| Eastern outlook: Can Asia sustain the world? |
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Clouded prospects in developed markets cast a shadow over outlook for trade and economy in Asia.
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| Beyond downgrades: Seeking signs of recovery |
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If today's economic crisis seems akin to the Great Depression, consider this: so is the caution that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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| How China is managing Western hostility |
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After the global financial crisis, confidence levels in the Western economies plunged. Western hostility towards China’s economic and political power is rising. A Tsinghua University professor explains how China is coping.
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| Beyond oil: Abu Dhabi seeks to diversify its economy |
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Enormous oil revenues and a far-sighted government have powered Abu Dhabi’s economy for 40 years. It is now time for private enterprise to lead the way.
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| Eurozone: State of siege |
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Could stronger ties between France and Germany get to the heart of what ails the single currency?
Plus, Ratings Agencies: Benchmark or bottom line?
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| From grass huts to halls of ivy: Can money buy academic excellence? |
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Faced with a small local workforce and the need to diversify its economy, Abu Dhabi is overhauling its entire education system and fulfilling its desire to be recognised as a regional academic powerhouse.
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| Storm clouds in the Pacific |
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In 2009, government spending in China and the rest of Asia helped bail out the West when the markets tanked and the economy followed suit. Today, Asia has its own problems and may not be able to carry the West through the second wave of economic times.
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| Dangers on the horizon for China |
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Grain, oil and finance present a triple threat to China’s future. David Daokui Li tells Knowledge what China can do about it.
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| Repairing Europe and reviving the US: The Volcker View |
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Paul Volcker served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve during a period of economic turbulence when his prescribed monetary policies helped tame double-digit inflation rates in the early 1980s. More recently, he served as chairman of President Barack Obama’s Economic Advisory Board from February 2009 until January 2011. In an interview with INSEAD Knowledge, he discusses Europe’s response to the sovereign debt crisis, stagnant U.S. unemployment and shortfalls in banking legislation in the aftermath of the credit crisis.
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| The corruption trap |
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Emerging markets are where money is to be made: pent-up consumer demand, cheap labour, few regulations. But just under the surface lies the murky world of corruption, ready to derail even the most scrupulous businessperson. Now what?
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| Can Russia end corruption? |
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Bribes, payola, threats…do they have to be part of the Russian business landscape? One group is trying to find the political will to change that.
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| Subprime mortgages and segregation: What did we gain? |
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Subprime mortgages were supposed to put an end to segregated neighbourhoods by allowing affordable housing to more people. But a new study shows that better access to mortgages leads to more - not less - racial segregation.
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| What kind of recession is this? |
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Not since the Great Depression has the world economy seen such a perfect storm of failed policies, rising unemployment and stalled growth. Many use the “R” word … but is that “recovery” or “recession”?
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| Can the economic crisis encourage European unity? |
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When Jean Monnet said the European Union would be drawn together in moments of crisis, he was most likely thinking of martial threats. Today’s economic crisis is nearly as damaging as past wars have been, but can this crisis foster unity within the EU and between the EU, and its long-standing allies?
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| Market moves: Not what you learned in B-School |
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Worried about your stocks portfolio? Amid today’s wild market gyrations, it can be hard to get a grip on what, exactly, causes moves in share prices. Here are some price-movers that are decoupled from the economy, but still have an impact.
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| Bridging the gulf between GCC laws and the West |
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GCC nations have attempted to modernise and standardise their legal frameworks in the past 30 years to encourage foreign investment in this rapidly growing region. But how much investment can be expected when foreigners can’t own their businesses outright and business debts are secured by a cheque?
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| Is Europe’s economic power in decline? |
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The Euro zone has key strengths but INSEAD professor Amine Ouazad asks whether its future growth is being held hostage by sovereign indebtedness?
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| Emiratisation: The way forward? |
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Unrest in the region has accelerated the UAE’s Emeritisation programme. But Emiratis may be struggling with motivation.
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| Can Africa unlock its potential? |
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Africa is turning the page on 50 years of over-reliance on Western economies, thanks to strengthening trade and investment links with emerging countries like China, India, Turkey and oil-rich countries in the Middle East. And although the continent’s economic growth will be hit this year by the turmoil in North Africa, analysts say prospects for sub-Saharan Africa are brighter than they have been for some time.
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| China sharpens its Africa focus |
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Looking at the bigger picture of Africa’s improving economic fortunes in the past decade, it is clear that China’s influence in Africa has been largely a success story.
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