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Asian-Americans in the 2016 U.S.presidential election with a preference for a candidate with moderate views- a significant influence in states such as New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Nevada and California
08/22/2016
The Asian-American voters now number about 9 million, up 16% from the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and the fastest growing immigrant group. They can be an important influence in some states.
Grouped Articles
In Clinton vs. Trump, the Overlooked Impact of Asian-Americans
WSJ 08/22/2016
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West
The New York Times 08/26/2016
Democratic Dream of Two Blue Coasts? Clinton Is in Striking Distance
The New York Times 08/25/2016
Capitalism and globalization that leaves many behind- the refocus planned at the G-20 meeting in China
08/17/2016
Dangers to the global economy from many left behind by the tech and trade changes of the last 2 decades that have benefitted some sectors and groups and hurt others. Turning to populist political appeals those who feel left behind and suffer the effects of a lack of intergenerational mobility could lead the world into a period of protectionism and nationalist upheaval. This would reverse many of the changes that delivered prosperity for the four decades after World War II.
Grouped Articles
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
World Trade Set For Slowest Yearly Growth Since Global Financial Crisis
WSJ 09/27/2016
WTO lowers trade growth forecast | Business | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
12/19/2016
On Globalization, China and Trump Are Closer Than They Appear
WSJ 01/27/2017
Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD, on the loss of three times of foreign aid for developing countries though tax evasion using tax havens
04/08/2016
Poorer developing countries have a large informal economy which does not generate tax revenue. These countries depend on foreign investment, taxes on transactions and the small formal economy to generate tax revenue. Angel Gurria, head of the OECD, says ppor countries lose three times what they get in foreign aid because of tax evasion. Estimates show that about half of foreign investment coming to poor countries comes through tax havens. Typical is a transaction by Vodafone that bought Hutchison Essar in India in an offshore to offshore transaction because both companies are based in tax havens in places like the Netherlands and Mauritius. If this was not the case it would generate $2.2 billion in tax revenues for India, about what it costs to provide subsidized meals to schoolchildren in India, according to Max Bearak of the Washington Post. The Panama Papers Scandal in 2016 revived the issue of tax havens, and tax evasion, that was a major issue in the media coverage following the 2008 financial crisis.
Grouped Articles
How global tax evasion keeps poor countries poor - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/08/2016
Fact-Checking Apple’s Claims on E.U. Tax Ruling
The New York Times 08/31/2016
Financial risk from emerging market debt in 2016- BIS estimate of $1.1 trillion in non-bank companies dollar denominated debt for 2015
02/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
Women's rights and opportunities in Muslim societies- (1) Fatema Mernissi in Morocco
12/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism, Dies at 75
New York Times 12/09/2015
French Prime Minister Faults Times Article Giving Voice to Muslim Women
The New York Times 09/06/2016
‘The Way People Look at Us Has Changed’: Muslim Women on Life in Europe
The New York Times 09/02/2016
Early retirement and risk of dementia- studies showing higher risks from retiring before age 65
10/30/2015
Grouped Articles
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2015
The Biggest Mistake People Make Nearing Retirement
WSJ 10/25/2016
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles
The New York Times 03/23/2017
IMF warning for corporate debt in emerging markets increasing from $4 trillion in 2004 to $18 trillion in 2014
09/29/2015
The IMF singles out China and Turkey for large increases in corporate debt since 2007. Concentrated holdings by American mutual funds of emerging market debt securities is seen by the IMF in 2015 as creating potential systemic instability.
Grouped Articles
I.M.F. Cautions on Concentrated Positions in U.S. Mutual Funds
New York Times 09/29/2015
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision on September 17, 2015 to delay rate increase
09/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Fed Delays Interest-Rate Liftoff
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Central Banks’ Lesson: Easy Money Alone Isn’t a Growth Salve
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09/17/2015
Stories of Asian immigrants to the U.S.
09/11/2015
Stories of parents of Asian Americans in the U.S. and how they made it here.
