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A
Season of Protests in Turkey |
| T.
Sabri Öncü |
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protests in Turkey are as much about lack
of democracy as is about rising inequality
under a neoliberal regime of austerity amidst
rising private debt. |
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| Korea's
Debt Mountain |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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The
credit driven consumption boom that was
ushered in after the East Asian Crisis
has put the Republic of Korea on the verge
of another crisis waiting to happen. |
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| The
Neoliberal Trap |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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The
government of India is forced to appease
international credit rating agencies and
give their demands priority over national
issues. |
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| More
of the Same, Just Prettier |
| Gabriele
Köhler |
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The
new recommendations for the Post-2015
MDG Agenda remain mired in neo-liberalism
and have very little substance to offer. |
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| Poor
Empiricism: The 'Middle Income Trap' |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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It
is argued that the "middle income
trap" analysis propagated by the
IMF and others does not provide a convincing
prescription to revive growth in the Asian
region. |
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| The
Bursting of the Asian Housing Bubble |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh |
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Housing
prices in many developing Asian countries
soared after the Global Financial Crisis,
but the recent trends suggest that they
may be tapering off and even declining. |
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| Redistributing
Regulatory Power |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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The
FSLRC's far-reaching recommendations seek
a fundamental redesign of India's historically
evolved financial regulatory framework
in favour of a liberalised financial sector. |
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| Bullying
Cyprus to No End |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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The
highhandedness shown by the troika (EU,
ECB and IMF) in the case of Cyprus once
again shows how the core in Europe is
pushing the costs of adjustment to the
periphery. |
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| Beyond
2015? Or back to the 1980s? |
| Gabriele
Köhler |
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The
key areas of focus of the UN SG's Panel
of Eminent Person discussions on the post-MDG
Agenda failed to take into account the
basic issues raised by global voices. |
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| The
Political Economy of Indian Food Exports |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh |
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The
article discusses the political economy
configurations that permit rising grain
exports from India, even as domestic food
prices spiral out of the reach of ordinary
people. |
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| Is
Global Finance Finally Shrinking? |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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Even
as the value of global financial assets
has fallen sharply since 2007, it may
be essential to shrink it further to make
the financial system fulfil its basic
tasks. |
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| China's
Exploding Debt |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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Amidst
the ongoing global financial crisis, a
potential financial market threat is looming
in China which is based on ''shadow banking''
lending to the real estate sector. |
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| The
Dangers of Fiscal Austerity |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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Despite
fiscal austerity measures proving to be
counterproductive in dealing with economic
contractions worldwide, the Indian government
is poised to implement similar policies. |
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| No
Standards, Not Poor |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar |
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The
rising tide of litigation against US credit
ratings agencies could help resolve the
conflict of interest involved in basing
financial regulation on the ratings system. |
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