Note: This post is by Rachel Ziemba of RGE Monitor (where this first appeared) thanks again to Brad for letting me fill in while he’s on vacation. note: I’ve made a slight update to the discussion o…

What jumped out at me in the latest quarterly from the World Bank’s Beijing office?First, the data showing that labor income is falling as a share of Chinese GDP.    Moreover, its fall seems to have …

November 15, 2001 - In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, one question has been on everyone ’s mind: “How did this happen?” This book seeks to answer this question in all its cri…

I suspect the stock of outstanding synthetic credit derivatives -- $ 1500 b in synthetic CDOs in 2004 v. $300 b or so in 2001, according to Mark Whitehouse of the Wall Street Journal -- is the only t…

As global leaders scramble to find a solution to the Russia-Georgia conflict, five experts weigh in with possible solutions.