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Nafta May Have Saved Many Autoworkers’ Jobs

March 30, 2016
The North American Free Trade Agreement, in effect for more than two decades, likely saved the US auto industry. “Even in the narrowest sense – to protect jobs in car assembly plants – a wall of tariffs against America’s southern neighbor would probably do more harm than good,” suggests Eduardo...

The Global Economy Struggles With Negative Rates

Will Hickey
January 23, 2020

Food Production: Agriculture Wars

September 13, 2010
A hostile bid for the world’s largest listed fertilizer company highlights the role of food production in a world experiencing population growth. For decades, an illusion of overabundance prevailed. But the global fertilizer sector has been a focus of merger-and-acquisition activity this year, as...

Export-Led Growth: The Elephant in the Room

January 17, 2006
Economic experts are professing themselves confounded by continued US prosperity despite trade deficits and rising interest rates. Thomas Palley explains that export-led growth, or the exchange of goods produced in Emerging Market (EM) countries for US dollars, has contributed much to the buoyant...

World Health Assembly Excludes Taiwan: Taipei Times

May 19, 2020
Taiwan demonstrated skill in tackling and controlling the spread of Covid-19 among its population of 23 million. Even so, the World Health Assembly, hesitant to antagonize China, excluded Taiwan from its virtual meeting. Taiwan sent a letter of protest to the World Health Organization Secretariat...

Internet of Things: Have We Bitten Off More Than We Can Chew?

October 28, 2016
Hackers commandeered web cameras and possibly other devices to launch an attack on internet service management company Dyn. The company reports that it fended off multiple attacks in recent weeks. All types of gadgets for homes, cars and offices are linked to the internet to allow remote monitoring...

后维基解密的世界——上篇

December 15, 2010
在关闭的大门背后，政府官员相互交流着往往跟公开声明不同的情绪，公众对此习以为常。但维基解密曝光的美国国务院密电的几百个具体例子还是令人震惊。泄密凸显了快捷的全球通讯的前景和风险。在这个世界上，个人能够破坏全球战略计划，强大无比的政府则竭力控制危害性的蔓延。这是私人和公共声明之间、言论自由的要求和保密的需要之间矛盾的戏剧性展示。鉴于维基解密泄密事件提出的诸多严肃问题，以及针对泄密内容的争议和辩论使世界每个角落都不得安宁的事实，耶鲁全球在线将以两篇的系列文章探讨密电泄露事件所涉及的外交、民主、国防和司法等领域。在上篇文章里，贾姆希德•乔柯西集中探讨了伊朗核政策密电泄露所产生的影响。贾姆希德•...

The World’s Drinking Problem

May 19, 2015
Widespread alcohol abuse is disruptive for economies, suggests a report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. Alcohol consumption and related health issues rise with increased wealth, and China and emerging economies are wrestling with growing alcohol consumption: “While...
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