Contributors
Read all the latest economic insight from our panel of illustrious contributors. Spanning the economic spectrum, and bound with a common integrity and pursuit of understandingWorld Finance is proud to present its prestigious array of contributors. With a focus on economics, and a remit to roam around the subject, the writers you can find on this page touch on all aspects o...
GROSSThe death of the credit card economy
Car leases, student loans, no-money-down mortgages, and high credit limits are vanishing...
HARFORDAmazing Racism
Despite progress the spectre of discrimintation still looms large in certain parts, Tim Harford edifies a study that shows its true stupidity...
KISSINGERLooking back at the opening of china
At the recent launch of the Asia Society's Centre on US-China relations in New York, Dr Henry Kissinger talked with its new director, Orville Schell, about the circumstances leadin...
PAULSONThe view from the top
Henry Paulson is the United States Secretary of the Treasury. He spoke with Global Economic Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels about how the US economy will pay a penalty for the rece...
ROUBINIAnatomy of a financial meltdown
A vicious circle is currently underway in the United States, and its reach could broaden to the global economy. America's financial crisis has triggered a severe credit crunch that...
SACHSThe roots of America's financial crisis
Jeffrey D. Sachs investigates the provenance of America's current financial crisis, and in doing so, applies the blame to the extraneous events and poor human diagnosis...
SAMUELSONPresident Bush digs in
In Wall Street when a company's profits and stock prices plummet, CEOs are fired. Even at universities, when the faculty clashes with the president long enough, the president resig...
STIGLITZCrude economics
At a time when economists are scratching their heads for the answer to the impending recession, Joseph E Stiglitz calls for some pronounced and well-considered theory...
Latest Edition
In our latest print edition we look at the opening of the Saudi market and the implications for the current global economic climate. While many are lamenting the the death of the credit card economy, Daniel Gross hammers the final nail into its coffin, Paul Samuelson looks at when the recovery might come, and we deliver all the usual analysis and insight.
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Final Bell
Stagflation is a term that came into common usage in the 1970's, as first the Conservative Party, then the Labour government struggled with growing inflation and a slowing of the economy...
Special Reports
The announcement at the end of August that for the first time the authorities in Saudi Arabia would be letting non-resident foreign investors have access to the shares traded on the country's stock exchange – albeit only through the medium of “authorised persons” who will actually own the shares on behalf of the overseas investors – heralds a new era in investment opportunities in the Middle East...