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On this page I will like to recommend some articles, which throw light on the issue of economic development.

Russia to upgrade nuclear system. BBC News, September 26, 2008.

Graham Bowley & Michael Schwirtz, Medved and Chávez sign $ 1 billion military loan. International Herald Tribune, September 26, 2008.

Alice M. Rivlin, The Financial Market Bailout. (Video). Brookings, September 26, 2008.

American banks: From Whoo hoo to boo hoo. The Economist, September 26, 2008.

A Conversation with Sergei Lavlov, Russian Foreign Minister. (Video). Charlie Rose, September 25, 2008.

Lee Hudson Teslik, Bears in Moscow. Council on Foreign Relations, September 25, 2008.

Baker Spring, Europe, Missile Defense and the Future of Extended Detterence. The Heritage Foundation, September 25, 2008.

Just 30% Think Government Should Bail Out The Markets. Rasmussen Reports, September 25, 2008.

David Kiley, Chrysler Goes Electric. Business Week, September 24, 2008.

Morris Goldstein, Crisis Management and Global Markets. (Audio). Interview. Peterson Institute for International Economics, September 20, 2008.

Germany: Lehman Brothers blunder costs KfW. Euronews, September 19, 2008.

Gennady Stolyarov, Liberation by Internet. Ludwig von Mises Institute, September 19, 2008.

Stuart M. Butler, What should be done about the financial markets? The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2008.

Robert Coalson, Russian Petrostate Opens Its Toolbox To Respond To Financial Crisis. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, September 19, 2008.

Clifford G. Gaddy, Russia’s Stock Market Fall: It’s All About Oil. Brookings, September 19, 2008.

Dennis Jacobe, Americans Split on AIG Bailout. Gallup, September 19, 2008.

Andrew Ross Sorkin & Eric Dash, Morgan Stanley deal could include Chinese sovereign fund. International Herald Tribune, September 19, 2008.

The financial crisis: Time to think big. The Economist, September 19, 2008.

Lydia Saad, Obama’s Voters More Negative on Economy Than McCain’s. Gallup, September 18, 2008.

The rise of state capitalism: Coming to grips with Sovereign-wealth funds. The Economist, September 18, 2008.

Alexander G. Higgins, Glitch Shut Down Giant Atom Smasher. AOL News, September 18, 2008.

Duncan Bartlett, Japan offers solution to financial crisis. BBC News, September 18, 2008.

Willem Buiter, The end of American Capitalism (as we knew it). Open Democracy, September 17, 2008.

Fed Takes Control Over Troubled AIG, Will Lend It $ 85 billion. McClatchy, September 16, 2008.

David H. McComick, Addressing the Housing and Financial Market Crises. (Video) Brookings, September 16, 2008.

American Presidential Race: The Palin Effect. The Economist, September 16, 2008.

Linda Feldmann, Wall Street’s turmoil tests McCain. The Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 2008.

Stefan Schultz, What the Lehman Bankruptcy Means for Germany. Spiegel Online, September 16, 2008.

Kenneth Rogoff, No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fall. That’s Good. The Washington Post,  September 16, 2008.

Christine Seib, Financial disaster to dwarf Lehman looms as AIG takes a pounding. Times Online, September 16, 2008.

Nanette Byrnes, The Unraveling of the AIG. Business Week, September 16, 2008.

Russia: Record $47.9 Billion for Defense. The Moscow Times, September 16, 2008.

The Importance of AIG. (Video). The International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2008.

Alex Taylor, The deepening auto recession. Fortune, September 16, 2008.

Henry Blodget, How Not to Lose Everything. Slate Magazine, September 15, 2008.

Lehman Brothers collapse. (Video) BBC News, September 15, 2008.

Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy BBC News, September 15, 2008.

Suzy Jagger, Merrill Lynch seals future with Bank of America deal. Times Online, September 15, 2008.

Douglas W. Elmendorf,  Crisis on Wall Street. (Video). Brookings, September 15, 2008.

Americans divided as to how history will judge mission in Iraq. Rasmussen Reports, September 10, 2008.

Darrell M. West, Sarah Palin’s Acceptance Speech. (Video). Brookings, September 4, 2008.

Robert Kagan, The World Divides … and democracy is at bay. Times Online, September 2, 2008.

Mustafa Kutlay, How the Conflict in Georgia Affects Turkey-Russia Trade Relations? Turkish Weekly, September 2, 2008.

Bruce W. MacDonald, China, Space Weapons and U.S. Security. Council on Foreign Relations, September 2008.

Nina Hachigian and Mona Sutphen, Strategic Collaboration: How the United States Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise. The Washington Quarterly, 31: 4, Autumn, 2008.

Arvind Subramanian, The growth future – India and China. Vox, August 29, 2008.

Turkey: Political realities fuel nuke option. Turkish Daily News, August 29, 2008.

Merrill Goozner, Return of a Killer: Tuberculosis in Russia. (Audio). Scientific America, August 27, 2008.

Jayshree Bajoria, Russia’s Security Ties in Asia. Council on Foreign Relations, August 27, 2008.

Michaela Schiessl and Christian Schwägerl, The Cow is a Climate Bomb. Spiegel Online, August 27, 2008.

Robert Marquard, Why Georgia is not start of “Cold War II.” The Christian Science Monitor, August 22, 2008.

Enter the Dragon: The war in Georgia is prompting a rethink of America’s route into space. The Economist, August 21, 2008.

Stephanie Hanson, Is Brain Drain Good for Africa? Council of Foreign Relations, August 20, 2008.

Matt Mabe, There is Something About Denmark. Business Week, August 20, 2008.

