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Toyota crisis and changes in direction for Japanese economy in 2010.
02/09/2010
Experts in Japan ponder the future direction of Japan's economy, possibly into a US style service industry dominated economy away from the mass manufacturing of the postwar era.
Grouped Articles
In Toyota Mess, Lesson for Japan
New York Times 02/09/2010
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Toyota's Domestic Plant Problem
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
Toyota Unveils New Business Plan
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2011
Stories of prisoners fighting for Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance.
02/07/2010
From Burma, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Haiti and other places where human rights advocates have spent time in prison. The stories all are inspired by the day when Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years, and the smile on his face, after years of repression and confinement.
Grouped Articles
Unable to Visit With Mandela, Obama Honors His Legacy
New York Times 06/29/2013
New York Times 06/29/2013
Nelson Mandela’s Captive Audience: Freedom’s Dominoes
New York Times 02/07/2010
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
Actor's Journey in Mandela's Shoes
Wall Street Journal 11/22/2013
Subianto Haunted by Past Abductions
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2014
The U.S. investigations into Toyota brake and acceleration failures.
02/05/2010
The controversy after the recalls.
Grouped Articles
Toyota and the Curse of Software
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2010
U.S. to Investigate Prius Brakes
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2010
Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations (Update3)
BusinessWeek 02/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 02/17/2010
U.S. Wants to Know When Toyota Knew of Problems
New York Times 02/17/2010
Toyota Woes Put Focus on Black Box
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2010
Larry Kotlikoff and other economists who support strong action to strip banks of risk-taking activities.
02/04/2010
Among those who support such moves are Simon Johnson at MIT, Robert Lucas at the University of Chicago, Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia. Most recently Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England. Glenn Hubbard of Columbia and an advisor to President George W. Bush compares the action needed to breakup "too-big-to-fail" banks to the action taken by Theodore Roosevelt, see the link to Hubbard.
Grouped Articles
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/2013
How Larry Kotlikoff Would Fix the Financial System
BusinessWeek 02/04/2010
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/2010
New Life for 'the Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2010
BusinessWeek 04/15/2010
Ireland Crisis Might Give China Break It Seeks
Unknown 11/19/2010
Management failure at Toyota in addressing quality and safety issues- the Recall period 2009-2011
01/29/2010
Toyota's own documents reveal that managers touted the $100 million savings in limiting the degree to which Toyota would address the quality and safety issues raised by unintended acceleration and failure in braking. Toyota had hired former National Highway Traffic and Safety officials and was able to limit what it had to do to address the problem. In the end the problems would cost billions of dollars in a massive recall effort and dent its image.
Grouped Articles
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2010
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2010
Toyota Nears $1 Billion Deal to End Probe
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Toyota to Resume Plant Building After Three-Year Hiatus
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
Toyota’s Top Executive Under Rising Pressure
New York Times 02/06/2010
Akio Toyoda - Toyota's plan to repair its public image
Washington Post 02/09/2010
Fears that Basel III and European Banking Authority E.U. Stress Tests may not adequately reflect the risks on banks balance sheets.
01/21/2010
The situation after bailout of Irish banks in November 2010 by the EU. The Irish banks had passed European stress tests. Portuguese and Spanish banks may face a similar situation.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2011
Europe Fails Another Stress Test
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2011
The Battle Over Bank Rules at Basel III
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2010
Basel Rules Unlikely to Force Capital Raising
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
Diamond and Kashyap on the banking crisis and possible ways to frame solutions.
01/20/2010
Ways to structure a bank tax.
Grouped Articles
15 Economists Issue Crisis-Prevention Manual
New York Times 06/15/2010
New York Times 01/20/2010
When a Nobel Prize Isnât Enough
New York Times 06/05/2011
The FBI and financial fraud
01/15/2010
The FBI investigates mortgage and other financial fraud after the finacial crisis of 2008-09.
