Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Monetary policy

Stop Bribery Everywhere

Ben Heineman — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:08:27 -0400

May 19, 2009

"The most immediate and direct step for U.S. companies is to enlist (and test) the new administration to use its muscle to prevent U.S. business and labor from being disadvantaged by "protectionist" nonenforcement of the international commitment to stop developed-world bribery in other industrialized nations."

The Social Market Roots of Democratic Peace

Michael Mousseau — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:23:46 -0400

Democracy does not cause peace among nations. An analysis of conflicts from 1961 to 2001 shows that the absence of war between democratic countries depends on domestic economic factors-such as a contract-intensive economy-rather than on democracy. Because China and Russia lack this type of economy, an economic divide will define great power politics in the coming decade. Democratic leaders of nations with contract-intensive economies would do better to support global economic opportunity than to promote democracy abroad.

Sir John Gieve Named Senior Fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Sharon Wilke — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:32:29 -0500

Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of Bank of England, has been named senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He will work on the international economic crisis and on the differing UK and US approaches to countering terrorism.

Bribery Warrants Global War

Ben Heineman — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:09:02 -0500

"Anti-corruption rhetoric exceeds commitment and accomplishment, especially in emerging-market nations. Building durable, transparent and accountable institutions in the highly diverse developing world -- with failed, failing, fragile and rising states -- is key, though complex and time-consuming."

The Crisis: A Tale of Two Monetary Policies

Martin Feldstein — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:17:06 -0400

Martin Feldstein compares and analyzes the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserves differing approaches at countering the current financial crisis.

What is the greenback’s sustainable value?

Martin Feldstein — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:17:47 -0400

Martin Feldstein explains how the falling dollar impacts the value of the U.S.'s imports and exports in the international market and what needs to happen to stop the dollar from falling further.

Size Matters

Richard N. Rosecrance — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:22:33 -0400

"As the American political system hurtles toward its quadrennial encounter with the oracle of democracy, it is worth our while to take stock of the country's place in a world beset by bewilderingly rapid change. (Heaven knows none of the candidates will bother to do this.) I want to suggest that an old yet generally neglected subject remains particularly relevant: the relationship between the size of political units and the effective scale of systems of economic production and exchange. Another way to describe this relationship is by recourse to the hoary scholarly phrase "political economy", a term of art that has unfortunately gone out of style...."