David Biello, Drilling for Hot Rocks: Google Sinks Cash into Advanced Geothermal Technology. Scientific America, August 20, 2008.

John R. Bolton, After Russia’s invasion of Georgia, what now for the West? Telegraph, August 15, 2008.

Jeffrey White, Georgia-Russia Conflict shows EU’s Energy Vulnerability. The Christian Science Monitor, August 15, 2008.

Will Dunham, Coastal “dead zones” spread globally, study finds. Reuters, August 14, 2008.

John von Radowitz, Scientists create navigating robot using rat brain neurons. The Independent, August 14, 2008.

David Welch & David Kiley, A Strange Detour for Chrysler. Business Week, August 14, 2008.

Brian Whitmore, West Reassesses Relationship With Russia in Wake of Georgia Conflict. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, August 13, 2008.

Georgia-crisis. (Video). International Herald Tribune, August 13, 2008.

Wal-Mart to make $ 1 billion expansion in Brazil. Business Week, August 13, 2008.

Tailpipe power: Generating electricity directly from wasted heat looks more promising. The Economist, August 12, 2008.

James Sherr, Georgia: Russia demands to be regarded as number one. Telegraph, August 10, 2008.

David Strahan, Have We Reach the end of the Road for Oil? Telegraph, August 9, 2008.

Thomas Schulz, Globalization is destroying the World’s Oceans. Spiegel Online, August 8, 2008.

Daniel Kimmage, Toward a New Paradigm for the Post-Soviet Petrostates. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, August 7, 2008.

Russian intellectuals: The hand that feeds them. The Economist, August 7, 2008.

Peter N. Spotts, Europe’s Large Hadron Collider tests the bounds of physics – and budgets. The Christian Science Monitor, August 7, 2008.

Clive Crook, How to Get Serious about Energy Policy. National Journal, August 2, 2008.

The true costs of free music downloading. Times Online, August 1, 2008.

Paul Stevens, The Coming Oil Supply Crunch. Chatham House, August 2008.

Edward Luttwak, A Truman for our Times. Prospect Magazine, August 2008.

NASA says Mars craft “touched and tasted” water. NewsDaily, July 31, 2008.

Brian Whitmore, Beware the Russian Bear Market. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, July 31, 2008.

Alexei Barrionuevo, Brazil grows as larger economies struggle. International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2008.

Cynthis Graber, Hydrogen Power on the Cheap — Or at Least, Cheaper.  Scientific America, July 31, 2008.

Bruce Einhorn & Mehul Srivastava, WTO: Why India and China said no to U.S. Business Week, July 30, 2008.

David Rose, New drug rember brings “unprecedented” Alzheimer’s treatment advances. Times Online, July 30, 2008.

Dmitry Babich, Russia: Rebuilding the arms market. Russia Beyond the Headlines, July 29, 2008.

Ken Sweet, U.S. Steel Stands Strong Despite Weak Economy. Fox News, July 29, 2008.

New Biomass technology dramatically increases Ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste. Science Daily, July 29, 2008.

Artem Zagorodnov, Coca-Cola’s New Boss Heads East. Russia Beyond the Headlines, July 28, 2008.

Uwe Perlitz, World chemicals market: Asia gaining ground. Deutsche Bank Research, July 28, 2008.

Dmitri Travin, What’s stopping Russia’s reforms? Open Democracy, July 27, 2008.

DuPont sets up pilot ethanol plant in Tennessee. Energy Current, July 25, 2008.

Dani Rodrik, The Death of the Globalization Consensus. Policy Innovation / Carnegie Council, July 25, 2008.

Lawrence H. Sumner, Robert E. Rubin, Time Kaine & Douglas W. Elemendorf, The State of the Nation’s Infrastructure.  Brookings, July 25, 2008.

Stephen Blank, Is Russia Forging A New CIS Strategy? Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, July 23, 2008.

John V. Mitchell & Paul Stevens, Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States. Chatham House, July 21, 2008.

Mark Muro, New Urban Centers in the American West. (Video). Brookings, July 21, 2008.

Kerry Capell, A Golden Recipe for McDonald’s Europe. Spiegel Online, July 18, 2008.

Steven R. Weisman, Bernanke offers a gloomy assessment of economy. International Herald Tribune, July 15, 2008.

Privacy on the Web: Is It a Losing Battle? YaleGlobal Online, July 14, 2008.

InBev acquiring Anheuser-Bush for $ 52 billion: Belgian Beer marker confirms purchase, creating world’s largest brewer. MSNBC, July 14, 2008.

Steve Levine, Russia’s Gas and Oil Influence. (Video). The Commonwealth Club of California, July 14, 2008.

Sean Collins, The truth about our Post-American World. Spiked, July 11, 2008.

Peter Deutschmann, We must stop stealing doctors from the poor. The Age, July 11, 2008.

Jason Bush, Russian Auto Market Now Europe’s Largest. Business Week, July 11, 2008.

Todd Woody, Solar power: The Southwest desert’s real estate boom. Fortune, July 11, 2008.

Nanoscale Lithographic Technology: Finer Lines for Microchips. Science Daily, July 11, 2008.

BMW to test Electric Mini in California. Deutsche Welle, July 11, 2008.

NASA: Ikhana and the California Wildfires. NASA, July 11, 2008.

Russia to export $ 6 Billion in Arms in 2008. Moscow News, July 10, 2008.

French firm “quits Iran gas deal.” BBC News, July 10, 2008.

Erin Wildermuth, Money Won’t Cure Global Poverty. The American Spectator, July 10, 2008.

Quantum information technology: Enigma variations. The Economist, July 10, 2008.

