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Robert Lighthizer and other experts call for trade and globalization practices that work for the U.S.
01/06/2010
The failure of the establishment of both parties in the USA to take action in the face of the loss of 5.6 million jobs in the last decade, with $4.3 trillion in trade imbalances. An issue which resonates with voters in the US and could lead to a fundamental realignent of American attitudes to globalization and free trade. The feeling that the free-trade deck is stacked against the USA by Asian countries. China's efforts to keep the yuan dollar exchange rate at levels that favor exports. China's accumulation of over $3 trillion in dollar reserves that are parked mostly in Treasury's that keep U.S. interests low. Distortons in the global economy from the failure to rebalance the world economy hurts China and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
New York Times 09/30/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/2014
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2015
Errors made- US and Japanese economy comparisons for a lost decade.
02/13/2009
Japan's economy suffered badly after a flood of credit and bad loans, resulting in deflation and a lost decade. The comparison with what the US faces now.
Grouped Articles
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
Japanese Prices Rise, Signaling Rebound
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2013
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
New York Times 10/30/2014
Abe: U.S., Japan Close to TPP Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
The economy of Ireland after 2009.
03/27/2008
High unemployment, cutbacks in an austerity budget, emigration like it was before the 1980's, and a whole host of problems facing the Irish.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/23/2010
Ireland's Unemployed Head Back to the Farm
BusinessWeek 10/14/2010
Ireland: The End of the Miracle
BusinessWeek 03/27/2008
Dell Moving Irish Operations to Poland
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2009
Ireland's Boom Falls Hard in Global Crisis
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2009
Crisis Builds Irish Support for EU Pact
Wall Street Journal 02/17/2009
Food prices in India.
01/19/2008
Inflation and the supply shock for food prices in India. The efforts of the RBI, India's central bank, to control inflation with a series of interest rate increases.
Grouped Articles
India's Central Bank Surprises Markets With Rate Increase
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2013
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
It's India's Year of Inflation
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2010
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2014
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/08/2013
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2008
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
Road construction in China falling behind pace of automobile use.
06/13/2006
Grouped Articles
Chinese Car Buyers Should Keep On Motoring
Wall Street Journal 12/26/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2010
China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks
Wall Street Journal 08/24/2010
A Driver Explosion Leaves China No Closer to Finding a Fast Lane
New York Times 12/22/2010
Beijing Cracks Down on Car Buyers
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2010
For Auto Industry, Questions About Beijingâs Road Ahead
New York Times 12/29/2010
Customer Innovation Centers.
12/27/2009
Centers that 3M has around the world that promote face to face interaction with customers, and enable adeeper awareness of how customers use a company's product.
Grouped Articles
3M Goes on Spending Spree in Bid to Ramp Up Growth
Wall Street Journal 09/10/10
3M Brings Along the Basics As It Balances New and Old
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
3M’s Image Problem: Its Products Are Everywhere, but Often Overlooked
Wall Street Journal 03/11/15
Seeing Customers as Partners in Invention
New York Times 12/27/09
3M to Gain Broader Presence in Office-Supply Sector
Wall Street Journal 01/04/12
CEO's Growth Pitch for 3M Proves Hard Sell
Wall Street Journal 01/23/12
Medicare cuts and Doctors in 2010.
07/20/2009
Doctors facing cuts in Medicare payments.
Grouped Articles
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
Wall Street Journal 04/09/14
Small Group of Doctors Are Biggest Medicare Billers
Wall Street Journal 06/01/15
Doctors Chafe As Medicare Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 10/23/09
Economist 10/15/09
How much of a factor were low interest rates under Greenspan in creating a bubble in housing prices?
01/02/2009
Fed chairman Bernanke was a Fed Governor who advocated low interest rates at the time. His response. Expert opinion.
Grouped Articles
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed
New York Times 08/20/13
What's Needed in the Next Fed Chief
New York Times 09/15/13
Fed chief Bernanke urges better financial regulation to prevent crises
Washington Post 01/04/10
Lax Oversight Caused Crisis, Bernanke Says
New York Times 01/04/10
The Fed and the Crisis: A Reply to Ben Bernanke
Wall Street Journal 01/10/10
Bernanke’s Bid for a Second Term at the Fed Hits Resistance
New York Times 01/23/10
European Central Bank policies in 2010-2012.
02/05/2008
The ECB rate changes and policy in 2010-2012.
Grouped Articles
ECB Moves Markets, Not Economy
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
Shares Rise on Wall Street and in Europe
New York Times 06/06/12
Europe’s Central Banker Engineers His Economics
New York Times 02/05/08
2 Major European Banks Keep Record-Low Rates
New York Times 11/04/10
ECB Seeks Funds for Capital Base
Wall Street Journal 12/17/10
Rate Rise Signaled for Euro Zone
Wall Street Journal 03/04/11
The growing low wage sector as downside of Germany's improving unemployment rate in 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in Germany in 2009 an 6.9% by 2013. Experts says this is a result of the rapid growth in the sector paying low wages.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/13
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/13
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/13
German Recovery Spurs Push for Higher Pay
Wall Street Journal 09/09/10
Europe Moving Toward Small Steps to Promote Growth
New York Times 05/10/12
Questions about China's one-child policy.
06/30/2006
The fertility rate is estimated by one the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to be at most 1.6, having dropped from close to 3 when the policy was introduced in 1980. Does this policy make sense as the population ages ask critics in the Chinese media? The impact of demographics on China's future.
Grouped Articles
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/13
Washington Post 11/16/13
China to Ease Longtime Policy of 1-Child Limit
New York Times 11/15/13
Wall Street Journal 11/16/13
Calculating Shift to What May Really Be 1.5-Child Policy
Wall Street Journal 11/16/13
Nicholas Eberstadt: China's Coming One-Child Crisis
Wall Street Journal 11/27/13
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