Grouped Articles
American Exceptionalism and Why I’m Proud to Be an ‘Anchor Baby’
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
Immigrants Aren’t Taking Americans’ Jobs, New Study Finds
The New York Times 09/21/2016
U.S. Federal Reserve policy on interest rates in September 2015 with the sharp slowdown in China
08/24/2015
Grouped Articles
No time for an interest rate hike - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/24/2015
Lesson for Fed: Higher Interest Rates Haven’t Been Sticking
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
Here’s a Way Yellen Can Raise Rates Without Spooking Markets
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
Central Banks’ Lesson: Easy Money Alone Isn’t a Growth Salve
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Fed Delays Interest-Rate Liftoff
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Watching the Fed, and Remembering the Tequila Crisis
New York Times 09/18/2015
The steep decline in the value of the Indonesian currency, the Rupiah, to 13.71 to the U.S. dollar in August 2015
08/14/2015
The government's effort to manage the decline includes increasing tariffs on many imported items, and requiring local companies to make their transactions with each other in rupiah instead of dollars. By August 2015 the Rupiah had experienced a decline of 10% for the year.
Grouped Articles
Yuan Devaluation Kicks Rupiah When It’s Down
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Higher Interest Rates Lower Expectations in Emerging Economies
New York Times 12/21/2015
Protecting an open internet beyond 2016
08/03/2015
The effort in Congress led by Senator Cruz to protect an open internet by requiring Congressional approval of any move to turn the open internet over to other countries which prefer a larger government role in the internet. China and Russia prefer a larger government role. The Obama administration following the Dotcom Act could transfer the role now played by ICANN to other governments in 30 days after sending it to Congress, and lower the bar for its operation to a consensus among governments.
Grouped Articles
Ted Cruz’s Fight to Protect the Open Internet
Wall Street Journal 08/03/2015
China to Embed Internet Police in Tech Firms
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2015
China Ranks Last of 65 Nations in Internet Freedom
New York Times 10/29/2015
The OPEC meeting in June 2015 and April 2016
06/04/2015
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia’s Celebrity Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi Prepares for Potential OPEC Swan Song
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/05/2015
OPEC, Keeping Quotas Intact, Adjusts to Oil’s New Normal
New York Times 06/05/2015
What’s so important about the oil meeting in Doha - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/17/2016
No Agreement on Oil Freeze at Doha Meeting
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2016
Zeit Online Von Mark Schieritz's 3 Part series on Capitalism, Globalization, and discontent in global society
08/17/2016
The appeal of populist politicians using racist slogans and divisive rhetoric to appeal to those left behind by the capitalism, tech changes, trade and globalization of the last 2 decades, has created a new danger to the prosperity and peace achieved in the 4 decades after World War II. Schieritz shows how this needs to be addressed and the changes already taking place.
Grouped Articles
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/16
Populism, Far From Turned Back, May Be Just Getting Started
The New York Times 04/25/17
What tax havens are costing the U.S. and poor developing countries each year- $40 billion for the U.S. Treasury, 3-10 times foreign aid for poor countires
04/08/2016
The $40 billion estimate of loss to the U.S. Treasury from tax havens is by Robert Morgenthau, U.S. District Attorney for Manhattan. The 3-10 times foreign aid estimate of loss in tax revenues for poor countries dependent on such taxes because of large informal economies, is from Angel Gurria, head of OECD for three times, and as high as ten times from the Tax Justice Network. This means poor infrastructure development, fewer roads and less spent on education and healthcare in poor countries with desperate needs especially in Africa and parts of northern India, Pakistan. Its not just poor countries, as the U.S. also needs the money to replace older crumbling infrastructure, an issue in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
Grouped Articles
How global tax evasion keeps poor countries poor - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/08/16
The New York Times 08/12/16
Fact-Checking Apple’s Claims on E.U. Tax Ruling
The New York Times 08/31/16
Emerging market debt 2015-2017
02/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/16
Women in South Korean society- a remarkable transformation in attitudes towards women 1990-2016
11/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Asia Struggles for a Solution to Its ‘Missing Women’ Problem
Wall Street Journal 11/27/15
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/17
What is the best age for retirement?
