Jim O’Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, says there is a simple, political solution to the crisis in the euro zone. But if politicians…
(Reuters) – Euro zone paymaster Germany, relieved at a narrow election victory for Greece’s pro-bailout parties, signaled on Monday it may be willing to grant…
By Roger Bootle Recent signs of global economic weakness have caused me to muse on the comparison between the world economy now and during the…
The following is excerpted from Bronte Capital: The Macroeconomics of Chinese kleptocracy. China is a kleptocracy of a scale never seen before in human history… China…
Before now, I had never really understood how the 1930s could happen. Now I do. All one needs are fragile economies, a rigid monetary regime,…
G7 ministers hold eurozone crisis talks (via AFP) Finance ministers of the Group of Seven were to hold talks Tuesday on the eurozone crisis and…
PETER VICTOR is an economist who has been asking a heretical question: Can the Earth support endless growth?
Traditionally, economists have argued that the answer is “yes.” In the 1960s when Victor was earning his various degrees, a steady rise in gro…
(via AFP) The head of the global banking lobby which handled the private debt write-off for Greece warned on Friday that if the country leaves…
Telegraph.co.ukOECD joins call for eurozone bondsFinancial TimesBy Chris Giles in London The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has joined French and EU officials in calling for a move towards jointly-guaranteed eurobonds at a time …
NewsdayJobs Outlook in U.S. Improves for 2012, Economists SayBloombergEmployment will improve more this year than economists previously estimated, helping the world's largest economy to keep growing, a private survey showed. Payrolls will rise 1880…