MIT Opens new “window” on solar energy. MIT, July 10, 2008.

Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Harry Harding, Flynt Leverett, David Speedie & Devin T. Stewart, The Rise of the Rest. (Video). Policy Innovation, Carnegie Council,  July 9, 2008.

Avi Salzman, Boeing Gets Another Shot at Tanker Deal. Business Week, July 9, 2008.

New Logic: The Attraction of Magnetic Computation. Science Daily, July 9, 2008.

Larry MacDonald, China and India’s Growth Just Currency Related Illusions? Seeking Alpha, July 8, 2008.

Lawrence Solomon, Wikipropaganda. National Review, July 8, 2008.

Rare Microorganism That Produces Hydrogen May Be Key to Tomorrow’s Hydrogen Economy. ScienceDaily, July 8, 2008.

Roman Kupchinsky, Putin’s Africa Korps. Eurasia Daily Monitor, Jamestown Foundation, July 8, 2008.

Drew Wilson, Sony sees central, eastern European sales doubling in 5 years. EE Times, July 8, 2008.

Myrna Domit, Foresight, Fortune Allow Brazil to Move Toward Energy Independence. World Politics Review, July 7, 2008.

David Kiley, The Coming of the Car-Bot. Business Week, July 7, 2008.

Nelson D. Schwartz, An Oil addiction, a chronic enabler. International Herald Tribune, July 6, 2008.

Jane Harman, On State Sponsored Terrorism. (Video). FORA TV / The Aspen Institute, July 4, 2008.

Who runs the world? Wrestling for Influence. The Economist, July 3, 2008.

Sean Dodson, The Machine that copies itself. The Guardian, July 3, 2008.

Dirk Kohnert, EU-African Economic Relations: Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid? MPRA, July 3, 2008.

Henry M. Paulson (US Treasury Secretary), US Policy Responses to Global Economic Challenge. Chatham House, July 2, 2008.

George Jahn, Energy experts puzzled over oil prices. Newsweek, July 2, 2008.

Jay Weiner, In Olympian swimsuit, threads of history. The Christian Science Monitor, July 2, 2008.

John Quelch, Starbucks: How Growth Destroyed Brand Value. Business Week, July 2, 2008.

Daniel J. Weiss & Alexandra Kougentakis, “Groundhog Day” at the G8. Center for American Progress, July 1, 2008.

Price Surge Driving some Countries close to tripping point. International Monetary Fund, July 1, 2008.

Nadeem Ilahi and Riham Shendy, Do the Gulf Oil-Producing Countries Influence Regional Growth? The Impact of Financial and Remittance Flows. International Monetary Fund, July 1, 2008.

Mahvash Saeed Qureshi, Africa’s Oil Abundance and External Competitiveness: Do Institutions Matter? IMF, July 1, 2008.

Tim Hornyak, Japan: Farming Solar Energy in Space. Scientific American, July 2008.

Merle Lipton, South Africa: Fundamental Failures. The World Today, July 2008.

Istanbul’s Urban transformation. (Audio). EurasiaNet, July 2008.

The Failed States Index 2008. Foreign Policy, July/August 2008.

Andy Grove, Our Electric Future. The American, July/ August 2008.

Douglas Auld, The Ethanol Trap: Why Policies to Promote Ethanol as Fuel Need Rethinking. C.D. Howe Institute, July 2008.

Kent Garber, Interview with Paul Ehrlich: We Are Running Out of Environment. US News, June 30, 2008.

Stephanie Hanson, Venezuela’s Oil-Based Economy. Council of Foreign Relations, June 27, 2008.

David Kirkpatrick, Microsoft without Gates. Fortune, June 26, 2008.

Middle East’s Economic Paradox: Lost in the Wash. Brookings, June 26, 2008.

Auto Industry Faces Challenge in Mass-producing Electric Cars. Deutsche Welle, June 25, 2008.

World is home for more than 10 millions millionaires. CNN, June 24, 2008.

David Woodruff, The Politics of Russia’s Stagnating Oil Output. Chatham House, June 24, 2008.

David Denoon & Devin T. Stewart, The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India. Policy Innovations, Carnegie Council, June 23, 2008.

Frank Deford, Are the Olympics Outdated? (Video). FORA TV, June 23, 2008.

Marcus Noland & Michele Wucker, Reverse Brain Drain in the Middle East. (Video). Policy Innovations, Carnegie Council, June 20, 2008.

Robots: Nothing to lose but their chains. The Economist, June 19, 2008.

David Biello, Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No more Power Bills – - Ever. Scientific America, June 19, 2008.

Jürgen Habermas, A Search For Europe’s Future: And the Wheels Stopped Turning. Spiegel Online, June 18, 2008.

Jens Arnold, Giuseppe Nicoletti & Stefano Scarpetta, Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD Countries: Industry and Firm-Level Evidence. Economic Department, OECD, June 17, 2008.

How Far Should Scientists Try to Extend the Human Life Span? Science Channel, June 17, 2008.

Graham Allison & Matthew Bunn, Reinforcing the Global Nuclear Order: The Role of the IAEA. Belfer Center, Harvard University, June 13, 2008.

Starbucks set to expand in Europe. BBC News, June 12, 2008.

Panel Discussion: New Approaches to Innovation and Industrial Clusters. Audio. Presentations by Rob Atkinson, Karen Mills & Howard Wial. Brookings, June 12, 2008.

Consumer fuel cells: In search of forever. The Economist, June 12, 2008.

Pete Engardio & Ben Rissing, Big Pharma’s R&D Booster Shot. Business Week, June 11, 2008.

