Is Anything Recession Proof?
Well, it turns out microfinance institutions and microenterprises may very well be. In an interesting reversal of fortunes, small, flexible and locally connected microfinance institutions seem to be...
View ArticleOne Government’s Jackpot is Another Government’s Vice
Casinos count as one of the most recession-proof industries. They are also a convenient source of tax revenue for governments. That’s why many legislators tend to relax their moral reservations towards...
View ArticleISN Weekly Theme: Charging the Future
Consumers aren’t the only ones maxing out their credit cards. Governments are funding stimulus packages in the hope of bringing their national economies back to life. But in today’s pensive economic...
View ArticleIs Economic Recovery on the Horizon?
This week the ISN asks whether a global economic recovery could soon be in sight despite mixed economic indicators and rumblings of a ‘double-dip’ recession. This ISN Special Report contains the...
View ArticleThe Push for Pensions
Europeans are talking about retirement. Yet, in France at least, it’s the youth who are most angry. Today the biggest protest movement since President Sarkozy took office continued for a tenth day....
View ArticleThe Great Recession: Sliding Out of Memory?
As Asian economies keep posting positive growth numbers with the momentum for a full recovery shifting irreversibly to the East, and as banker’s bonuses and Wall Street profits return to pre-2007 days,...
View ArticleHow to Make Trade Easier
WASHINGTON, DC – The world is now in the fourth year of the Great Recession. So far, the economies belonging to the World Trade Organization have resisted the kind of widespread protectionism that...
View ArticleReinventing the European Dream
PRINCETON – The euro crisis and Queen Elizabeth’s recent Jubilee seem to have nothing in common. In fact, together they impart an important lesson: the power of a positive narrative – and the...
View ArticleWhat’s Ailing France?
PARIS – France is gravely ill. So ill, in fact, that Standard & Poor’s recently cut its sovereign-credit rating – the country’s second downgrade in less than two years. The decision was accompanied...
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