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Flexible economic institutions
Has Brazil created flexible and creative structures to deal with volatile economic cycles? Survival of the quickest Nov 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition Frequent crises have made for strong banks and nimble financiers BRAZILIAN businessmen often say that the country’s recent economic past has strengthened companies, and especially banks. The argument goes likeContinue reading “Flexible economic institutions”
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?
BlackRock Emerging Markets co-manager Dan Tubbs thinks so. In an interview to London based CITYWIRE, he says ” investors may be missing a trick in failing to look further than the big four in emerging markets. Spotting undiscovered markets is a tomb rule for high investment performance.But what are the risks involved? Tubbs has aContinue reading “Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?”
Former CIA Officer on Brazil in Iran Negotiations
A positive view of the recent diplomacy Former CIA officer on Iran: Brazil and Turkey are vital checks and balances Shouldn’t the world welcome the actions of two significant, responsible, democratic, and rational states to intervene and help check the foolishnesses of decades of US policy on Iran? By Graham E. Fuller posted May 24,Continue reading “Former CIA Officer on Brazil in Iran Negotiations”
Brazilian Nuclear Diplomacy
Brazil, Turkey and Iran Not just any deal will do May 20th 2010 From The Economist print edition Have Brazil and Turkey helped solve a brewing nuclear crisis, or made it worse? TO IRAN’S irrepressible president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the deal was a triumph for the powers of the future over “the tyrant powers [who] belongContinue reading “Brazilian Nuclear Diplomacy”