“How empowering Ghanaians can help Ghana avoid an oily mess”
The wealth of a nation is not fully expressed by its supply of oil, gold, BMWs or iPods. As Adam Smith taught us, people are the ultimate wealth of nations......................
Working Papers
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Human Rights Provisions in FTAs
Many of the world’s most important trading economies have introduced human rights language into their preferential trade agreements (PTAs). As a result...................
The Big Five International Oil Companies as Responsible Stakeholders in the Global Economy
The Big Five Oil Companies—ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, bp, and Royal Dutch Shell—are among the world’s most influential and profitable............................
Differences in Early GDP Component Estimates Between Recession and Expansion
In this paper we examine the quality of the initial estimates of the components of both real and nominal U.S. GDP. We introduce a number of new statistics for.................
Euro Stress: The future of the common currency
Desmond Lachman and Holger Wolf AEI and Georgetown University...............
There is no question that Vietnam has made significant progress in its march to revamp its system to respond to and participate actively in the global economy.............
Climate Change, Uncertainty and Decision-Making
It is impossible to look at how individuals, communities, and governments adapt, proactively and reactively, to climate change without looking at how...........
Polarization and the Decline of the Middle Class: Canada and the U.S.
Several recent studies have suggested that the distribution of income (earnings, jobs) is becoming more polarized. Much of the evidence presented in support of.....
Permanent and Transitory Macroeconomic Relationships between China and the Developed World
Although research on business cycles and economic growth has traditionally focused on developed countries, there is increasing interest in the economic.......
The intent of this paper is to compare PRC and Indian responses to the elimination of textile and apparel (T&A) quotas by the US. On the demand side, the paper.....