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COMMENTARY / World

Dec 9, 2020

Getting NATO back on track

Biden could start this process of reconciliation between France and Germany — and, more importantly, between the U.S. and its NATO partners — by canceling Trump's planned troop withdrawal.

COMMENTARY / World

Nov 11, 2013

Treasury and Krugman wrong about Germany

Germany's economic success is not due to some neomercantilist policy of using export subsidies and unfair trade interventions, so in what way can it be described as unfair

COMMENTARY / World

May 6, 2013

Let more structural reform lead EU's next deal

Europe needs a new deal that trades less national austerity for creditable plans for more structural reform. This can be done without costing Germany a euro cent.

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 19, 2008

China's currency peg is a gift to Europe

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Europeans are wrong to be angry with China because its currency peg to the dollar has boosted the euro against most currencies on foreign exchange markets. They should view the currency peg as a valuable gift.

COMMENTARY / World

Nov 21, 2007

Myth of U.S.-EU economic decoupling

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The fact that America's economy is slowing is bad news for Europeans, regardless of claims that Europe's economy has successfully decoupled itself from the United States. Decoupling is an idea that is based on bad economics — and on some Europeans' reluctance to accept the fact that Europe's short but sweet economic expansion is also coming to an end.

COMMENTARY / World

Oct 4, 2007

Sarkozy and the euro's perfect storm

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The more French President Nicolas Sarkozy attacks the European Central Bank and the strong euro, the more he is criticized in the European media, by European finance ministers, European Union officials and the ECB itself.

COMMENTARY / World

Jul 26, 2007

An energy tax for the European Union

PALO ALTO, Calif. — U.S. President George W. Bush's disastrous war in Iraq has put Europe in a bind. The United States long has been Europe's protector. Now, because of a war it wanted no part of, Europe finds its security undermined.

COMMENTARY / World

May 28, 2007

Sarkozy should look north for a model

PALO ALTO, Calif. — In gearing up to take France on a new economic course, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's choices are not confined to Anglo-American neoliberalism and the dying French model of social protection. There are other viable alternatives, one of which is the German model. Germany, after all, is now one of the fastest growing countries in the euro zone. So it must be doing something right.

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 4, 2007

Good reasons to be bullish about the Europe Union

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The European Union has been so successful that you would have thought there would be dancing in the streets at its 50th anniversary. Alas, there has been only persistent talk of failure -- to achieve political union, to adopt a constitution, to exercise global leadership and vision, to implement economic reforms and the list of laments goes on.

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 31, 2007

Uneven growth presents a challenge for Europe

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A year ago, the euro zone's most important challenge was anemic economic growth. But 2006 turned out to be a good year for growth in Europe, as surprising strength in exports sparked unexpected increases in domestic demand. Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, had a particularly dramatic turnaround, with annual GDP up by 2.7 percent in 2006, the highest rate since 2000.

COMMENTARY / World

Nov 6, 2006

Europe's misguided 'growth pessimists'

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- So deep is the pessimism in Europe about the economy that the better the economy does today, the worse people think it will do tomorrow.

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 24, 2006

The art of making classical music fans

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- September is traditionally the time when opera companies and orchestras return to their home cities from Aix, Salzburg, Tanglewood and countless other summer festivals. This is also marked (on both sides of the Atlantic) by the return of worries about how classical music is financed.

COMMENTARY / World

May 20, 2006

Is Europe turning toward a strong euro?

PALO ALTO, California -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet made news at the press conference following the May meeting of the ECB Governing Council not by what he said, but by what he did not say.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 31, 2006

Let free trade offset guest-worker limits

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Negative public opinion in the United States was the key factor behind the defeat of the proposed deal to turn over management of six U.S. ports to an Arab company. But the rejection of Dubai Ports World has disturbed America's trading partners and globalization advocates, who see it as a sign that America's commitment to an open economy is waning.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.

The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores

By Alex K.T. Martin

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