December, 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

A novel way to ease global slumps

Kevin Carmichael
The Globe and Mail

The International Monetary Fund is proposing that governments guard against a deepening of the financial crisis by providing insurance against "extreme" recessions.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

The world in 2025

Jamaica Gleaner

The transition to the Obama presidency has everybody enthralled in this year-end, slow-news season. Fascinating as it is (I have been especially struck by the seeming requirement of being a basketball player to make it to the upper echelons of the Obama team), we may be missing the bigger picture here.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Global action offers shelter to weather economic storm

Toronto Star

Focus for Canada needs to be on coordinating policy with Washington