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...Economist Jim Walker of Asianomics, an independent research firm in Hong Kong, argues that what appear to be signs of recovery in China are in fact indications that the country might be headed for long-term problems. Walker believes that Chinese policymakers aren't allowing the economy's excessive and unnecessary industrial capacity to die off naturally, keeping alive sick companies that could drag down the economy in the future. "By throwing money into the economy ... Beijing is running the risk of turning a nasty cyclical downturn into a structural problem that will take years to unwind," Walker writes. "Beijing...
...tigers really want to thrive in the future, the answer might lie in rejecting another legacy of Park Chung Hee: the idea that governments alone can successfully engineer high economic performance. Jim Walker, an economist at independent research firm Asianomics in Hong Kong, argues that politicians still intervene too much in their economies instead of allowing market forces to work. "What governments need to do is start trusting their own people rather than hoping the West is going to get it right all of the time," Walker says. For the tigers to keep roaring, they may need to find their...
...Walker is the founder and CEO of Asianomics Limited, a Hong Kong consulting and economic-research company
...forget that Obama's first few weeks weren't any more uncertain than some other maiden voyages we?ve seen. George Herbert Walker Bush's initial days in office were marked more by symbolism than substance - he was hardly trying to execute any fancy dives. Bill Clinton's first two weeks - studded by a needless political explosion about gays in the military and its own share of household employee miscalculations - made Obama's seem wildly successful. (See how the world is cashing in on Obama...
...Terry” Ragon and his wife, Susan, will create the Ragon Institute—designed to overhaul norms of clinical research by drawing from acclaimed physicians, researchers, and engineers in various fields who have never directly worked in AIDS research before. Harvard Medical School professor Bruce D. Walker, who runs an AIDS clinic in South Africa, will serve as the Institute’s first director. “I was the one who met with Terry and engaged him in a conversation about how transforming a gift like this could be,” Walker said...