How to Forestall International Financial Rescue
The firemen at the International Monetary Fund are busy rescuing Argentina and Turkey. They have just confirmed a Dollars 10bn …
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The Euro’s Rebound?
Maybe, just maybe, the bedraggled euro finally will pick itself off the floor. That’s what you hear from its champions, …
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Reagan the Intellectual
A true intellectual conveys to the public new ideas on a wide range of subjects, unearthing these notions long before …
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Argentina Is No Turkey
The collapse of Turkey’s pegged exchange rate — like similar events before it in Mexico, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Russia and …
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The Misery Index: A Look Back at Bulgaria’s Elections
With Bulgaria’s May 12th election fast approaching, it is useful to reflect on past elections and the resulting economic performance of …
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Iran’s Search for a “Master of the Economy”
Iran’s Guardian Council announced yesterday that former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from Iran’s presidency poll—reportedly due …
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