Gazpom to double project investment. UPI, June 10, 2008.

Steve Connor, Oil shortage is a myth, says industry insider. The Independent, June 9, 2008.

Daniel McGinn, Is Wal-Mart Too Liberal? Newsweek, June 9, 2008.

Alison Smale, West’s business elite swarms to Russia’s honey pot. International Herald Tribune, June 8, 2008.

Ulrike Knöfel, Frank Horning & Bernard Zand, The Battle for the World’s Skyline. Spiegel Online, June 6, 2008.

Toyota develops new fuel cell hybrid with improved cruising distance. The Jakata Post, June 6, 2008.

Brazil and the Amazon: Welcome to our shrinking jungle. The Economist, June 5, 2008.

Daniel Kaufmann, On Democracy and Development: Rejecting the extremes. American.gov, June 5, 2008.

Robert Cassidy, The Failed Expectations of U.S. Trade Policy. Foreign Policy in Focus, June 4, 2008.

Mark Clayton, The race for noonfood biofuel. The Christian Science Monitor, June 4, 2008.

Mark Scott, Ryanair Faces Future Trouble. Spiegel Online, June 4, 2008.

Google diplomats bend free expression to preserve global power. Turkish Daily News, June 4, 2008.

Steffen Kern, EU-US financial market integration – a work in progress. Deutsche Bank Research, June 4, 2008.

Can America keep its innovative edge? The Economist, June 3, 2008.

Brad Allenby, Science and the “Route to Truth.” GreenBiz.com, June 2, 2008.

The Gulf as a Global Financial Centre: Growing Opportunities and International Influence. Chatham House, June 2008.

John V. Mittchell and Paul Stevens, Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States. Chatham House, June 2008.

James M. MacDonald, The Economic Organization of the U.S. Broiler Production. Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, June 2008.

Mark Clayton, Is Water Becoming the New Oil?  The Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008.

Skyrocketing Oil Prices Threaten Prosperity. Spiegel Online, May 29, 2008.

Geoffrey Heal, When Principles Pay. (Video). Carnegie Council, May 28, 2008.

Alicia Chang, Nasa Spacecraft Land on Mars. AOL News, May 25, 2008.

Nasa Control center under the Mars lading: Nerves and Joy. (Video). Nasa, May 25, 2008.

Heather Timmons, South Africa-India telecom deal collapses. International Herald Tribune, May 24, 2008.

Bruce Einhorn, China: Lenovo Plunges as Rivals Gain. Business Week, May 23, 2008.

Chevron execute grilled in US Congress over Myanmar venture. AFP, May 22, 2008.

A Century of Headlines: The Future of Journalism. (Video). World Affairs Council of Washington, DC, May 21, 2008.

Singapore needs to ease control to remain competitive, says World Bank. International Herald Tribune, May 20, 2008.

Carter Doughterty, Germany’s strenght lies in “old economy.” International Herald Tribune, May 20, 2008.

Andreas Freytag, Should Europe worry about its trade deficit with China? The Journal of Turkish Weekly, May 19, 2008.

Josh Quitter, Why Microsoft is desperate for Yahoo. Time, May 19, 2008.

Eric Pfanner, Al Jazeera English Tries to Extend Its Reach. The New York Times, May 19, 2008.

Study Reveals Germany Is World’s Third Largest Defense Exporter. Spiegel Online, May 16, 2008.

The Post-American World: A Discussion with Fareed Zakaria. (Video). Brookings, May 15, 2008.

Alexander Jung and Wieland Wagner, Globalization’s Victors Hunt for the Next Low-Wage Country. Spiegel Online, May 14, 2008.

Lamar Alexander, William Antholis, Carlos Pascual and others, Energy Challenges forll the next President. Brookings, May 12, 2008.

Gurnain Kaur Pasricha, Financial Integration in Emerging Market Economies. University of California, Santa Cruz, May 8, 2008.

Larry Daimond, On the Spirit of Democracy. (Video). FORA TV / The Commonwealth Club of California, May 7, 2008.

William Easterly, Hayek’s Economic Development Insight. (Video). Cato Institute, May 5, 2008.

Paul Collier talks on 4 ways to improve the lives of the ”bottom billion.” (Video) TED, May 2008.

Robert Ballard, Exploring the ocean’s hidden world. (Video). TED, May 2008.

Graeme Donald Snooks, Australia’s Longrun Economic Strategy, Performance, and Policy: A New Dynamic Perspective. The Australian National University, April 2008.

Léonce Ndikumana & James K. Boyce, New Estimates of Capital Flight from Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Linkages with External Borrowing and Policy Options. Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 2008.

Russia’s outward investment. Deutsche Bank Research, April 30, 2008.

International Public Opinion Says Government Should not Limit Internet Access. World Public Opinion, April 30, 2008.

Alexander Kidenis, Russia: Getting ready for the High-tech Revolution. Russia beyond the Headlines, April 24, 2008.

Leonid Kogan, Dmitry Livdan & Amir Yaron, Oil Futures Prices in a Production Economy with Investment Constraints. Sloan School of Management, MIT, April 17, 2008.

Brazil: An economic superpower, and now oil too. The Economist, April 17, 2008.

International opinion poll: Erosion of Support for Free Market System. World Public Opinion, April 15, 2008.´

Trip to Saturn: The tour designers. (Video). Nasa, April 15, 2008.

Ann Capling, Reinvigorating the World Trade Organization. Up Close Podcast, the University of Melbourne, April 10, 2008.

A.F. Alhajji, America’s Drive for Energy Independence: Fueling the Oil Price Boom? (Video). Cato Institute, April 9, 2008.

