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New Ideas from the Bertelsmann Foundation: An International Non-Profit Credit Rating Agency
Written by Josh Grundleger
At their annual conference, Bertelsmann Foundation discusses a new idea for an international non-profit credit rating agency (INCRA), which will change both the governance and models of credit rating agencies.
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Josh Grundleger
Joshua Grundleger is currently is a researcher and analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit. He recently graduated with a masters in international relations and economics from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington DC where he focused on American Foreign Policy, Global Theory and History, and International Economics. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the SAIS Review of International Affairs. Joshua is a graduate from Cornell University, with a BA in Government and Economics and a Concentration in Law and Society. He formerly worked as a consultant at Cornerstone Research- an economic-litigation consulting firm specializing in economic and market analysis for corporate litigation. Joshua was co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Voices Magazine, a non-partisan political-literary magazine at Cornell University.
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Uncertainty and Imbalance
Written by Josh Grundleger
Proper policy formulation is becoming increasingly difficult as greater uncertainty, goals, and divergent paths put roadblocks up for international coordination and forecasting.
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Making a Comeback: The Bertelsmann Foundation’s 4th annual conference
Written by Josh Grundleger
Bertelsmann Foundation hosts its annual economic conference.
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Fiscal Consolidation: A Technical Term for Partisan Quarrels
Written by Josh Grundleger
Congressman Gregory Meeks discusses budget deficits and the need for fiscal consolidation in the United States. But politicians do not appear to be ready to make the tough choices to develop a package of tax cuts and spending cuts that will correct America’s fiscal mess.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: It’s the Fundamentals
Written by Josh Grundleger
It is clear, to even the most casual observers of American politics, that one of the most pressing problems of the past several years and a poignant issue in the 2012 election cycle is jobs. With unemployment rates at dismal levels—8.5% as of December 2011—and not having fallen below 8.0% […]
