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All items tagged international money issuesGlobal Must Read ArticlesApril 14, 2009 | US Must Have Less Power Over the IMFWhile the recent pledge by the G20 to increase the resources of the IMF is welcome, the organisation desperately needs to restructure and reform if it is going to play an effective role in solving this current economic crisis. ++ Countries such as China and India should be given a greater say in the running of the IMF, while the US should be given less control. ++ Developed countries, which ... MoreNovember 25, 2008 | Central Banks Should Buy Low, Sell HighCentral banks should go on an internationally coordinated shopping spree. ++ They should target not only municipal bonds, but buy up bank shares on the open market, the price of which are down to as low as a tenth of what they were two years ago. ++ This would reduce the risk of private investment in the sector and open up a road for recovery. ++ In order to be fair, the central banks’ shopping ... MoreNovember 13, 2008 | IMF Stands for Global Economy InsuranceUninsured drivers need to save big for car crashes; nations have done that to prepare for financial crashes. ++ However, every-country-for-itself policies are wasteful and inflate credit bubbles. ++ The IMF was everyone’s insurance after Bretton Woods but it has not kept up with the crash costs. ++ Government payments should be tripled to make the IMF bigger and to help unavoidable crashes ... MoreNovember 11, 2008 | Getting out of Bretton Woods Was a Bad IdeaAlthough little can be done until the financial crisis is over, it is time to think about exchange rate reform now. ++ Asian countries devalued their own currency while hording US dollar reserves to boost employment and growth. ++ This excess was pushed into housing bubbles in the US and UK by expansionary policies that fired up credit expansions. ++ Countries’ reserve needs must be met, ... MoreOctober 30, 2008 | International Middle-Man FundInternational Monetary Fund resources are limited and might not handle all those requests from new, strategically located democracies like Pakistan, Ukraine and Hungary if things get too severe; however, the US, Japan and Europe should still borrow from the IMF when needed in order to ensure global stability without borrowing from Gulf Arab states, Russia or China, which would attach political ... MoreAugust 13, 2008 | The Rich Must Get out of the Economic Driver's SeatThe financially emerging world cannot be ignored by rich nations in economic negotiations. ++ Because emerging nations play an increasingly large role in world consumption and growth, the G7/G8 is not the appropriate forum for macro-financial matters any more. ++ To prevent enduring global instability, exchange rate provisions and their repercussions in global macroeconomic supervision must be ... More |
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