What conditions lead to world-changing innovation? It’s an important question for business and government leaders. Contrary to the traditional notion of the solitary scientist, new products, services ...

SINGAPORE - Much has been said in recent weeks about the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and US trade relations with Asia-Pacific countries following the election of Donald Trump as the ...

One of the strongest justifications for the economic liberalization that began in the 1980s is that it not only raised growth rates, but that growth percolated down to the poorest people. True, ...

This release is also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. In Trade Liberalization in Aviation Services: Can the Doha Round Free Flight? (AEI Press, March 2004), Brian Hindley of the London School of ...

It is well accepted that trade generates winners and losers. The past few decades have seen increases not just in trade in goods and services but trade in assets, as countries relax restrictions on ...

Washington’s Chance to Force Qatar and Iran’s Breakup Audio By Carbonatix The renegotiated NAFTA includes a couple of key improvements, but there’s still much work to be done. After another tumultuous ...

Is it real or is it pokazukha? This is usually the first question on the minds of Kremlin-watchers when something happens to suggest high-level infighting among Russia's ruling elite. It comes up ...

At the beginning of the 1990s, policy doctors were almost unanimous in advocating a strong dose of capital and financial market liberation for developing countries as a way to improve their prospects ...

Although theory suggests that the real exchange rate should depreciate after a permanent trade liberalization but could appreciate temporarily with a transitory one, little empirical evidence exists.

(From left) Aditya Birla, Kumar Mangalam Birla, G.D. Birla and B.K. Birla. Kumar Mangalam Birla was just 28 when he took control of the conglomerate in 1995 after his father's death. Photo: Birla ...

Full liberalization of China's interest rates, a critical step for financial reforms, is highly anticipated by the market. The central bank's July announcement that it would remove all restrictions on ...