The rediscovery of the Portuguese 15th century Discoveries
by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues English Edition by LisWires/JPO Periods of profound national and international crisis are always moments of crossroads in how a country projects its image in the world and how its people build the symbolic that inspires political and economic activity. These moments are cyclical and the standard menu options of behaviour repeats [...]
World economy: a perfect storm in August?
The summer storm may not even come to form. But the ingredients are all present in the soup. The first ingredient appears on the other side of the world, Asia, and has to do, strangely, with… the price of pork in China.
@2011, Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues
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S&P downgrading of the US credit outlook: A discussion with Peter Cohan and David Caploe
TONIGHT FOCUS: S&P downgrades US outlook from stable to negative. Quite a shock.
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Rating Agencies: diversification or changing the rules and the business model?
A virtual round table about the rating agencies was edited by Janelanaweb.com, listening in separate interviews to William White, former Head of the Monetary and Economic Department from May 1995 to June 2008 of the Bank for International Settlements and based in Basel, Bertrand Candelon, professor at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, located in Netherlands, Franck Biancheri, leader of the Newropeans and research coordinator of the french forecasting consulting company LEAP in Paris, and Peter Cohan, professor at Babson College, blogger and analyst based in Boston.
“Stronger downgrade may create a big one shock” (Bertrand Candelon)
Janelanaweb interviewed Bertrand Candelon, Professor in International Monetary Economics, Department of Economics of Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.
A VIEW FROM BEIJING: The Chinese Inflation Fever (Zhàng Jià, 漲價)
“Pointing the finger at hot money is an excuse. Move off the peg with the dollar”
An interview with Patrick Chovanec, American Professor at Tsinghua Univ.
KEYNES REVIVAL: the “Bancor” proposal of the 1940s – useful for today?
A virtual round table with three specialists: Paul Davidson, Editor of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, author of John Maynard Keynes (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2007) and The Keynes Solution (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2009), Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis in New Jersey; Rolf J. Langhammer, Vice-President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, one of Germany’s leading economic research institutes; and Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist of Cumberland Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, and past Chairman of the International Roundtable of the National Association for Business Economics.
CURRENCY WARS ALERT – interview with Ben Davies (Hinde Capital)
“These feelings can easily spill over into military action”
Ben Davies, CEO and co-founder of Hinde Capital, London. Interview by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues about the world monetary earthquake.
LEHMAN BROS FINANCIAL PANIC TWO YEARS AFTER
2008 Black September, 15 – 2010 Gray September, 15
No consensus at all about the causes of the Great Recession and regarding a radical reform of the financialization regime to be done. Three analysts in a virtual round table around the globe, from Boston, to Dublin, to Singapore.
A conversation with Economics Editor Marc Coleman, from Dublin, Financial Consultant and author Peter Cohan, from Boston, and David Caploe, Chief Economy Editor from EconomyWatch in Singapore.
Cinzia Alcidi: “The blanket of guaranties required is too big for many countries”
Euro Zone Sovereign Debt Crisis: Part 2? – an interview with Cinzia Alcidi, Research Fellow from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), based in Brussels.
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