10/30/2015
With longer life spans and improving medical care people tend to live longer. This means the traditional ideas about the age when people should retire are becoming obsolete. Medical studies of increasing risk of dementia type illness the greater the number of years one spends in retirement, provide additional incentives to remain active mentally by engaging in work and tasks of complexity. Financial reasons and pension plans funding, also make it better to to work longer close to age 65, and past 65 years.
Grouped Articles
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/15
Why Older Couples Must Look Beyond Life Expectancy When Planning for Retirement
WSJ 02/05/19
The caution in raising rates of the U.S. Federal Reserve in 2015 and memories of the emerging market crisis in 1997
09/17/2015
In 1997 Federal Reserve rate increases worsened the situation in the fragile Mexican economy, with Mexico needing a large bank bailout. Contagion to other countries was also a large problem at the time. Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Larry Summers, cite the situation facing emerging markets with the sharp fall in commodity prices and the decline in the value of the currencies, particularly Brazil, Indonesia and Russia, countries dependent on commodity exports, creating risks in the global economy that the Fed could not ignore. The debt crisis in China and slowing economy, with missteps by the government in handling the stock market decline, happened in August-September 2015, creating added uncertainty- making Sept 15, 2015, too soon for the Fed to risk even a modest 0.25% increase in rates.
Grouped Articles
Watching the Fed, and Remembering the Tequila Crisis
New York Times 09/18/15
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09/17/15
Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
Wall Street Journal 12/17/15
Why China’s Market Fell So Much
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Why China’s Market Illness Has Gotten More Contagious
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
A January Pause, but Fed Affirms Plan for Gradual Rate Increases
New York Times 01/27/16
The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy difficulty in raising interest rates in 2015-2016
09/14/2015
The sharply slowing economy in China in September 2015 acts to put the Fed on another of a series of pause situations as it plans to raise rates. The Fed'd interest rate policy has shifted to raise rates vey gradually making the rate increases small and over an extended period of time, so that this does not affect the recovery. Very low inflation with the steep decline in commodity prices, especially oil, is making it easier for the Fed to make this pause.
Grouped Articles
Lesson for Fed: Higher Interest Rates Haven’t Been Sticking
Wall Street Journal 09/14/15
Here’s a Way Yellen Can Raise Rates Without Spooking Markets
Wall Street Journal 09/14/15
The Fed Gets a Last Data Point, and It Isn’t Good
Wall Street Journal 09/17/15
Central Banks’ Lesson: Easy Money Alone Isn’t a Growth Salve
Wall Street Journal 09/18/15
Watching the Fed, and Remembering the Tequila Crisis
New York Times 09/18/15
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09/17/15
Phased retirement, easing one's way into retirement with tapered reduction of work- an option for many people close to retirement in 2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Facing Retirement, but Easing Your Way Out the Door
New York Times 08/28/15
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/15
The global mining industry in 2014-2016
08/21/2015
Grouped Articles
From Mining to Refining: Low Commodity Prices Force Shift at Industry Giants
Wall Street Journal 08/21/15
Economist 08/24/15
BHP Looks Past Travails, Remains Upbeat on China
Wall Street Journal 08/26/15
For Mining Chiefs, Doomsday Scenarios Could Become Reality
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Prime minister Abe's and Emperor Akihito's 2015 apology for wartime actions on the 70th anniversary of the ending of World War II
08/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/17/15
Emperor offers a regal critique of Japan’s drift away from pacifism - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/13/15
Asian-Americans in American universities and colleges 2010-2015
06/06/2015
Grouped Articles
Harvard’s Chinese Exclusion Act
Wall Street Journal 06/06/15
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