ECONOMICS
FINANCE and TRADE,
including the
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
Suggested reading & research
Books:
- Humes, Edward, Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation, 2016
- Acemoglu, Daron & Robinson, James, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, 2013
- Tooze, Adam, CRASHED: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, 2018
- Mayer, Jane, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, 2016
- "Looking Back at the Economic Crash of 2008" by Fareed Zakariah in "The New York Times," Aug 10, 2018, a review of CRASHED: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
- "Epidemics in the Age of Interconnection" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "How Countries Are Handling It" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "What the Coronavirus Says About Globalization" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "[What the Coronavirus Says About Globalization] … And US-China ‘Decoupling’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "Roubini: We’re Doomed" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "‘Disease X’ Is Here" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "The US Trade Deficit Is Soaring, and That’s Fine" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "What the Wuhan Virus Could Mean for the World Economy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Was the Trade Deal Overhyped?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "How Long Will the Dollar Stay on Top?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- Briefing," Jan 20, 2020 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
"For Developing Countries, Is Oil No Longer a Path to Success?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020 - "America’s New Feudalism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
- "Is a Financial War Next?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
- "The World Made Huge Strides in the 2010s" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
- "For Capitalism to Survive, Does Taxation Need to Change?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "Why Trade Wars Are Bad News for Asia’s Emerging Economies" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "Is America About to Kill the WTO?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 5, 2019
- "The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 2, 2019"America’s Economy Isn’t the Most Competitive" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "Global Trade Is on a Collision Course With Global Warming" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 2, 2019
- "Socialism doesn’t work? An emerging middle class of Bolivians would beg to differ." by Anthony Faiola in "The Washington Post," Oct 16, 2019
- "Is America’s Friendship for Sale?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "The World Seeks a New Financial Leader" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "Is the Trade Deal Fake?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "With Japan, Trump Achieves ‘TPP-Minus’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "Global Economic ‘Chicken’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "America Is Losing the Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "Off Balance in the Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign" by Eyck Freymann in "The Atlantic," Aug 17, 2019
- "Like All Tariffs, Trump’s Won’t Work" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "Take It Easy on Credit" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Could Facebook Cause a Banking Crisis?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "The Never-Ending Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "Is China the World’s Loan Shark?" by Deborah Brautigam in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "Socialist! Capitalist! Economic Systems as Weapons in a War of Words" by Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times," April 19, 2019
- "Remittances Hit a Record High—and an Industry Grows Around Them" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "The $80 Trillion World Economy in One Chart" by Jeff Desjardins on "Visual Capitalist," Oct 10, 2018
- "Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met: 'The World Between Empires'” by Holland Carter in "The New York Times," March 14, 2019
- "Debt? What debt? At $22 trillion, here's the argument the national debt doesn't matter" by Z. Byron Wolf on "CNN Politics," Jan 19, 2019
- "Will Trump’s World-Bank Pick Go After China?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Davos is a microcosm of the world — and the outlook is grim" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 24, 2019
- "The Investor Seth Klarman, in a Rare Interview, Offers a Warning. Davos Should Listen" by Evan Osnos in "The New Yorker," Jan 22, 2019
- "Economics Falls From Grace" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "What About the Next Crisis?" by Christine Lagarde ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "A Himalayan Experiment in Universal Income" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "China’s 5G Fight Continues" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "The Postal Worker’s Christmas" by Sarah Anderson in "The New York Times," Dec 18, 2018
- "Are we at 'peak America'?" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Trump in the 'G-Zero' world" by Fred Kaplan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Trump: 'Battles sometimes make great friendships.'" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Mexico’s Transformation Starts Tomorrow" by Shannon K. O'Neil on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Beware the Tourism Curse" by Geert Vansintjan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "The Downside of Fighting Corruption?" by Jamie Shenk on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "The World’s Most Competitive Economy Is..." by Oliver Cann on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "After Nobel in Economics, William Nordhaus Talks About Who’s Getting His Pollution-Tax Ideas Right" by Coral Davenport in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2018
