International Political Economy (Fall 09) Podcast
1) Suicide of Foxconn (Apple subcontractor) Employee
Here’s the Reuters story to which I referred: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L33Z20090722
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Krugman on the Public Debt
PK has a new editorial on our current government deficits: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/opinion/23krugman.html?_r=1 I thought it was apropos of our recent discussions about indebtedness.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) BusinessWeek on Cap and Trade
New article from BusinessWeek on some potential hitches to the implementation of “cap and trade.” http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_48/b4157054815275.htm
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Recent News
Some recent news related to IPE: http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14901104&source=features_box_main http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Podcast is Up!
The IPE podcast for fall 2009 is up and working! I’ve added a new page entitled Podcast with the information. Here’s a direct link to the iTunes Store:
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Al Gore on the Daily Show
Al Gore was on The Daily Show last week. I’ve just put the clip in as “recommended” for tomorrow’s reading. You can check it out here: Recommended: “Al Gore.” The Daily Show. C...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Great Firewall of China & the WTO
Some folks at the European Centre for International Political Economy have written a paper suggesting that China’s use of its “Great Firewall”–which blocks pernicious web prese...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Articles about Money
The following are several articles about money, which I think follow our ongoing discussion nicely: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125549031253384213.html http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Krugman’s Ideas on the Int’l Monetary System
We’re starting our consideration of money on Thursday. Krugman’s latest editorial explicitly links the “gold-standard mentality” to some of the current approaches to the contem...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) China & the WTO
In the spirit of the discussion about “exchange controls”, here’s a quick article about China’s restrictions on the sale of foreign goods in the domestic market. China is allow...Show More
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