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All items tagged marketOpen Think Tank ArticlesApril 8, 2012 | Atlantic Security Must Get Smart or (It Will) Get ScatteredJosé Alberto da Silva Almada e Alves Guimarães: Smart Defense not only demands strong political will, but cooperation. To achieve this, NATO must liberalize the European Defense Market, make the EU package of directives pertaining to military goods better assist medium-sized enterprises, as well as utilize the Permanent Structured Cooperation and Smart Defense-related initiatives. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesMarch 23, 2009 | Have Faith in the MarketNobel Prize Winner Gary Becker argues that the current economic crisis is born out of big government, the Fed’s low interest rates policy, and the “bubble mentality” meaning the reckless borrowing based on “expectations that prices would continue to rise at rates we now recognize, […] were unsustainable.” ++ Yet, despite the apparent failure of the global financial ... MoreNovember 24, 2008 | Keynes to the RescueKeynesian economics prevail in times of economic turmoil. ++ Britain should “expect plans for higher borrowing, tax cuts, and more spending in Monday’s pre-Budget statement.” ++ While economists and politicians differ on intervention policies, Keynes emphasized the importance of restoring market confidence and preventing recessions from becoming politically dangerous. ++ “In a depression, a ... MoreSeptember 23, 2008 | US Bailouts: Socialism is Not the AnswerWashington is bankrupt, fiscally and morally. ++ Socialism is in full swing, proving the free-market Republicans hypocrites. ++ Paulson wants Congress to grant the Fed $700 billion to buy private assets. ++ Such a move will only create more financial turmoil for the US and Europe in the future. ++ Moreover, the entire G8 is a financially “spent force.” ++ Yet, ironically the political landscape ... MoreSeptember 19, 2008 | Greater Transparency is Not a Fiscal PanaceaThe G7 finance ministers endorsed an approach to regulation in April, which stipulated transparency, disclosure, and strict risk management, i.e., nothing new. ++ This hackneyed approach will fail again. ++ Regulation hasn’t kept up with the last 30 years of market changes and is not needed except to enforce best practice. ++ Regulators must begin to use a system-wide approach, financial ... MoreApril 16, 2007 | Christoph Bertram on Gently Nudging Iran to Play BallThe United Nations approach to halting the Iranian nuclear program is a deepening hole that the Security Council and Germany should “stop digging,” says Christoph Bertram, the former director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin and a member of the Atlantic Initiative Advisory Board. Bertram notes that attempts at sanctioning Iran have heightened Tehran’s ... More |
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