Resisting the perils of protectionism
Jean-Pierre Lehmann | 31 July 2012
Trade,
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G20,
Protectionism,
WTO
We live in highly perilous times. The resurgence of protectionism and the breakdown of the tenuous global trade peace represent some of the greatest perils. On the basis of current trends, such an outcome seems inevitable. It is simply a question of when. While alarmists
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EU think tanks: Thinking us through the crisis?
Stephen Boucher | 14 June 2012
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Think Tanks
Policymakers should pay more attention to research institutes and think tanks should improve their ability to publicise their ideas. When the Greenlining Institute met in 2004 with Alan Greenspan to alert him about the impending subprime-mortgage crisis and urging him to press lenders for a
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Making sense of economic policy
Simon Evenett | 6 June 2012
Fiscal,
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Austerity
The past week has seen a marked deterioration in economic sentiment. Job creation numbers in the US were lousy. More evidence of a growth slowdown in China was made public. India’s political paralysis continues. And, in Europe at present, the focus of so many fears,
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