Category Archives: The Global Economy

Deals are Good!

Posted on July 14, 2015 by jackgoldstone

After endless, and sometimes seemingly hopeless, negotiations, diplomats have produced two new multi-national deals:  one to keep Greece in the Euro, and the second on nuclear development in Iran. Despite enormous criticism and hand-wringing, both deals are good news for the  … Continue reading →

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China + Russia = Anxiety?

Posted on June 26, 2015 by jackgoldstone

I have spent the last few weeks in the UK, Russia, and Hong Kong.   The UK was very standard British — gloomy grey skies and damp  air, wretched coffee (for the most part, better to stick with tea), and a … Continue reading →

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Here we go again, slower slower and sloooowwww

Posted on May 3, 2015 by jackgoldstone

One month ago, I took time out from commenting on foreign affairs to note that the world economy, and the U.S. in particular, was in the doldrums and not showing signs of the roar-back growth everyone seemed to be expecting, … Continue reading →

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Still Slow…

Posted on April 5, 2015 by jackgoldstone

I have been blogging mainly about foreign policy during the last year.  Of course, there has been so much going on around the world — in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Hong Kong among other places, it has been hard … Continue reading →

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A Bad Deal for Everyone

Posted on March 6, 2015 by jackgoldstone

I have long advocated that Iran and the P5+1 negotiators reach a deal that will assure everyone that if Iran launches an effort to weaponize its nuclear materials, they will be detected in time for other nations to launch a … Continue reading →

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Addressing Inequality

Posted on January 21, 2015 by jackgoldstone

The  Davos show is beginning this week.  I am not going, but I am in Zurich and close enough to see the ads for ever-bigger and better private planes to take the elites to elite places.  All of this against … Continue reading →

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Hope as we move toward the New Year

Posted on December 29, 2014 by jackgoldstone

It would not take much for 2015 to be a better year than 2014.  2014 was marked by a major outbreak of Ebola, war between Russia and Ukraine, renewed active war in Gaza, civil war in South Sudan, the rise … Continue reading →

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What China Wants

Posted on November 18, 2014 by jackgoldstone

Last week’s APEC meeting in Beijing shed new light on China’s relationship with America and the world. It has become increasing clear what China wants. China seeks a role in Asia comparable to the role that America has enjoyed with … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong is NOT Tiananmen

Posted on October 1, 2014 by jackgoldstone

Hong Kong’s protests present a major problem for China’s leadership in Beijing. This is not 1989, when China used its army and tanks to dispel student protests in Tiananmen Square.  Both China and the world have changed; and Hong Kong … Continue reading →

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Words from God, Lessons for Man

Posted on September 24, 2014 by jackgoldstone

This past week, I was visiting the United Kingdom (still United, thank goodness), to attend a conference at Cambridge University. While there, I also took a trip north to York University to do some historical study. While there, I stayed … Continue reading →

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