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- 13 June 2012 5.30 for 6.00 pm – 8.00pm, followed by a reception National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place London SW1A 2HE Throughout this year, the Federal Trust, the Konrad Adenauer...
- The next head of the World Bank - 05/03/2012The World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an...
- States or citizens – the flag reveals all - 29/12/2011I wrote on this blog recently of the United Nations as having the weakness that it represents only states and not peoples. Here is an example of the consequences of...
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- Proved right on press regulation - 18/03/2013This blog has not expected to be proved right so quickly on press regulation, but that’s what happened today. At the end of last year, when the Leveson commission published...
- Trade war over gambling - 30/01/2013International trade disputes often shine a light on odd behaviour, and the dispute between the United States and the tiny Caribbean island country Antigua and Barbuda is no exception. Originally...
- The wrong conclusion on welfare reform - 24/01/2013In his speech on Europe yesterday, David Cameron observed that Europe, with seven per cent of the world’s population and 25 per cent of world GDP, accounts for 50 per...
World Bank Archive
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The next head of the World Bank
Posted on 05/03/2012 | No CommentsThe World Bank needs a new manager. Robert Zoellick is leaving, so the search is on for a replacement. Tradition has it that the role is always filled by an American (the Europeans have the IMF) but, as a surf of this website will reveal,... -
No globalisation without representation
Posted on 22/11/2011 | No CommentsThat the protestors outside St Paul’s cathedral are critical of global capitalism should not be surprise. Doesn’t everybody object to the way in which what was effectively gambling in unregulated markets nearly brought down the financial system and has ground economic growth to a halt?... -
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a bad tradition
Posted on 19/05/2011 | No CommentsThe resignation of French head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over allegations of a sex attack in a New York hotel room has restarted the debate about who should be appointed to lead the international financial institutions. The tradition is that a European... -
In search of clarity
Posted on 05/04/2008 | No CommentsTwo interesting papers have been published by the left of centre think-tank Policy Network as part of its Progressive Governance conference, currently underway in London. The two papers – “Global challenges: accountability and effectiveness” by David Held and “From intervention to cooperation: reforming the IMF... -
Common positions would increase Europe’s influence
Posted on 11/06/2007 | No CommentsCommon positions would increase Europe’s influence – In the Financial Times By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Richard Jolly Published: June 11 2007 03:00 | Last updated: June 11 2007 03:00 From Prof Stephany Griffith-Jones and Prof Sir Richard Jolly. Sir, Wolfgang Munchau (“Sarkozy’s plans are bad...
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