Subir Lall, IMF Predit Slower World Growth Amid Serious Market Crisis. IMF, April 9, 2008.

Phoenix Mars Lander: Crusing to Mars. (Video). Nasa, April 9, 2008.

Karol Boudreaux, African Development: Promise and Peril. The Heritage Foundation, April 8, 2008.

Sergei Lavrov, “We are trying to de-ideologize our politics.” Russia Beyond the Headlines, April 7, 2008.

Amory Lovins, The Oil Dependence Dilemma. (Video). FORA TV / World Affairs Council of Northern California, April 3, 2008.

Rupert Murdoch, How Technology Has Changed the Media. (Video). FORA TV, April 2, 2008.

Global Views of US Improve. World Public Opinion.org, April 1, 2008.

Diego A. Comin & Bart Hobijn, An Exploration of Technological Diffusion. Harvard Business School / Federal Reserve Bank of New York, April 2008.

F.M. Scherer, Dynamies and Regulation of the Asian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Critical Review.  John F. Kennedy’s School of Government, Harvard University, April 2008.  

Robert Pollin, Is Full Employment Possible Under Globalization?  Revised. Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 2008.

Jeffrey Frankel, Ben Smit & Federico Sturzenegger, South Africa: Macroeconomic Challenges after a Decade of Success.  John F. Kennedy’s School of Government, Harvard University, April 2008.

Francios Lescaroux & Valérie Mignon, On the Influence of oil prices on economic acitvity and other macroeconomic and financial variables. CEPII, April 2008.

Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar & Tatiana Sandino, Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry. Harvard Business School, April 2008.

Phoenix Mars Lander: Nasa employees explain the landing process. (Video). Nasa, March 31, 2008.

Parag Khanna, Empires and Influences in the New Global Order. (Video). FORA TV / World Affairs Council of Northern California, March 26, 2008.

Charlie Rose discusses the US economy with Paul Volcker. (Video). Charlie Rose, March 18, 2008.

Peter Robinson interviews Bruce S. Thornton about his new book “Decline and Fall: Europe’s Slow Suicide.” (Video). Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institute, March 6, 2008.

Parag Khanna Discusses “The Second World.” Paul Comstock interviews Parag Khanna. California Literary Review, March 4, 2008.

Giovanni Dell’ Ariccia & Robert Marquez, Risk and Corporate Structure of Banks. IMF, March 2008.

J.W.B. Bos, C. Economidou & M. Koetter, Technological Clubs and Growth Patterns: Evidence from EU Manufaturing. Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, March 2008.

Bruce Chapman & Peter Tulip, International Dimensions in the Financing of Higher Education. Center for Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University, March 2008.

Alicia M. Robb and Robert W. Fairlie, Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Business in the United States. Centre for Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University, February 2008.

Arab Censorship in the Modern Age. Harvard International Review, February 22, 2008.

How Starbucks colonised the world. Times Online, February 17, 2008.

The road to e-government. Economist.com, February 14, 2008.

Timothy Sturgeon, Johannes van Biesebroeck & Gary Gereffi, Value chains, networks and clusters: Reframing the global automotive industry. MIT, February 13, 2008.

Christian Reiermann, Industry returns as Economic Engine. Spiegel Online, February 12, 2008.

Peter Robinson, The Economy According to Taylor and Judd.  (video). Uncommon Knowledge, February 12, 2008.

Patrick Foster, In a world technology have made flat, where do the firms find a competitive edge?  Times Online, February 11, 2008.

Tamar Lewin, Universities rush to set up outposts abroad. International Herald Tribune, February 11, 2008.

Luis A.V. Catão, Ana Fostel and Sandeep Kapur, Persistent Gaps and Default Traps. Department of Economics, The George Washington University, February 2008.

Hylke Vandenbussche & Maurizio Zanardi, Why we need anti-dumping in the EU: the time of missed opportunities. Vox, February 8, 2008.

Klaus Kleinfeld, New World Order: the global market for skills. Times Online, February 8, 2008.

Ben Webster, World’s airlines will need twice as many jets by 2026. Times Online, February 8, 2008.

Mail Call: A Bullish Report. Newsweek, February 2008.

Fareed Zakaria, The World Bails Us Out. Newsweek, February 4, 2008.

Daniel Gross, The U.S. Economy faces the guillotine. Newsweek, February 4, 2008.

Mathias Risse, What is Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order. The John F. Kennedy’s School of Government, Harvard University, February 1, 2008.

Matt Richtel & John Markoff, A Green Energy Industry Takes its Roots in California. The New York Times, February 1, 2008.

Helmut Reisen & Sokhna Ndoye, Prudent versus Imprudent Lending to Africa: From Debt Relief to Emerging Lenders.  OECD, February 2008.

Graciela Laura Kaminsky and Sergio Schmukler, Short-run Pain, Long-run Gain: Financial Liberalization and Stock Market Cycles. Department of Economics, The George Washington University, January 2008.

Larry Diamond, The Struggle to Build Free Society. (video). Hoover Institution, January 31, 2008.

Katie Brenner, Robert Rubin: What meltdown? Fortune, January 31, 2008.

Paul Waldman, The Colossus. The American Prospect, January 31, 2008.

Larry Diamond, The Struggle to Build Free Societies. FORA TV, January 31, 2008.

Simon Johnson, Director and Economic Counsellor of the IMF Research Department, speaks on the World Economic Outlook, IMFWebcast, January 29, 2008.

Keith Bradsher, Throughout Asia, Exporters Brace for Tremors From a US Pullback. The New York Times, January 25, 2008.

