maps Du Jour: Food Inflation Riots and The Libyan Politics

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August 26, 2011
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By EconMatters… The first map is a disturbing illustration of food and inflation riots around the globe in 2011 (updated through Feb. 19) I came across on Google. The second map is actually an infographic from The Economist explaining the
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90 Years of Communist China

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July 4, 2011
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By EconMatters The CPC (Communist Party of China) was founded on July 1, 1921 in Shanghai with a large working class support base.  After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen… (???)–China’s Founding Father (recognized by both Beijing and Taipei)–in 1925,
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VoxEu: African poverty is falling…much faster than you think

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December 9, 2010
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I found this interesting column about Africa via voxeu.org. It talks about the improvements Africa has made and the decrease in poverty levels. Africa is an interesting place that most investors do not think of as having potential. However, the…
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Demographics, Destiny and Asset Markets Boeckh Investment Letter

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July 23, 2010
aging population

Here is an excellent article about one of my favorite topics; aging, and the economics problems it will cause. As the world economy and financial system struggle to regain their footing, they must contend with a number of problems. One…
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Microfinance

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July 12, 2010
Microfinance

By EcoFreak of  http://economicsoftheworld.blogspot.com/… Microfinance has been continuously cited as the most powerful tool to alleviate poverty, but has this tool been used to its full potential?. Microfinance has contributed significantly in reducing, if not eradicating poverty in many parts
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Declining birth rate: Good or bad??

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July 9, 2010
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By EchoFreak of http://economicsoftheworld.blogspot.com/… Population has been a major concern in many countries, specifically in developing Asian countries. Countries such as India, China, Bangladesh and Pakistan have always struggled to feed their ever growing population. China and India combined have
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Bangalore, Boston and Beijing

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July 9, 2010
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Guest post  by “ecofreak”. Check out the blog at  http://economicsoftheworld.blogspot.com This article is inspired by the readings from Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat… where he discusses how over time, especially in the last decade the world has become a
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