laowhy.blogspot.com
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy: Position Paper: China
http://laowhy.blogspot.com/2012/12/position-paper-china.html
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy. Tuesday, December 4, 2012. With the developing countries and much of the global community still climbing out of recession, there is still a risk for plunging the global economy into a "double dip" recession. In attending this meeting, China hopes countries will recognize not only this risk but also the need for a gradual progression to instituting the WTO principles. For proposal II, as has been the case for some time, developed countries such a...
laowhy.blogspot.com
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy: A Different Take on "Cities of the Future"
http://laowhy.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-different-take-on-cities-of-future.html
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy. Thursday, November 15, 2012. A Different Take on "Cities of the Future". After reading Annelise's post. I, however, do not think that making the Eco-City itself is actually the main focus of this project. Instead, the city provides a breeding ground for testing new approaches to creating greener cities. As Annelise said, over 600 companies already have signed on to the project, but going further, they have signed on to test out their own. Précis...
laowhy.blogspot.com
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy: December 2012
http://laowhy.blogspot.com/2012_12_01_archive.html
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy. Tuesday, December 4, 2012. With the developing countries and much of the global community still climbing out of recession, there is still a risk for plunging the global economy into a "double dip" recession. In attending this meeting, China hopes countries will recognize not only this risk but also the need for a gradual progression to instituting the WTO principles. For proposal II, as has been the case for some time, developed countries such a...
joelandryipe.blogspot.com
International Political Economy: Consensus on Removing Money from Politics? But Don’t Put it to an Election…
http://joelandryipe.blogspot.com/2012/11/consensus-on-removing-money-from.html
Thursday, November 22, 2012. Consensus on Removing Money from Politics? But Don’t Put it to an Election…. Throughout the election season, I wrote several posts about the danger of money in politics. This was a factor that we talked about briefly early on in this semester, because Martin Wolf writes that the power of money in a democracy is not a serious concern. Sheer volume and concentration of contributions in the 2012 election, however, should give rise to attention if not also grave concern. Internat...
joelandryipe.blogspot.com
International Political Economy: December 2012
http://joelandryipe.blogspot.com/2012_12_01_archive.html
Monday, December 10, 2012. A Return to American Competitiveness? As several of the economists that we’ve read have predicted, we are now seeing the return to American competitiveness. This is occurring in part because of rising wages in China, but also because American companies that pursued outsourcing are now reevaluating the bases of those decisions. As Charles Fishman of The Atlantic. But GE has a long history of refusing to compromise on any. Labor demands. In fact, during the mid-twentieth cent...
joelandryipe.blogspot.com
International Political Economy: The Decline of Equal Opportunity
http://joelandryipe.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-decline-of-equal-opportunity.html
Thursday, November 29, 2012. The Decline of Equal Opportunity. In a recent Foreign Affairs. Kenworthy covers a wide array of subjects in his piece, from changing family structure to educational access to worker compensation. He attributes a significant, although merely qualitative, effect to each of these contributors to declining equal opportunity in the country. Here are some interesting stats that Kenworthy highlights:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Just so we are clear. International Institutio...
laowhy.blogspot.com
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy: P4T Latin America Summit
http://laowhy.blogspot.com/2012/11/p4t-latin-america-summit.html
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. P4T Latin America Summit. Tonight, I took the opportunity to go to the Latin America - U.S. aid summit put on by P4T (Preparing for Tomorrow). With Stephen Vetter the president of Partners of the Americas, a historian on Bolivian history, and Bethany Reynolds, a W&L senior holding the presentation, the summit gave me some insight into the U.S.-Western Hemisphere relations. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Effect o...
joelandryipe.blogspot.com
International Political Economy: November 2012
http://joelandryipe.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html
Friday, November 30, 2012. Why Not A Higher Minimum Wage? For several decades, the traditional literature on effects of minimum wages has perpetuated the notion that, while higher minimum wages raise the wages of those at the very bottom of the income scale, they also lead to a decline in employment. This is intuitive. Of course, when companies need to pay workers more, they have fewer resources to hire more workers. But this. In the article, the Free Exchange correspondent for the Economist. Kenworthy c...
laowhy.blogspot.com
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy: P4T: Africa, the Resource Curse, and China
http://laowhy.blogspot.com/2012/11/p4t-africa-resource-curse-and-china.html
A Student's Perspective on International Political Economy. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. P4T: Africa, the Resource Curse, and China. I know I am probably forgetting my economics 101, but when there is a "resource curse," the economy becomes focused on developing natural resources, preventing workers from developing secondary, tertiary, or other industries. Given this understanding, could the problem of the "resource curse" be sidestepped by liberalizing trade? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Camie's E...
joelandryipe.blogspot.com
International Political Economy: Why Not A Higher Minimum Wage?
http://joelandryipe.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-not-higher-minimum-wage.html
Friday, November 30, 2012. Why Not A Higher Minimum Wage? For several decades, the traditional literature on effects of minimum wages has perpetuated the notion that, while higher minimum wages raise the wages of those at the very bottom of the income scale, they also lead to a decline in employment. This is intuitive. Of course, when companies need to pay workers more, they have fewer resources to hire more workers. But this. In the article, the Free Exchange correspondent for the Economist. Ideal (In)d...
