IFC: Capital Markets Key to Development

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Ending extreme poverty for good and building shared prosperity across the developing world takes money – a lot of money.…

Thomas Piketty: Courting Controversy

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If there was one person who could be likened to a rock star in the world of economics, then Thomas…

Robert J Shiller: Mastering Data

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One of the elite Sterling professors at Yale University, he predicted both the dot-com bubble and the collapse of the…

BRIC-à-Brac: Requiem for a Wishful Thought

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In the end, it may have been nothing more than a flash in the pan. Unable to fulfil the promise…

Grand Old Party: Wacky Is the New Normal

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In contemporary US politics, reality is whatever the eye of the beholder wishes to ignore. Though the art and science…

Ross Jackson: Eurozone – The End Game

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It has become clear to most EU citizens, but not yet to the EU leaders, that neoliberal economics has been…

IREIS Conference: UAE Property Market in Phase of Optimistic Consolidation

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The conference at the annual IREIS (International Real Estate & Investment Show) at the ADNEC centre in Abu Dhabi is…

IFC: Corporate Governance Gains Prominence with the Forthcoming ASEAN Economic Community

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One of the much-anticipated events in Asia this year is the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community which will allow…

Adam Smith: The Original Economic Thinker

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The year 1776 marked the dawn of modern capitalism: nothing to do with a few rebellious colonies unleashing a revolutionary…

Book Review: Squeezing Cash Out of Milliseconds

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Time is money. To high-frequency traders, it means big money. HFTs make cash by being milliseconds faster than the other…