Julia Bonstein, With Purchasing Power Rising, Euro Firms Eye Developing World. Spiegel Online, January 16, 2008.

The challengers: A new breed of multinational company has emerged. The Economist, January 10, 2008.

The Case for President Bush: Norman Podhoretz interviewed by Jay Nordlinger. (Video). The 92 Street Y, January 10, 2008.

Gabor Steingart, Is America Slouching towards Protectionism. Spiegel Online, January 8, 2008.

ABC News senior White House correspondance Martha Raddatz interviews senior Brooking Institute Experts on the issue Attacking Poverty and Inequality. Video. Brookings Institute, January 7, 2008.

Michael McFaul & Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, The Myth of the Authoritarian Model: How Putin’s Crackdown Hold Russia Back. Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008.

Yujin Jeong and Robert J. Weiner, Oil and Corruption: Who Helped Iraq Circumvent UN Sanctions? Department of International Business, George Washington University, January 2008.

Yi Wu and Li Zheng, The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Trade Balance in Developing Countries. International Monetary Fund, January 2008.

Erik Lueth, Capital Flows and Demographics – An Asian Perspective.  International Monetary Fund, January 2008.

Jonathan Di John, Conceptualising the causes and consequences of failed states: A critical review of the literature. London School of Economics, January 2008.

Nauro F. Campos and Yuko Kinoshita, Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America. IMF, January 2008.

Floyd Hayes III, The Cultural Politics of Paul Robeson & Richard Wright: Theorizing the African Diaspora. Center of Africana Studies, John Hopkins University, 2008.

Robert L. Hertzel, The Contribution of Milton Friedman to Economics. Economic Quarterly, Vol. 93. No.1. Winter 2007. pp.1-30.

AnnaLee Saxenian, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of “The New Argonauts” discusses the history and dynamic of Silicon Valley (video), December 12, 2007.  See also question and answer to professor AnneLee Saxenian.

Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak & Carlis Baldwin, The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry. Harvard Business School, December 2007.

Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Ola Olsson, Why are Market Economies Politically Stable? A Theory of Capitalist Cohesion.  Department of Economics, University of Cambridge. December 2007.

Hristos Doucouliagos and Martin Paldam, The Aids Effectiveness Literature: The Sad Results of 40 Years of Research.  Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, December 2007.

Tony Addison, David Hulme and Ravi Kanbur, Poverty Dynamics: Measurement and Understanding from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Working Paper. The Department of economics, Cornell University. December 2007.

Robert A. Blecker, External Shocks, Structural Change and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1979-2006. Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, December 2007.

Edmar L. Bacha, Márcio Holland and Fernando M. Goncalves, Is Bazil Different? Risk, Dollarization, and Interst Rates in Emerging Markets. Working Papers. International Monetary Fund. December 2007.

Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz, Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society. Working Papers. The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. December 2007.

Jacob A. Bikker, Laura Spierdijk & Paul Finnie, The Market Structure, Contestability and Institutional Environment on Banking Competition. Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, December 2007.

Peter Singer discusses the topic of Military Readiness during an interview with ABC News Martha Raddatz. Video. Brookings Institute, December 19, 2007.

Lawrence Summers and Charles Schumer on The State of the U.S. Economy. Video. Brookings Institute, December 19, 2007.

Richard Lugar, Carlos Pascual and David B. Sandalow speaks on the issue Energy Security, Energy Urgency: Key Issues Facing the Next Presidency. Video. Brookings Institute, December 18, 2007.

Daphne Marke, Will Africa Ever Be Able To Replicate Successful Economics?  Standard Times Press News / Cheetah Index, December 16, 2007.

Ricardo A. Lopez, Exports and Productivity – Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries. Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington, December 5, 2007.

Graeme Donald Snooks, A General Theory of Complex Living Systems: Exploring the Demand Side of Dynamics. Centre for Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University, November 2007.

Transcript of IMF seminar on Dani Rodrik’s book, One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth. Dani Rodrik explains his book and his points of view is discussed Robert Davis, The Wall Street Journal, Arvind Subramanian, Center for Global Development and Robert Zagha, the World Bank, IMF, November 29, 2007.

Art Durnev & Sergei Guriev, Resource abundance and corporate transparency. vox, November 21, 2007.

Amy Chua, The Monent of Empire. (Video). Conversation with History, University of California, Berkeley, November 15, 2007. (Amy Chua is Professor of law at Yale Law School and the author of “Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance — and Why They Fall.”)

Martin Wolf, Welcome to a World of runaway energy demand. Financial Times, November 14, 2007.

David T. Coe, Globalization and Labour markets: Policy issues arising from the emergence of China and India. OECD, November 12, 2007.

Laura Garcia, China, India “must adopt sustainable energy plans.” SciDev Net, November 9, 2007.

Bruce Katz, Henry Cisneros & James A. Johnson, Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleasing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation. (Video). Brooking Institute, November 6, 2007.

Jerry R. Green and Daniel A. Hojman, Choice, Rationality and Welfare Measurement. Working Paper. The John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University. November 2007.

Dimitra Petropoulou, Information Costs, Networks and Intermediation in international trade. Department of Economics, Oxford University, November 2007.

Simon Marginson, Higher education in the global knowledge economy. University of Melbourne, November 2007.

Gavin Wright, Historical Origins of the New American Economy. Stanford University, November 2007.

Maria Laura Lanzeni, Argentina: Economic potential hindred by instability. Deutsche Bank Research, October 16, 2007.

Walter Russell Mead, God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. (Video). Council on Foreign Relations, October 9, 2007.

Jagdish Bhagwati, The consensus for free trade among economists – has it frayed. WTO, October 8, 2007.

