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Fighting the recession to avoid fragmentation of the world
As international institutions predict an economic slowdown in 2023, Gayle Smith warns of the risks of a recession in developed and developing countries. Fragmentation of the world, increase of extreme poverty and famine, decrease of development aid... Gayle Smith advocates a modernization of...
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The Statement of the Rencontres Économiques #AixenSeine
DEALING WITH WORLD DISORDERS - WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT! The Cercle des économistes’ roadmap: 15 proposals in 8 axes to address the crisis At the end of 3 days of intense debate, the Cercle des économistes unveils the proposals of the declaration of the Rencontres Économiques Aix en Seine....
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The EU-US economic partnership in an era of globalization
This article was written by Jacques Mistral at the occasion of the beginning of Les rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence 2005 "The United States and Europe". The EU-US relationship has been the backbone of international relations since WW II. In the recent years it went through a period...
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Should the G20 agree to current-account balance targets?
The hard question is how to meet the targets US TREASURY Secretary Tim Geithner has recently proposed that the G20 countries “undertake policies consistent with reducing external imbalances below a specified share of GDP”. Countries “running persistent deficits should boost national...
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The Great Trade Collapse: Causes, Consequences and Prospects
When the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in late 2008, the news sent shockwaves across the global economy. The drop in confidence decimated world trade, leading to what the authors of this book call the Great Trade Collapse. The fall in trade was sudden, severe and synchronised...
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