Free Trade Isn't Fair - Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the New Economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Mike Dolan   

How low can they go? - Central banks have reduced interest rates to their lowest levels for decades. But have they done enough to revive the sickly world economy?
Publisher: The Economist     Author: The Economist   

Inside the Bank of Japan - Defying critics, Governor Hayami says raising interest rates is the way to fix Japan's economy.
Publisher: Business Week     Author: Brian Bremner   

Kids need liquidity, too - To abolish child labour, create more efficient capital markets.
Publisher: The Economist     Author: The Economist   

Lessons Learned from the Power Crisis: Can't we trust a free market? - Uses the California experiement in de-regulating the electricity market (which they argue is not really de-regulated) to illustrate some basic economic principles, including what the term "free market" means and the importance of "process" as well as end-result.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: David M. Smith and Al Hagan   

Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy of Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe after the Launch of EMU - Monetary policy; European Economic and Monetary Union; Exchange rate policy; Transition economies
Publisher: International Monetary Fund     Author: Masson, Paul R; Research Department   

New Geopolitics Spotlights Political Risk Management - What CAN YOU do about “inefficiencies” of overseas economies.
Publisher: Strategic Finance     Author: Alan Levinsohn   

On target? - Inflation targeting is all the rage, but this approach to monetary policy does not provide all the answers.
Publisher: Economist.com     Author: Economist.com   

Real Business Cycles: A Legacy of Countercyclical Policies - Business cycles have troubled market-oriented economies since the dawn of the industrial age.
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis     Author: Satyajit Chatterjee   

Recovering From the Hard Soft Landing - The modest, sustainable growth rates of around 3 percent predicted for next year could still be derailed by a number of scenarios. Monitoring economic and industry conditions closely is critical.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Fay Hansen