KRISIS EKONOMI: Sebanyak 60 Juta Warga Asia Jatuh Miskin

30 September 2009 in Oikos-Nomos
Tags: ADB, kemiskinan Asia

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Hanoi, Senin – Krisis ekonomi global akan tetap mengakibatkan lebih dari 60 juta warga Asia berada dalam kemiskinan tahun ini. Selain itu juga perlu fokus mengenai kesejahteraan sosial, termasuk kesehatan.
Demikian diungkapkan oleh pemimpin Bank Pembangunan Asia (ADB), Senin (28/9).

G20 summit sets stage for sharpening of international tensions

27 September 2009 in G20
Tags: emerging economies, G20 summit, The Pittsburgh summit

By Barry Grey
26 September 2009

http://wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/summ-s26.shtml
The Pittsburgh summit of the Group of 20 leading economies concluded Friday with the issuing of a joint communiqué contrived to mask sharpening conflicts between the major powers over policies to revive the world economy and stav off another financial meltdown.
The major points of contention—between the US and Europe, the US [...]

Great power conflicts overhang G20 summit in Pittsburgh

25 September 2009 in G20
Tags: Barry Grey, Eswar Prasad, G20 summit, global imbalances

By Barry Grey
24 September 2009

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As political leaders and central bankers gather for the Group of 20 summit of major economies, to be held today and Friday in Pittsburgh, they face the task of papering over increasingly open and embittered conflicts over policies to revive the world economy and prevent another financial disaster.
One year after the [...]

On eve of G20 summit: Economic danger signs

25 September 2009 in G20
Tags: Andre Damon, Ben Bernanke, G20 summit, Steven Ricchiuto, Wall Street, William White

23 September 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/pers-s23.shtml
One year after the onset of the financial crisis and on the eve of the G20 summit this weekend, the political establishment is proclaiming imminent recovery from the greatest economic crisis since the Second World War.
“From a technical perspective, the recession is very likely over,” Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve Chairman, said last [...]

The global jobs crisis

24 September 2009 in Oikos-Nomos
Tags: Angel Gurría, jobs crisis, OECD, Tom Eley

18 September 2009

http://wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/pers-s19.shtml
New reports on unemployment, poverty and hunger released this week demonstrate that the global economic crisis is being used to effect a basic restructuring of social relations characterized by long-term high unemployment and the impoverishment of the working class.
An Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study released Wednesday reports that by the [...]