Global Economy
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Posted on March 25, 2008
While Zimbabwe demonstrates record breaking inflation, one may also look at Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, and Venezuela to see double digit inflation.
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Posted on March 20, 2008
Brazil recently discovered billions of barrels of oil off its shores - and immediately started reorganizing its trade policy on the world market.
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Posted on March 7, 2008
Swazi textile workers have taken to the streets, unsatisfied with wages and treatment.
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Posted on February 28, 2008
Russia appears to be perfectly situated in the global scramble to secure energy resources. This position is giving rise to a more assertive and possibly antagonistic Russia.
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Posted on February 6, 2008
This Council on Foreign Relations backgrounder reveals the impact of China's household registration system, the hukou, on rural-to-urban migrants.
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From the Archives
Posted on January 24, 2008
David Dapice, an economics professor at Tufts University, discusses how vulnerable the integrated world economy has become to failures in one part of the globe.
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From the Archives
Posted on December 19, 2007
Many workers fear that technological innovations and outsourcing will lead to fewer available jobs. Economist Bernard Wasow argues that this is not necessarily true.
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From the Archives
Posted on November 28, 2007
Frustrated by a weak economy and a lack of jobs, many Russians have directed blame toward a growing immigrant population.
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Posted on November 13, 2007
In Africa, oil revenue has the potential to improve the lives of millions.
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From the Archives
Posted on November 13, 2007
Peak oil may only be decades away and it is time to understand the consequences for an oil-dependent society.
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Posted on October 26, 2007
Current negotiations may redirect large quantities of Russian energy supplies into Asia rather than being sent west to Europe.
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Posted on October 25, 2007
Dwindling oil reserves and shaky relations between producers and consumers has made oil the central concern in today's global marketplace.
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Posted on October 11, 2007
Africa's wars have destroyed resources that could have benefited the continent's people.
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Posted on October 3, 2007
Economic growth in Malaysia shows that a strategy of bringing the bottom up can lead to success.
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Posted on September 5, 2007
Argentinian organizations such as Raices are working to bring foreign-educated scientists and researchers back home.
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