- "The Big Winner of the Financial Crisis?" by Philip Stephens (in "Financial Times") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "The Fish Fights Are Coming" by Kate Higgins-Bloom (in "Foreign Policy") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "Some Good News on Inequality" from "The Economist" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "Trump’s trade deal before the trade war" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Emerging markets feel the heat" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Trump’s trade deal before the trade war" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Emerging markets feel the heat" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Big Business Reaps Trump’s Whirlwind" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," July 5, 2018
- "Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy" by Peter S. Goodman, Ian Austen & Elisabeth Malkin in "The New York Times," June 16, 2018
- "America, Hold on to Your Allies. You’ll Need Them." by Bonnie S. Glaser in "The New York Times," June 5, 2018
- "Global debt is at historic highs and governments should start cutting levels now, the IMF says" by Cheang Ming on "CNBC," April 18, 2018
- "Donald Trump and the Next Crash: Making the Fed an Instrument for Disaster" by Nomi Prins on "TomDispatch," April 26, 2018
- tand" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," March 8, 2018
- "The TPP Is Dead. Long Live The Trans-Pacific Trade Deal" by Colin Dwyer on "NPR," March 8, 2018
- "Trump Hates the Trade Deficit. Most Economists Don't." by Kim Tankersley in "The New York Times," March 5, 2018
- "Buy American, but fix the system too" by Bilal Y. Saab on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 5, 2018
- "Is the Populist Revolt Over? Not if Robots Have Their Way" by Eduardo Porter in "The New York Times," Jan 30, 2018
- "Every One of the World’s Big Economies Is Now Growing" by Peter S. Goodman in "The New York Times," Jan 27, 2018
- "Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari 'terrorism,' sells it $12 bn in F-15s" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 15, 2017
- "US rethinks Chinese investment in AI start-ups" by Leo Kelion on "BBC.news," June 14, 2017
- "Chinese Maker of Ivanka Trump's Shoes Looks for Cheaper Labor" by Keith Bradsher in "The New York Times," June 1, 2017
- "Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat: Who Will Take America’s Place in Asia?" by John Feffer on "TomDispatch.com," June 1, 2017
- "Trump's United American Emirate" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," May 31, 2017
- "Saudi Arabia the Next Stop on China’s Maritime Silk Road" on "The News Lens," March 23, 2017
- "An English Sheep Farmer’s View of Rural America" by James Rebanks in "The New York Times," March 1, 2017
- "Will Trump Complete the Pacific Pivot?" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 14, 2017
- "A Concerned Citizen's Plea to America's Business Leaders" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Feb 1, 2017
- "Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 1, 2017
- "Trump Threatens Europe's Stability, a Top Leader Warns" by James Kanter in "The New York Times," Jan 31, 2017
- "Make China Great Again" by Davis Leonhardt in "The New York Times," Jan 31, 2017
- "Trump administration circulates more draft immigration restrictions, focusing on protecting U.S. jobs" by Abigail Hauslohner & Janell Ross in "The Washington Post," Jan 31, 2017
- "Donald Trump Is Handing China the World" by David Axe on "The Daily Beast," Jan 31, 2017
- "In Defense of a Liberal Order" by Justus de Visser on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 27, 2016
- "What the Death of T.P.P. Means for America" by Adam Davidson in "The New Yorker," Jan 23, 2017
- "Nafta’s Net U.S. Impact Is Modest" by By Jacob M. Schlesinger, Andrew Tangel & Valerie Bauerlein in "The Wall STreet Journal," Jan 27, 2017
- "Trump Prepares Orders Aiming at Global Funding and Treaties" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," Jan 25, 2017
- "In Era of Trump, China's President Champions Economic Globalization" by Peter S. Goldman in "The New York Times," Jan 17, 2017
- "Why Trump Can't Make It 1981 Again" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Jan 14, 2017
- "How the Arrogance of Cold War Triumph brought us this Low" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Jan 9, 2017
- "'China freight train' in first trip to Barking" on "BBC News," Jan 3, 2017
- "What Nutmeg Can Tell Us About Nafta" by Amitav Ghosh in "The New York Times," Dec 30, 2016
- "And the Trade War Came" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," Dec 26, 2016
- "Trump’s fight against Made-in-Mexico could carry price on both sides of border" by Nick Miroff & Joshua Partlow in "The Washington Post," Dec 1, 2016
- "Trump's Chaos Theory: A Single Tweet Causes Jobs To Return" by Steven Rattner in "The New York Times," Dec 1, 2016
- "Japan: Trepidation about Transactional Politics" by James L. Schoff at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "India: Perplexity on Top of Uncertainty" by Ashley J. Tellis at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Want America First? Try Free Trade" by Thomas J. Bollyky & Edward Alden in "The New York Times," Nov 14, 2016
- "What kind of relationship will Trump have with the UK?" by James Landale on "BBC News," Nov 15, 2016
- "When Borders Close" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2016
- "What Is Lost by Burying the Trans-Pacific Partnership?" by Jackie Calmes in "The New York Times," Nov 11, 2016
- "Will the US election mean the end of free trade?" by Stephen Boyle in "The Guardian," Nov 4, 2016
- "British court delivers blow to E.U. exit plan, insists Parliament has a say" by Griff Witte in "The Washington Post," Nov 3, 2016
