Human Capital And Trade Deficits
Michael Mandel had an interesting take on the US trade deficit in Business Week earlier this month (btw: he also has a weblog). His opinion is that the US trade deficit isn’t as big a deal as people...
View ArticlePromising Elections
The Guardian today has a short profile on Angela Merkel, while the FT looks at some of the proposals which may well form part of the SPD campaign manifesto. Far be it from me to worry about ‘sting the...
View ArticleLa Febbre
A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of seeing Alessandro D’Alatri’s recent film La Febbre (Fever). As the reviewer says (Italian link), this is a ‘normal’ (everyday) film, not a great one, even...
View ArticleItaly’s Economic Problems Under The Spotlight
As Manuel points out in the accompanying post, Romano Prodi’s resignation as Italy’s Prime Minister is a rather sudden and dramatic, but scarcely unexpected, development. The immediate political crisis...
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