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Economic Crisis: Europe's Response

Europe's economies thought they were safe. Europe in recent weeks has witnessed the type of anti-U.S. gloating usually seen during the soccer World Cup, the quadrennial event in which the American team is routed in the early...

Newsweek: Why Europe isn’t gloating anymore

Europe's economies thought they were safe. Europe in recent weeks has witnessed the type of anti-U.S. gloating usually seen during the soccer World Cup, the quadrennial event in which the American team is routed in the early...

Renowned economists call for more regulation in the banking industry

Renowned economists call for more regulation in the banking industry Description / Introduction: Economists denounce risk taking practices in the financial sector and call for more regulation. Content (Everyone): In a series of...

Sub-prime: capitalist dream turns sour

Clive Mathieson | October 11, 2008 THIS time last year, few people outside the US had heard the phrase "sub-prime". Now, to the great misfortune of hundreds of millions of investors, homeowners and workers, it is known...

Clive Crook applies the headlock

Oct 9, 2008

On my way into work this afternoon, I recieved a chilling e-mail from Clive Crook. It informed that he had blogged in response to my column on conservatism (see below, October 7th). Nervously I called up Clive’s blog on my...

The recession we have to have

Alan Wood | October 10, 2008 ON Wednesday in Washington, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist Olivier Blanchard described the risk of another Depression as "nearly nil". I still think this is right, as governments...

Is this a second Great Depression?

Watching the slipping economy and Congress' epic debate over the unprecedented $700 billion financial bailout, it is impossible not to wonder whether this is 1929 all over again. Even sophisticated observers invoke the comparison.

Rwanda: Developing Leaders for Uncertain Times

(Financial Times, March 2008) Against this background, trading and operating conditions for many South African organisations are likely to be challenging in the next year or two, We are all aware that when trading conditions...

South Africa: Credit Crunch Has Not Hit Country - Yet

THE joke going around last week was that you should be careful when making out a cheque because your bank might bounce. It goes without saying that this past week has been one of the most remarkable in financial circles in...

Bank of Israel Governor Meets with Int'l Bankers in Washington

Bank of Israel Governor Dr. Stanley Fischer will head a delegation of Israeli bankers to the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. next week, according to the Globes business news service....

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