Roben Farzad of BusinessWeek discusses the economic fluctuations in Britain, across Europe and elsewhere. He explains how Britain and the UK face identity crises in determining what they can do to dig out of the economic crisis.
All Posts Tagged With: "world economy"
Interview
October 23, 2009
An uneven global economy is cause for concern in 2010
Perspectives
May 25, 2009
Latvian farmers weather economic storm
Kristina Rizga of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting writes about how farmers are coping with the difficult economic times in Latvia, where the economy is expected to contract by 16.5 percent this year.
Interview (Video)
April 1, 2009
G-20 countries split over way out of economic crisis
Reginald Dale, a senior fellow in the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the divide over regulation between France and Germany and the UK and U.S. and whether Russia will respond to President Obama's pledge to "reset" the relationship with Russia.
Video
December 17, 2008
OPEC announces record oil production cuts
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) set a precedent today with its largest oil production cuts ever -- 2.2 million barrels per day.
Video
December 15, 2008
Madoff fraud case triggers international losses
Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times discusses the international ramifications of the Madoff fraud case.
Video
November 21, 2008
Government can prevent another Great Depression
Peter Coy, economics editor of Business Week magazine, discusses the state of the world economy and the direction it might be headed.
Video
November 14, 2008
World leaders meet to shore up global economy
World leaders are scheduled to meet at the G20 summit this weekend to coordinate a unified solution to the global credit crisis.
Video
October 31, 2008
Economy has not hit rock bottom yet
Telis Demos of Fortune Magazine explains why the economy has not yet hit bottom as the financial crisis continues.
Blogwatch / Graphic
October 28, 2008
Global financial turmoil may strain IMF
The amount of money needed to stabilize developing economies may far exceed the reach of the International Monetary Fund.
Video
October 24, 2008
Week in review: Economy, Taliban and India in space
Carla Robbins of The New York Times and Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations discuss the financial turmoil around the world, new efforts to combat Taliban insurgents in Pakistan and India's first mission to the moon.
