Trade & Globalization

Savings as a Tool for International Development

Kirsten Gilbert — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/15/2009 - 12:15pm

Can savings-led programs ensure poverty reduction? Policymakers, researchers and development practitioners around the world are examining new products and methods for saving in order to build assets at the bottom of the pyramid. The experience with Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and other matched savings programs, from the US to Uganda, have successfully benefitted the poor and brought them into the formal financial system.

Lisa Margonelli on Climate Legislation | New America/Politico Live Chat

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:13:00 -0400

Lisa Margonelli, author of Oil on the Brain and director of New America's Energy Policy Initiative, takes questions on the current state of the energy and climate debate in this week's New America/Politico Live Chat ...

The G20 Through Beer Goggles | Public Radio International

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:56:00 -0400

"Trade is the, if not the elephant in the room, certainly some animal as yet to be defined that's in the room," said Douglas Rediker. ...

How Detroit Went Bottom-Up

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:47:00 -0400

In the spring of 2005, David Stockman at last reaped the reward of the monopolist.

Stockman, who once served as Ronald Reagan's budget director, spent two decades on Wall Street preparing for this moment. After stints at Salomon Brothers and the Blackstone Group, Stockman in 1999 set up his own private investment fund, Heartland Industrial Partners. He then used Heartland to shape a set of companies -- mainly in the automotive sector -- each dedicated to dominating a particular group of production activities.

Financial Regulation | BusinessWeek

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:21:00 -0400

"Had the world economy collapsed, and there was a reason to believe it could have, the leaders of this country and others may have been forced to take hugely dramatic steps," says Douglas Rediker, a former investment banker now running the New America Foundation's Global Strategic Finance Initiative. ... Original Article

Lessons from Lehman's Failure | BusinessWeek

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:06:00 -0400

"Any argument that Lehman's collapse served the positive purpose of letting the world financial system participants know there was a risk to be had, that message lasted 24 hours," said Doug Rediker, Director of New America Foundation's Global Strategic Finance Initiative and former Lehman Brothers investment banker. "We may now have the inverse message: There are banks that are too big to fail."... Original Article

Japan Rethinks Reform

Next Social Contract — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:09:00 -0400

"The Koizumi reforms" was one of the portmanteau concepts most commonly bandied about in Japanese political debates in the summer of 2009 as the parties geared up for the August election. Japan had in fact embarked on its neo-liberal agenda of deregulation and privatization well before the charismatic Mr. Koizumi laconically offered his "no gain without pain" recipes, but it was pushed with most enthusiasm during his premiership from 2001 to 2006.

Corruption Hampers Mexico's Battle Against Drugs | Worldfocus

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:01:00 -0400

Andres Martinez, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the Americas summit, the drug war and the U.S. commitment to ... and more »

Mexico Might Not Have the U.S. to Kick Around Anymore

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:02:00 -0400

The United States hasn't prevailed in Mexico City since Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought alongside each other to vanquish Santa Ana, but the American soccer team will try again today as it takes on the Mexican national team in a key World Cup qualifying match in Azteca Stadium. Despite how fiercely competitive the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry has become in the last two decades, the Americans have never won in Mexico City.

North American Neighbors Meet to Discuss Cross-Border Issues | NewsHour

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:45:00 -0400

Andres Martinez of the New America Foundation discussed the necessity of a close relationship between the "intertwined countries" with the NewsHour. ... and more »