The Internationalisation of the Renminbi (Interview with Dan Steinbock)
By Dan Steinbock
According to Dan Steinbock, the internationalisation of the renminbi is accelerating. The inclusion of the yuan in the IMF basket...
Toward the Oil-Dollar-Fed Rollercoaster Ride
By Dan Steinbock
The fluctuations of the oil prices, the Fed’s policy rate and the U.S. dollar are intertwined. In fall 2015/spring 2016, the Fed’s...
The Origins of Business
By Keith Roberts
This essay outlines how business entities began and grew to become the recognizable ancestors of modern business. It suggests that deliberate innovation and marketing are...
From Hubris to Disgrace: The End of Finance as we Know it…
By Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
In this article, Mark Esposito (co-editor with O’Sullivan and Allington of the book From Hubris to Disgrace) and Terence...
Natural Disasters, Bank Damages, and Firm Activities
By Kaoru Hosono and Daisuke Miyakawa Below Kaoru Hosono and Daisuke Miyakawa examine the impacts of financial shocks arising from two earthquakes in
Putting Executive Pay in Context
By David De Cremer
Before the financial crisis executive pay in the finance sector had skyrocketed; bonuses were no longer given to reward hard and...
Leverage For Good: The New World of Social-Purpose Finance
By Lester M. Salamon
A revolution is underway on the frontiers of philanthropy. New charitable models hold the promise of leveraging for social and environmental...
How Will China Rebalance?
By Michael Pettis
China urgently needs to rebalance its economy, but how it chooses to do so should not be constrained by undue focus on...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
