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...open markets lost: Protectionism is up, isolation is on the onset, interventionist states won, and we’re spiraling into a 1930s-style “save-yourself” vortex. In the past few weeks, two articles in the most popular globalization-advocacy journal—The Economist??have specifically bemoaned the coming tide of “global disintegration” and the specter of worldwide “economic nationalism...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Return of Economic Nationalism? | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...Obama administration dithers over a decisiveand comprehensive fix to the banking system, the greater the risks,” Rogoff wrote. According to Barro, America has been plagued by only two depressions since 1870—the post-World War I depression and the Great Depression. The Harvard economist??s current piece came in the midst of an economic downturn that has seen the stock market fall to its lowest levels since 1997. Barro said he could not give further comment on his piece yesterday...

Author: By Marc G. Steinberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Projects Likelihood of Economic Depression | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

...This perseverance and drive has carried the daughter of a United Nations economist??who took her first step on American soil when she arrived at Harvard in the early 1970s—through three decades on the upper echelon of global economics. And as a top official at the World Bank in this time of economic duress, the Harvard alumna with a reputation for her focus and passion is now working harder than ever...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alumna Leads World Bank in Crisis | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...Given Romer’s stature as an economist??she serves as co-director of the monetary economics program at the National Bureau of Economics Research and as a senior advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama—the decision to deny her tenure left many academics scratching their heads...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faust Vetoes Tenure Decision | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...Change and a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, discussed climate change yesterday afternoon at the Kennedy School of Government using a colorful PowerPoint presentation complete with graphs and charts. Kolstad began by identifying several common criticisms of economics in relation to climate change, including consumption, an economist??s social values, and anti-environmental cost-benefit analysis. “The climate debate tends to focus on putting in environmental energy-efficient light bulbs or driving Priuses,” he said. “The fact is that most of our greenhouse gas emissions come...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ec. Prof Leads Climate Change Talk | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

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