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Transatlantic Free Trade: Economic Winners and Losers
Written by Thiess Petersen
The following post was written by Thieß Petersen, Ulrich Schoof and Samuel George from the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Global Economic Dynamics team. At the G8 summit in Dublin in June 2013, the world’s most powerful leaders decided to begin negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). For at least […]
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Preventive Austerity and Growth in the Developing World
Written by Kapell
“Joder, que nosotros nos hemos venío porque allá no hay trabajo…” (F*** man, we came here because there are no jobs there…) answered the Spanish couple to my inquiries about their origin and their visit to the beautiful Mexican beaches of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. I had finally met […]
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Tratados comerciales con socios diferentes: la opción de Sudamérica
Written by Jacinta Escudos
Abstract: Some Latin American countries are finally seeing certain economic stability. The expectations for the future of these countries are optimistic. Part of the success could be a strategy practiced by the most important economies in South America: trade agreements among themselves. Many of them share the interest of improving […]
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No real austerity in Slovakia
Written by Tibor Blažko
Even in previous decades during years of high growth, Slovakia still ran up big deficits. To enter the euro area a country has to meet a reasonable set of criteria known as the Maastricht criteria. This means that a country which gives up its local currency must keep its deficit […]
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Yes for free trade for Slovakia!
Written by Tibor Blažko
We’ve weathered our first opening up to free trade The first experience of post-communist Slovakia with free markets was a big shock to our uncompetitive and poorly managed companies which failed to rise to the challenge. Over time, they have been replaced by new ones, often with foreign owners – […]
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Fiji Votes for Economic Growth?
Written by Arnold Chanel
Fiji has a very high poverty rate. In 2010 45% of Fijians lived under the poverty line and this figure has certainly risen since then due to the economic crisis and chronic lack of employment. With only one year left to the much anticipated 2014 Fijian elections, the big question […]
