China's fair-weather American friends
[2010-10-27 13:19]Because China has pegged its undervalued currency, the renminbi, to the dollar, every weakening of the dollar in the wake of America's financial crisis has also meant a weakening of the renminbi vis-à-vis other world currencies.
Health care's frequent flyers
[2010-10-27 12:57]For those of you who have seen the (American) movie "Up in the Air," think of the scene where George Clooney meets Vera Farmiga.
A world of multiple reserve currencies
[2010-10-27 11:17]The competition for reserve-currency status is conventionally portrayed as a winner-take-all game.
Obama at halftime
[2010-10-22 09:39]In September 2008, the global economy and financial system was hit by an earthquake, whose epicenter was in the United States.
German reunification and the new Europe
[2010-10-15 13:25]I began writing this column shortly after a remarkable anniversary.
What have climate activists learned?
[2010-10-15 12:50]Advocates of drastic cuts in carbon-dioxide emissions now speak a lot less than they once did about climate change.
Can developing countries carry the world economy?
[2010-10-12 11:16]In the early days of the global financial crisis, there was some optimism that developing countries would avoid the downturn that advanced industrial countries experienced.
The future of power
[2010-10-12 10:54]Global government is unlikely in the twenty-first century, but various degrees of global governance already exist.
Troubling currency interventions
[2010-10-02 19:51]The Japanese intervention was immediately controversial. American politicians denounced it as predatory; Europeans saw it as a step on the road to competitive devaluations.
Obama's difficult fiscal summer
[2010-09-27 11:17]Barack Obama's administration suffered a string of fiscal setbacks this summer. But has it learned anything in recent months?
The single mother makeover
[2010-08-31 13:48]Glamorizing single motherhood is not realistic, but it allows female pop culture to express a revenge fantasy at all the potential husbands and fathers who walked away, or who wanted the sex but not the kids and the tuition bills.
Is low-wage China disappearing?
[2010-08-31 13:29]Reports about labor shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China's labor-cost advantages may be disappearing.