Sharon Belenzon and Tomer Berkowitz, Innovation in Business Groups.  Department of Economics, Oxford University, October 2007.

Ronald G. Ehrensberg, The Economics of Tuition and Fees in American Higher Education. Working Paper. Cornell University. October 2007.

Julian Jamison and Dean S. Karlan, When Curiosity Kills the Profits: An Experimental Examination. Economic Department, Yale University. October 2007.

Gareth Macartney, Product Market Competition, Financial Institutions and Innovation. University College London, October 2007.

F.M. Scherer, Technological Innovation and Monopolization. Working paper. The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. October 2007.

Michael W. Hansen, Henrik Schaumburg-Müller and Eugene Pottenger, Outsourcing for development: Towards a developing country firm perspective. Copenhagen Business School, October 2007.

F.M. Scheerer, The Political Economy of Patent Policy Reform in the United States. Working paper. The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 2007.

Jan Neutze & Adrian Karatnycky, Corruption, Democracy and Investment in Ukraine. The Atlantic Council of The United States, October 2007.

Killain Clarke, A Modernization Paradox: Saudi Arabia’s Divided Society. Harvard International Review / Economics of National Secuirty, Fall 2007.

Oliver Nikutowski, Accelerated Technological Progress – An Explanation for Wage Dispersion and a Possible Solution to the Productivity Paradox. Departments of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2007.

Danielle Langton, U.S. Trade and investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond. CRS Report for Congress, September 12, 2007.

Georg Caspary, The energy sector in Latin America. Deutsche Bank Research, September 7, 2007.

Ravi Kanbur, Globalization, Growth and Distribution: Framing the Question. Working Paper. The Department of economics, Cornell University. September 2007.

Dani Rodrik, How to Save Globalization from its Cheersleaders. Working Paper. The John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University. September 2007.

Hyeok Jeong and Yong Kim, Complementarity and Transition to Modern Economic Growth.  Institute of Economic Policy Research, University of Southern California, September 2007.

F.M. Scherer, Markets and Uncertainry in Pharmaceutical Development. Working Papers. The John F. Kennedy, Harvard University. September 2007.

Peter Glick, Policy impact on schooling gender gaps in developing countries: The Evidence and a framework for interpretation. Cornell University, September 2007.

Javier Cravino, Daniel Lederman & Marcelo Olarreaga, Substitution between foreign capital in China, India, the Rest of the World, and Latin America: Much Ado about Nothing? The World Bank, September 2007.

AnneLee Saxenian, The International Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Regional Upgrading in India and China. University of California, Berkeley, September 2007.

Marco Cipriani and Antonio Guarino, Transaction costs and informational cascades in financial markets. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, September 2007.

John Riew, Japan’s Competitive Advantages in the Global Market.  Penn State University, September 2007.

Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, Economic Growth and Financial Market Development: A Strenghtening Integration.  Speech given on the 3rd International Derivatives and Financial Market Conference in Campos do Jordão, Brazil, August 22, 2007. International Monetary Fund.

Asia’s skills shortage: Capturing talent. The Economist, August 16, 2007.

Is Privacy Dead? Technological Approaches to the Technological Threat. Interview with computer scientist Latanya Sweeney, Scientific American, August 1, 2007.  

Fred Gale & Francis Tuan, China’s Currency Appreciaiton Could Boost U.S. Agricultural Export. Economic Research Center/United States Department of Agriculture, August 2007.

Gary S. Fields, Dual Economy. Working Papers, Cornell University. August 2007.

Prasanna Guru Sethupathy, Does Exporting Lead to Productivity Spillovers in Horizontal or Vertical Industries? Evidence from Indonesia. Department of Economics, Columbia University. August 2007.

Angus Deaton, Income, aging, health and wellbeing around the world: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll. Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University, August 2007.

David E. Sahn & Stephen Younger, Living Standards in Africa. Cornell University, August 2007.

Richard G. Flores & Ruth V. Aguila, Globalization and location choice: an analysis of the US multinational fírms in 1980 and 2000.  Journal of International Business Studies 38 (7) 1187-1210. / University of Illionois at Champaign-Urbana, August 2007.

Francisco Rodriguez, Openness and Growth: What Have We Learned? Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, August 2007.

Chia Siow Yue, Challenges and Configurations of a Region-wide FTA in East Asia. Singapore Institute of International Affairs, August 2007.

Mushtaq H. Kahn, Governance, Economic Growth and Development since the 1960s. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, August 2007.

David E. Sahn & Stephen Younger, Living Standards in Africa. Cornell University, August 2007.

Tamara Trinh, Understanding Vietnam: A look beyond the facts and figures. Deutsche Bank Research, July 26, 2oo7.

John Romalis, Will the Doha Round benefit developing countries? Vox, July 13, 2007.

Simon Marginson, Globalization and Higher Educaution. OECD, July 6, 2007.

Dean S. Karlan and Jonathan Zinman, Credit Elasticities in Less-Developed Economics: Implications for Microfinance. Yale University, July 2007.

Woon Gyu Choi, Sunil Sharma and Maria Strömqvist, Capital flows, Financial Integration, and International Reserve Holdings: The Recent Experience of Emerging Markets and Advanced Economics. Working Paper. International Monetary Fund. July 2007.

Sandra Polaski, U.S. Living Standards in the era of Globalization. Carnegie Endowment. July 2007.

Sanda Polaski, What Future for the WTO. Carnegie Endowment. July 2007.

Paulo N. Figueiredo, Government policy, firm-level capabilities, and knowledge linkages: An alternative view based on empirical evidence from Brazil. Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, 2007.