- "A Little-Noticed Fact About Trade: It's No Longer Rising" by Binyamin Appelbaum in "The New York Times," Oct 30, 2016
- "A pivot to where?" by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2016
- "'Brexit,' Migration, Trade: E.U.'s List of Crises Keeps Growing" by James Kanter & Stephen Castle in "The New York Times," Oct 20, 2016
- "England's Forgotten Muslim History" by Jerry Brotton in "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "Obama Is Now Alone In Washington" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Sept 1, 2016
- "Why Dropping the Trans-Pacific Partnership May Be a Bad Idea" by Eduardo Porter in "The New York Times," July 26, 2016
- "Neighbors Stand Up to Venezuela" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," July 11, 2016
- "Venezuelan women push past border controls for food" on "BBC.com," July 6, 2016
- "Overwhelmed by 'Brexit'? Here Are the Basics" by Niraj Choksi, Daniel Victor & Sewell Chan in "The New York Times, June 24, 2016
- "The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after `voting to leave it" by Brian Fung in "The Washington Post," June 24, 2016
- "Britain's Dangerous Urge to Go It Alone" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times, " June 17, 2016
- "Why Britain is Edging Toward 'Brexit'" by Peter Eavis in "The New York Times," June 7, 2016
- "Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate Over Global Facism" by Peter Baker in "The New York Times," May 28, 2016
- "How Venezuela Fell Into Crisis, and What Could Happen Next" by Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," May 27, 2016
- "Divided by trade" by Colleen Walsh in "Harvard Gazette," May 13, 2016
- "Trump’s refreshing foreign policy heresy" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 14, 2016
- "Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 26, 2016
- "The Mirage of a Return to Manufacturing Greatness" by Eduardo Porter in "The New York Times," April 26, 2016
- "The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Weighing anchor" in "The Economist," Oct 10, 2015
- "Intra-Regional Trade: Potential Catalyst for Growth in the Middle East" by Bernard Hoekman on "Middle East Institute," April 20, 2016
- "A New Map for America" by Parag Khanna in "The New York Times," April 15, 2016
- "Asia’s Silk Road Revival Shows the Age of the West Is Coming to an End" by Peter Frankopan on "Huffington Post," April 14, 2016
- "Danish Bronze Age glass beads traced to Egypt" by Jeanette Varberg, Flemming Kaul & Bernard Gratuze on "ScienceNordic," Dec 8, 2014
- "Treasure-Laden Shipwreck Found off African Coast" by Donna Bryson on "National Geographic News," May 2, 2008
- "Cannabis, Coca, & Poppy: Nature’s Addictive Plants" on "Deamuseum.org" [undated] (includes history and trade routes)
- "What’s behind the revolt against global integration?" by Lawrence Summers in "The Washington Post," April 10, 2016
- "The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 17, 2016
- "China Sees Itself at Center of New Asian Order" by Jeremy Page in "The Wall Street Journal," Nov 9, 2014 (with map of New Silk Roads) (Click here for 9-page PDF file)
- "About the Silk Road" on "UNESCO.org" [undated]
- "The 'New Silk Road' and the Development of Sino-Iranian Relations" by by Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, and Wu Bingbing on "Going to Tehran," Jan 28, 2015
- "China's 'New Silk Road' Vision Revealed" by Shannon Tiezzi in "The Diplomat," May 9, 2014 (includes link to [Chinese] map of New Silk Road)
- "Jobs and Trade on the Campaign Trail" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," April 2, 2016
- "The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It Won’t Make America Great Again" by Neil Irwin in "The New York Times," March 27, 2016
- "Let Trump Make Our Trans-Pacific Trade Deal" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 16, 2016
- "What Trump and Sanders Get Wrong About Free Trade" by Miriam Shapiro in "The New York Times," March 16, 2016
- "Mr. Sanders peddles fiction on free trade" by "The Washington Point" Editorial Board, March 9, 2016
- "Hillary Clinton’s Opportunist Solution!" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2015
- "Grandmaster of the Great Game: Obama’s Geopolitical Strategy for Containing China or Maintaining American Supremacy in the Twenty-First Century" by Alfred W. McCoy on "TomDispatch.com," Sept 15, 2015
- "The V.C.s of B.C." by Adam Davidson in "The New York Times Magazine," Aug 27, 2015 "
- Can Congress stop the Iran deal?" by Amber Phillips in "The Washington Post," July 14, 2015
- "The Democratic Tea Party" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," June 16, 2015
- "The Pacific Age," a special report in "The Economist, Nov 15, 2014
- "Trade and Trust" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," May 22, 2015:
- "Car States Balk at Trade Pact' by William Mauldin in "The Wall Street Journal," May 19, 2015
- "Trans-Pacific Fiasco" by Gary Anderson, in "The Times Record," May 21, 2015
- "Perils of Globalization When Factories Close and Towns Struggle" by Binyamin Appelbaum in "The New York Times," May 17, 2015
- "Free Trade Is Not the Enemy" by William M. Daley in "The New York Times," May 19, 2015
- "You can’t stop the trade machine" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," May 14, 2015
- So Much Water, So Many Ships (2012) by Robby Berman on "Slate.com," March 14, 2016 - an incredible visualization of global shipping traffic.
- The President's plan for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- "Trans-Pacific Partnership" article on Wikipedia
Maps:
The Silk and Spice Routes (UNESCO)
The Silk and Spice Routes (UNESCO)
- Cities along the Silk Roads (UNESCO interactive map)
- New Silk Roads (Wall Street Journal, Nov 9, 2014)
Click on maps to enlarge.
RCEP = Regional Comprensive Economic Partnership
RCEP = Regional Comprensive Economic Partnership
McCarthur's map is a good illustration of the Pacific Rim.