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Investing at Home in Africa

Lee on Jul 30 2008 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized

(photo: William Bedzrah)
One of the traditional problems of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is that internal African investment dollars tend to be spent outside the continent. Thus it’s interesting to see Nigerian investment in Ghana has now reached $580 million. Something that has sparked quick calls for a Nigeria-Ghana Chamber of Commerce and further liberalization [...]

Ripple Effects in the Food Trade

Joshua Foust on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, regulation

Posted first at Registan.net
When last I touched on the global food crisis and how it is impacting Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia, I noted that countries continuing to ban wheat exports would make the problem worse by restricting the global market, driving up prices even more, and limiting national coping mechanisms. One of [...]

Martin Feldstein on the Economy, Credit Markets and Economic Risk

Lance on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Departing director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Martin Feldstein, on the economy, credit markets and a lot more in his latest opinion piece and discussion on the Charlie Rose show.

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Markets Tank

Lance on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

World markets are not happy with the stimulus plan. My breakdown of the plans likely impact can be found here.
Share prices in Asia, Europe and the Americas all plunged by significant amounts; Wall Street only avoided joining the tumble because U.S. markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day.
Markets in Europe reacted with London’s [...]

ChrisB and the Federal Reserve

Lance on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Investing, Lance's Page, regulation

Chris asked what he thought the Federal Reserve could have done differently. I gave him an answer, but there was more to be said. My full answer is here. Scroll around, there is a lot more on the what could have been done, what might be done, and the general risks which now surround our [...]

Monetarist Hero Anna Schwarz on the Fed

Lance on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Lance's Page

Milton Friedman’s research partner, Anna Schwartz, goes after the federal reserve:
As rebukes go in the close-knit world of central banking, few hurt as much as the scathing indictment of US Federal Reserve policy by Professor Anna Schwartz.
The high priestess of US monetarism - a revered figure at the Fed - says the central bank is [...]