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Tag: Financial Crisis

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Posted inThe Chain

Bitcoin is weathering the financial storm

by AT Contributor March 22, 2020March 22, 2020

If you’ve been in bitcoin (BTC) for any length of time, you have most likely heard about the Genesis Block. If not, the image below should be self-explanatory. It doesn’t really matter if people consider bitcoin as a store of value competing with gold and real estate, a medium of exchange for uncensored transactions, or a potential unit […]

Posted inOpinion

Global cooperation crucial during virus crisis

by Alicia Garcia Herrero March 14, 2020March 14, 2020
US Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell. Photo: Reuters / Sait Serkan Gurbuz
Posted inOpinion

Central banks, the virus, and inequality

by Nomi Prins March 14, 2020March 16, 2020
The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock
Posted inOpinion

What 2008 crisis should have taught us but didn’t

by Igor Kuchma March 10, 2020March 10, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress over the company's use and protection of user data in Washington on April 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis
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Facebook’s Libra must be stopped 

by Katharina Pistor June 24, 2019February 18, 2020
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Lebanon’s rival factions form new cabinet to salvage sinking economy

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse February 1, 2019February 18, 2020
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Zimbabwe running out of options – and time

by Simon Allison January 24, 2019
Posted inLebanon, Middle East

Lebanon restricts dollar cash-outs in bid to bolster currency

by Nasser Elamine January 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Red lines are drawn across a list of national corporations as the 1997 economic crisis bites deep into South Korea in a scene from Default. Photo: YouTube
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Movie slams IMF, questions Korea’s attachment to capitalism

by Steven Borowiec December 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Seeds from the 2008 Financial Crisis have taken root and sprouted into the trade war between the United States and China. Illustration: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Singapore, World

Great Recession helped spark the US-China trade war

by Gordon Watts September 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Young businessman hiding head in the sand. Image: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Middle East, World

Who really creates value in an economy?

by Mariana Mazzucato September 13, 2018
The US Federal Reserve building. Photo: AFP/Karen Bleier
Posted inMiddle East, World

Central bankers as ‘dealers of last resort’

by Marshall Auerback September 13, 2018
The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, United Kingdom, World

Was the financial crisis wasted?

by Howard Davies September 1, 2018
US President Barack Obama and Republican President-elect Donald Trump shake hands during a transition planning meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson
Posted inAT Finance, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Past failures to punish white-collar crime helped produce Trump

by Marshall Auerback August 28, 2018
The falling lira is making it difficult for many Turks to make ends meet. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Could Turkey trigger the next global financial crisis?

by Vijay Prashad August 23, 2018
Chinese yuan. Photo: iStock
Posted inAustralia, China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Why critics predicting China’s economic demise are wrong

by Ken Moak July 31, 2018
Business graph with arrows tending downwards. Image: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

The three headwinds to global economic growth

by Ravi Kant July 24, 2018
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Posted inBeijing, China, India, Mexico, South Asia, World

How the US can keep up with China

by Jan Krikke June 26, 2018
Crystal globe and chess pieces on chessboard. Photo: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, United Kingdom, World

Multipolarity: The foundation of a new world order

by Ravi Kant June 7, 2018June 7, 2018
Former IMF economist Carlo Cottarelli speaks to the media after being asked by Italy's President Sergio Mattarella to form a new government, after efforts by two populist parties to form a coalition collapsed. Photo: Reuters / Tony Gentile
Posted inEuropean Union, Italy, World

Italy’s debt bubble pop heard around the world

by David P. Goldman May 29, 2018February 18, 2020

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