Chinn-Ito Index Updated to 2011
Measuring Financial Openness
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“Rethinking Macro Policy II: First Steps and Early Lessons”
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That’s the title of an IMF conference taking place starting tomorrow (April 16-17). The program is below, and the live webcast will be available here (and follows up on a 2011 conference on the same subject).
Five years into the crisis, the contours of…
The BoJ’s Kuroda Acts
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Taxing the Rich: Americans Have It Good, Compared to the French
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Filed under: Taxes, InternationalFrench actor Gerard Depardieu moved to Belgium to avoid France’s high taxes on the rich. (Photo: AP)
With all of the chatter about class warfare and tax rates likely going up next month for high earners, it’s important …
Dubai Tries to Revive Its Construction Boom, but Can It Find the Cash?
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Filed under: Economy, Real Estate, International
By Praveen Menon
DUBAI — Dubai is reviving massive real estate projects as its economy recovers from a corporate debt crisis, but this time around, constraints on financing are likely to slow the pace …