Daniel Twining, America’s Great Design in Asia. The Washington Quarterly, 30:3, Summer 2007. pp.79-94.

Francis Fukuyama, The End of History Revisited. (Video) FORA TV, June 28, 2007.

Tuomas Malinen, A comment on the relationship between inequality and growth. University of Helsinki, June 15, 2007.

Pauline Grosjean & Claudia Senik, Should market liberalization precede democracy? Causal relations between political preferences and development. European Bank, June 2007.

John Ruggie, Business and Human Rights: The Evolving International Agenda. Working Papers. The John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harvard University. June 2007.

Jaap Bos, Claire Economidou & Mark Sanders, RD over the Life Cycle. School of Economics at the University of Utrecht, June 2007.

S.M. Ali Abbas and Jakob E. Christensen, The Role of Domestic Debt Markets in Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Low-Income Countries and Emerging Markets. Working Papers. International Monetary Fund. June 2007.

Selim Eleksag, Oil Market Development and the Global Economy. IMF Research. Vol.8. no.2. June 2007.

Romain H. Lacombe & John E. Parsons, Technologies, Markets and Challenges for Development of the Canadian Oil Sand Industry. Center of Energy and Environmental Policy Research, June 2007.

Nicolas van de Walle, The Path from Neopatrimonialism: Democracy and Clientelism in Africa today. Center for International Studies, Cornell University, June 2007.

Michael Engman, Expanding international supply chains: The role of emerging economies in providing IT and business process services. OECD, May 25, 2007.

C. Fred Bergsten, Currency Misalignment and the US Economy. Peterson Institute for International Economics. May 9. 2007.

Jaime Caruana, Global Financial Market Risk – Who is Responsible for What? International Monetary Fund, May 2007.

Michael Koetter, Jaap Bos, Claire Economidou & James Kolari, Do Technology and Efficiency Differences determine Production? Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, May 2007.

Peter Glick, Reproductive health and behavior, HIV/AIDS, and poverty in Africa. Prepared for the African Economic Research Consortium. Cornell University, May 2007.

Dalia Marin & Thierry Verdier, Competing in Organizations: Firm Heterogenity and International Trade. Departments of Economics, University of Munich, May 2007.

Ruth V. Aguilera, Igor Filatotchev, Howard Gospel and Gregory Jackson, An Organizational approach to Comparative Corporative Governance: Costs, Contingencies and Complementarities. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, May 2007.

Wenyue Zhuang, Poh-Kam Wong & Kwanghui Lim, Knowledge Search and Its Effect on the International Diffusion of Knowledge: Evidence from Information Storage Technology Patents. Intellectual property institute of Australia, the University of Melbourne, May 2007.

Francesco Venturini, The Long-Run Impact of ICT. Polytechnic University of Marche, April 2007.

Marco Battaglini and Stephen Coate, A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation and Debt. Working Paper. Department of economics, Cornell University. April 2007.

Rohini Pande, Understanding Political Corruption in Low Income Countries.  Working Paper, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. April 2007.

Tapan Mitra, On Competitive Equitable Paths under Exhaustible Resource Constraints: The Case of a Growing Population. Working Paper. Department of Economics, Cornell University. April 2007.

Jacob Funk Kierkegaard, Offshoring, Outsourcing, and Production Relocation – Labor-Market Effects in the OECD Countries and Developing Asia. Working Paper. Peterson Institute for International Economics. April 2007.

Barbara Böttcher & Klaus Deutsch, From Free Trade to Deep Integration: Outlook on the Economic Relation Between the EU and the US. Deutsche Bank Research, April 18, 2007.

John Keefer Douglas, Matthew B. Nelson & Kevin L. Schwartz, Rising in the Gulf: How China’s Energy Demands Are Transforming the Middle East. Al Nakhlah, Spring 2007.

Colonizing the moon. (Video). Nasa, April 2007.

Ravi Kanbur, Conceptualizing Economic Marginalization. Key-note speech for the Living at the Margins Conference, Cape Town. March 26, 2007.

Marion Mühlberger, Africa: from conflict, corruption and crisis to capital inflows, cyclical upturn and China’s buying spree. Deutsche Bank Research, March 19, 2007.

Javier Santiso, The emergence of Latin multinationals. Deutsche Bank Research, March 7, 2007.

W. Michael Cox, Globalization, Aggregate Productivity, and Inflation. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. March 2007.

Raphael Kaplinsky, Capability building in SSA: What difference does the Asian drivers make? The Open University, UK. March 2007.

Lucio Castro, Marcelo Olarreaga & Daniel Saslavsky, The impact of trade with China and India on Argentina’s manufactoring employment. World Bank Policy Research Working Papers, March 2007.

Leslie Hannah, Logistics, Market Size and Giant Plants in the early 20th Century: A Global View. University of Tokyo, March 2007.

Haider A. Khan & Zulfiqar Larik, Globalization and Regional Co-Operation in South Asia: A Political and Social Economy Approach. University of Denver, March 2007.

Jaime Lerner, Cities is not the problem, it is the solution. (Video). TED, March 2007.

Mathias Risse, Common Ownership as a Basis for Human Rights: Political Not Metaphysical. The John F. Kennedy’s School of Governement, Harvard University, February 7, 2007.

Thorvaldur Gylfason, Why Europe works less and grows taller. University of Iceland, February 2007.

Lei Li, Zhiang (John) Lin & Bindu Arya, The turtle – hare race story revisited: Social capital and resource accumulation for firms from emerging economies. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2007.

Dan Steinbock, The Competitiveness of Finland’s large Urban regions. 2007.