Category: Business & Economics
99 Articles
- Business & Economics
The Canada-China FTA in Peril Part I: The USMCA “Non-Market Country” Provision
There is no official definition of a non-market economy in international trade agreements, and in the abstract the category is probably more of a continuum than a binary label.…
February 28, 2019
- Business & Economics
The Economics of South Korean Demographics
After the Korean War in the 1950s, South Korea’s fertility rate increased throughout the 1960s, leading to a housing shortage and high unemployment. The South Korean government…
January 6, 2019
- Business & Economics
The Social Security Data Governance Challenge in Mexico
Proper federal governance of social security data in Mexico has been challenging given that Mexican states run their social security schemes independently. Additionally, only 31%…
October 25, 2018
- Business & Economics
Trading the Global Future Part III: Bad Consequences
This summer, the Trump administration’s tariff war penalized billion worth of goods traded between the US and China. The next stage of White House escalation will impact up to 0…
September 13, 2018
- Business & Economics
Trading the Global Future Part II: Bad Policies
Despite taking many by surprise, Donald Trump’s 2016 triumph was due in part to the way his message “America First” resonated with the electorate. Trump did not create the trend…
August 31, 2018
- Business & Economics
Trading the Global Future Part I: Bad Timing
In less than two years, the Trump administration has undermined more than seven decades of U.S. free trade legacies. That is both a reflection of and a catalyst for the further…
August 20, 2018
- Business & Economics
Are Global Trade Imbalances a Mistake?
John Maynard Keynes famously noted that “practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct.”…
May 29, 2018
- Business & Economics
Interpreting Increased Volatility in Financial Markets
One area of concern pertains to the current stance of fiscal policy in the United States. Fiscal policy during much of the postwar period has largely been countercyclical, that,…
April 3, 2018
- Business & Economics
Mexico’s Positive Impact on the U.S. Trade Balance
Trump’s administration is almost certainly right to decry the costs to the US economy of persistent trade imbalances. While many blame these deficits on bad American work and…
March 20, 2018
- Business & Economics
Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil
So far, the success of domestic Tajik policies and international assistance has been minimal. Trafficking is a product of numerous complex factors, including large-scale opium…
March 1, 2018