由世界各主要经济体参加的G20峰会已经在首尔落下帷幕，但并未制定出协调宏观经济政策的重要计划。自2008年11月首次举行G20峰会以来，全球领导人们已经意识到，不一致、欠协调的政策刺激了全球经济危机的恶化。但G20各成员国的做法却类似于从前的重商主义者，而不是21世纪的世界大国——后者会制定可行的策略，将各方都能人尽其职、物尽其用的合理原则付诸实践。因此，他们的做法正在招致一场新的灾难。耶鲁大学全球化研究中心主任埃内斯托•赛迪略（Ernesto Zedillo）指出，“只要各方被困在重商主义这座高楼大厦之中，每一方的单边行动都有可能有效地打击对手，但也会自食其果，损害自身的利益。”...
灯光、相机和微笑：美国总统奥巴马和中国国家主席胡锦涛出席G20峰会，但他们在全球经济失衡问题上存在深刻分歧。
纽黑文：当G20的领导人们于2008年11月首次集会时，他们的看法可谓一针见血。 他们承认，不一致、欠协调的宏观经济政策，是导致自己当时试图遏制的骇人危机发生的主要原因之一。在2009年9月的匹兹堡峰会上，他们也精准地意识到了 问题所在。他们将全球宏观经济失衡列为核心关注的议题，还为此制定了一个框架体系，以“保证财政、货币、贸易和结构性政策实现集体一致”。
然而，...
尽管全球变暖的后果怵目心惊，一些学者仍质疑是否需要采取紧急行动。今年一月，一组科学家，其中有的来自于美国、澳大利亚、法国和荷兰，撰文总结了他们怀疑和反对联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会的发现的原因。这些科学家坚持认为，缺乏证据表明世界正在变暖。他们援引耶鲁大学经济学教授威廉•D•诺德豪斯（William D. Nordhaus）的研究成果，认为应对气候变化的行动推迟50年，不仅不会造成严重的经济后果，甚至还能为欠发达国家提供契机，迎头赶上发达国家。在本期耶鲁全球系列评论文的上篇中，诺德豪斯撰文驳斥了这一论点，他指出，在气候模型、气温变化趋势和基本的成本收益分析的问题上，...
Burning coal, melting glaciers: Greenhouse gases emitted by plants in cities trap heat (top); rushing water from a melting glacier adds to rising sea level
纽黑文：1月27日，《华尔街日报》刊载了由16名科学家共同撰写的《对全球变暖不必恐慌》，这份简要的声明包含了许多气候变化怀疑论者的一般论调。该文声称，地球并未变暖，减缓气候变化的政策，...
The US may be a service economy, but it’s still the world’s largest manufacturer. There are many reasons to remain bullish on US manufacturing and the American worker, suggests Farok Contractor, professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School. US firms invest in high-tech...
NEWARK, NJ: Some 2.8 million American jobs – 70 percent of them in manufacturing – have been lost since 2001 because of the US trade deficit with China, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute study. Indeed, consumers visiting a Wal-Mart or...
China’s Xi Jinping is the second leader of the People’s Republic of China to be designated “core” of party leadership. Deng Xiaoping “invented the title ‘core,’ bestowing it on Jiang Zemin, whom he chose as the party leader after the tumult of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 and the downfall...
Hardcore against corruption: Chinese Party Secretary General Xi Jinping listens to confidant Wang Qishan, left; anti-corruption campaign that brought down security chief Zhou Yongkang is slated to continue
HONG KONG: China’s leader, Xi Jinping,...
The US president, in office for less than 100 days, has reversed course on multiple campaign promises, as listed by David Graham for the Atlantic. The “most visible reversal” is on Syria – with Donald Trump rejecting foreign intervention in Syria, even after a 2013 chemical attack, before the...
China’s rise has been steady and fast since the country embraced trade and globalization in the 1980s. If the trajectory continues, China will soon surpass the United States in GDP and other areas. Chinese people have taken notice and take increasing pride in their country’s growth and strength,...
BEIJING: Li Xiaopeng once idolized the West. While a student, he broke through China’s internet firewall to read news from abroad, revered the U.S. Constitution and saw the authoritarian Chinese government as destined to fade away.
Now the 34-year-...
Jurisdictions that restrict gun sales, like Australia or Connecticut, soon experience fewer mass shootings, suicides and other shooting deaths. The United States has the highest rate of gun violence among developed nations, yet the National Rifle Association and Congress resist background checks...
US President Donald Trump has turned on European allies by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, undermining the foundation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Iran was in compliance with the agreement, but hardliners convinced Trump to exit the deal rather than try for revisions. Many...
Breaking on Iran: European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May decide to go their own way on Iran while Iranian oil production finds many takers
LONDON: In...