Grouped Articles
Panel Told of F.B.I. Efforts to Fight Financial Crime
New York Times 01/15/2010
In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures
New York Times 04/14/2011
Trial Win Adds to Momentum in Crackdown
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2011
Red Flags on NovaStarâs Mortgages Were Unheeded
New York Times 05/21/2011
New York Times 06/13/2011
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2011
The performance of socially conscious economies of Europe and the U.S. economy compared.
01/11/2010
Why Europe compares favorably with the US economy in areas like unemployment when looking at the 24-54 working age group, technology adoption, economic growth when you factor out population growth in the USA, and with higher taxes offset by social benefits for large segments of society.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 04/13/2013
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
Growth isn’t enough to help the middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/14/2013
New York Times 01/11/2010
New York Times 02/09/2010
Comparative Advantage and American Jobs
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2011
Internet- Content and Communications.
01/11/2010
The space in which Internet providers AOL and Yahoo operate.
Grouped Articles
Steve Case on Risk-Taking, or Lack Thereof, in Business
New York Times 05/04/2013
For Yahoo, a Chase to the Bottom
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2010
Charlie Rose Talks to Tim Armstrong & Arianna Huffington
BusinessWeek 02/10/2011
Board: Bartz Failed on Many Fronts
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2011
New Cast Atop Yahoo Faces Stubborn Troubles
New York Times 05/14/2012
Hank Greenberg and AIG.
01/09/2010
Hank Greenberg says Goldman's machinations may have caused the difficulties at AIG.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/2010
Hank Greenberg Still in the Ring at 90, Battling A.I.G. Charges
New York Times 04/30/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts
New York Times 06/15/2015
Ex-A.I.G. Chief Wins Bailout Suit, but Gets No Damages
New York Times 06/15/2015
Evan Greenberg Dropped Out, Then Built Insurance Behemoth
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
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
Yemen and terrorism.
01/03/2010
Grouped Articles
The Rising Menace From Disintegrating Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Out of Yemen, U.S. Is Hobbled in Terror Fight
New York Times 03/22/2015
U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
Scenes From the War on Terrorism in Yemen
New York Times 01/03/2010
Al-Qaeda benefits from a decade of missteps to become a threat in Yemen
Washington Post 01/03/2010
Obama ties airliner plot to al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate
Washington Post 01/03/2010
A new Industrial Policy for the U.S. after 2010 and the Economic Crisis.
02/08/2010
Hofmeister and others call for a new Industrial Policy for the USA.
Grouped Articles
How to Fix the Economy: An Expert Panel
BusinessWeek 09/16/10
The U.S. Needs an Industrial Policy
Wall Street Journal 02/08/10
New York Times 10/10/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
Washington Post 09/06/11
Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/11
Views of America's renewal needs and what can be done.
02/05/2010
Eric Schmidt of Google and others like James Cameron on NASA share their ideas.
Grouped Articles
Erasing our innovation deficit
Washington Post 02/09/10
James Cameron - The right way forward on space exploration
Washington Post 02/05/10
The third-party stump speech we need - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/11
Rich Karlgaard: The Future Is More Than Facebook
Wall Street Journal 05/17/12
Public opinion on Toyota's handling of the recall crisis and customer complaints.
02/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Toyota Reaches $1.2 Billion Settlement in Criminal Inquiry
New York Times 03/19/14
Toyota chief's deep bow of apology awaited - MarketWatch
Unknown 02/05/10
New York Times 02/06/10
What Went Wrong With My Toyota?
New York Times 02/06/10
Lawsuit Over a Crash Adds to Toyota’s Difficulties
New York Times 02/05/10
In a Prius Preserve, Shaken Fans
New York Times 02/04/10
Stalling and inaction by Toyota during the recall crisis.
