Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| AFRICA'S CAPITALIST REVOLUTION Many economies in Africa have remained largely sheltered from the global financial crisis. To keep economic development there on track, the West must avoid protectionist impulses... |
| JAPAN'S FISCAL FRAILTY Japan's state social security spending could reach Y41,000 billion ($430 billion) in 2015, up 42 percent from 2006... |
| ASIA WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN INNOVATION? Reports of the death of America's technological leadership are greatly exaggerated, say observers... |
| VENEZUELA'S BRAIN DRAIN An estimated 1 million Venezuelans have moved away since Hugo Chávez came into power... |
| CHINA VS. CIVIL SOCIETY As the recent closure of a Beijing-based independent think tank shows, when the Communist Party wins, the people los, say observers... |
| THE COST OF LOW FERTILITY IN EUROPE In the long run, low rates of fertility are associated with diminished economic growth, say researchers... |
| NO EXIT IN JAPAN What Japan needs is more bankruptcies, not fewer, say observers... |
| GOVERNMENT'S PROFLIGATE FISCAL POLICIES LIKELY TO LEAD TO 1970S-STYLE STAGFLATION The United Kingdom faces a deadly deficit crisis, says David B. Smith, a professor at the University of Derby... |
| WAR STARTS AT HOME The physical security of women is strongly associated with the peacefulness of the state, according to study... |
| CHINA'S RUNAWAY BRIDES It's cold cash, not cold feet, motivating runaway brides in China, say observers... |
