From the Winter 2004 issue
Is the Aging of the Developed World a Ticking Time Bomb?
The developed-world populations are aging and shrinking, producing huge fiscal, economic, political, and social stresses given the unfunded liabilities of public entitlement programs. Does this phenomenon represent a global crisis? If a crisis looms, what kind of crisis is likely, when will it unfold, who faces the greatest risk, and what if anything can be done?
Yet the U.S. economy today is poised for a serious takeoff.
Should the Federal Reserve in its conduct of monetary policy follow the European Central Bank and adopt some form of inflation target range? TIE asked thirteen distinguished experts.
No matter who wins the 2004 presidential contest, serious tensions with the United Nations will persist.
Guess who’s become the go-to Democrat on Capitol Hill?
America’s Sorry Trade Performance
Whatever happened to all that talk about rule of law?
The United States needs to think more conceptually about how to use its economic advantage.
TIE asked a top political analyst why the animosity toward the 43rd President is so great.
Washington’s surprisingly slow-motion efforts at reform.
The real threat to global recovery.
The results of McKinsey’s latest study of the pros and cons of emerging market foreign investment.
International Investment Carousel
When it comes to rules for international investment, it’s time to stop riding the WTO.
TIE’s contributing editor Klaus Engelen interviews Malcolm Knight, the new General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements.
German banks have had enough of Standard and Poor’s and other agencies, and they’re not going to take it any more.
Gunfight at the Basel II Corral
As the dispute brews, will the Federal Reserve misjudge the mood on Capitol Hill?
An island nation looks to the future.