02/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/10
Toyota chief's deep bow of apology awaited - MarketWatch
Unknown 02/05/10
Toyota’s Top Executive Under Rising Pressure
New York Times 02/06/10
New York Times 02/06/10
Lawsuit Over a Crash Adds to Toyota’s Difficulties
New York Times 02/05/10
Toyota’s Slow Awakening to a Deadly Problem
New York Times 02/01/10
Banking Rules under Basel III and the global banking system
01/21/2010
Grouped Articles
The Battle Over Bank Rules at Basel III
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Wall Street Journal 09/13/10
Basel Rules Unlikely to Force Capital Raising
Wall Street Journal 09/14/10
Wall Street Journal 09/14/10
After Basel, the Banks Are Not Safer
BusinessWeek 09/15/10
G-20 Endorses New Reserve Rules for Banks
New York Times 11/12/10
David Stockman, Reagan's Budget Director prodigy, on bank behaviour and solutions to the banking and economic crisis.
01/20/2010
Stockman takes on the banks as instruments of the impoverishment of the U.S. economy and of the American middle class. He derides the loose monetary policy of the Fed, that has encouraged insane and socially unproductive behaviours of the American banks.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/18/13
New York Times 07/21/11
Taxing Wall Street Down to Size
New York Times 01/20/10
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse
New York Times 07/31/10
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Attorneys General Coakley, Cordray, Madigan, and legal action against large U.S. financial institutions.
01/20/2010
Lawsuits by states against U.S. banks on behalf of homeowners with mortgages and others who suffered losses.
Grouped Articles
Vote Ushers In New Era in Oversight of Lending Practices
New York Times 07/16/13
J.P. Morgan Reaches $4.5 Billion Settlement With Investors
Wall Street Journal 11/17/13
Ohio Attorney General Takes Strong Stand on Crisis
New York Times 10/11/10
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/10
How the Banks Put the Economy Underwater
New York Times 10/30/10
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
2010 high Inflation and asset price bubbles in in India and China, and low or no inflation in Europe, Japan and the USA.
01/14/2010
Wide divergence in conditions and the prospects of tightening credit in Asia affecting export prospects of the USA which depends on exports for half the growth generated in 2009 and early 2010 according to Commerce Department figures.
Grouped Articles
Japanese Economic Data Give Abe a Lift
Wall Street Journal 06/10/13
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/13
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/13
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/13
Corrosive Inflation Eats at Developing World
Wall Street Journal 02/11/14
Japan and China: Edging closer
Economist 10/06/14
The old Yugoslavia and the new Serbia.
01/11/2010
Grouped Articles
Serbia, Kosovo Advance Toward Bloc
Wall Street Journal 04/23/13
How to Mend Balkan Wounds for Good
New York Times 05/09/13
Serbia's prime minister Charts an Uncertain Course West
Wall Street Journal 05/09/15
Train Line Across the Balkans Restitches a Region
New York Times 01/11/10
Serbia Moves Closer to Joining E.U.
New York Times 10/25/10
Wall Street Journal 05/27/11
Analysis by The Economist and other expert opinion in 2010 of the economic prospects for Europe and the U.S.
01/11/2010
The Economist looks at the near term trends- unemployment not down as much in Britain in August and consumer spending holding up in Britain- as evidence a recovery is looming. And it cites the Suppy Managment Index up slightly in the US. Most other experts see a difficult situation in 2011 as the stimulus fades and local governments cut back- economists such as Stiglitz, Shiller, Krugman, Feldstein and others, and businessmen like Malone.
Grouped Articles
Brazil's north-east: Catching up in a hurry
Economist 05/21/11
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
The world economy: The odd decouple
Economist 09/04/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
The views of Derek Scissors and other experts on China's economic prospects after 2010.
01/07/2010
The likelihood that the economy will stall without change. The declining effect of large stimulus and fixed investment in producing growth. The interests of state-owned companies in continuing with the current system.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Stocks Shrug at China's Woes
Wall Street Journal 07/10/13
New York Times 12/18/11
China's banks: Great Wall Street
Economist 07/10/10
Banyan: Afloat on a Chinese tide
Economist 09/02/10
Xi Faces Test Over China's Local Debt
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/14
Cinema and DVD sales.
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Cinema Surpassed DVD Sales in 2009
Wall Street Journal 01/04/10
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