trade

Taxation for Cultural Change
-By rob on 2013-01-11

E-Commerce in Africa
CBC's radio show Spark had a recent discussion of African E-Commerce (episode 130). Basically, individuals are increasingly using cel phones to conduct business transactions using texting services whereby they are able to communicate their inventories of goods, their demands for goods, and transfer funds between banks and individuals. Without cel phones, these transactions involved individuals traveling from village to village with their goods, incurring significant time costs while traveling between.-By rob on 2013-01-11

The Economics of Bat S*#%
Given the current economic crisis, pundits often turn their attentions to the debts nations carry, the payments on which could be used elsewhere in their struggling economies.-By rob on 2009-06-13

Stiglitz on the financial crisis and the Obama administration's plan
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz appeared on Democracy Now to discuss his views on the Obama administration's financial bailout in the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy. It is a very interesting interview in which Stiglitz expresses some of his ideas on competitive markets (and their role in the financial crisis), the importance of (stimulating) aggregate demand, and the importancei n addressing regulatory and structural flaws in the U.S. economy.-By rob on 2009-03-16

On Pianos and Automobiles
-By rob on 2009-03-16

Krugman on Krugman
Paul Krugman won the Nobel prize in economics on Monday. Today, his NYT column was on.. well, him and his research. I think he does a good job explaining his contributions and new trade theory. Here's an excerpt:

-By rob on 2009-03-04

Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize in Economics
Monday, Paul Krugman was announced as the winner of the 2008 Bank of Sweden's Nobel Prize in Economics. He's the third economics Nobel laureate at Princeton, but their first in the economics department (John Nash is in mathematics and Daniel Kahneman is in psychology). Here's the blurb from the Financial Times (14 October 2008).
-By rob on 2009-03-04

Canada and the Housing Crisis in the U.S.
There is increasing concern among Canadian economists regarding the effect of the U.S. financial crisis and ensuing bailout on the Canadian economy. Over the past weekend, I attended a meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research which was attended by both David Dodge and Mark Carney (the latter attended only for a short period, having the crisis to deal with).
-By rob on 2008-10-07