Few people could have imagined that the people's uprising in Tunisia would have such far-reaching consequences. On the 14th of January 2011, the former president was forced to flee the country....
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Posted inArchive, Business
Guest Commentary: Pros and Cons of the New Global Stock Market
In the age of globalization, national borders are losing their meaning. Trade knows no nation, religion, and borders. Increasing profits and fulfilling the demands and needs of shareholders has become...
Posted inArchive, Business
Commentary: China Seeks Greater Role for Yuan in Global Trade
The U.S. has had the world’s dominant currency for almost a century and has long enjoyed the benefits of that position. But while the U.S. uses the dollar's position to...
Posted inArchive, Education
Guest Commentary: The European Debt Crisis
As a master’s student in international finance and economic policy at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly known as Sciences Po, and a regular reader of GlobalAtlanta, I have...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Guest Commentary: China-U.S. Trade in the ‘Year of the Rabbit’
In welcoming the Chinese New Year, Donald Tong, commissioner of Hong Kong to the U.S., said during a ceremony at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History on Feb. 14, that...
Posted inArchive, Books
Reader Picks: Best Books of 2010 — Part 2
Editor’s note: In a way, books are like mirrors. What we read helps us understand who we are. At GlobalAtlanta, we know our readers reflect an interest in Atlanta’s role...
Posted inArchive, Books
Reader Picks: Best Books of 2010 — Part 1
Editor’s note: In a way, books are like mirrors. What we read helps us understand who we are. At GlobalAtlanta, we know our readers reflect an interest in Atlanta‘s role...
Posted inArchive, Education
Commentary: Differences in Georgia-Israel Real Estate Law
In America, signing the purchase and sale agreement in a real estate transaction is only one step in the process. But in Israel, that represents the final step. In America,...
Posted inArchive, Education
Commentary: Additional Fed Easing Is Not the Answer
Fiscal and not monetary policy should be used to reduce U.S. unemployment. While this would increase the federal deficit in the short run, we should learn from the lesson of...
Posted inArchive, Business
Commentary: No Nonstop Flight From Atlanta to Shanghai; No Problem?
GlobalAtlanta reporter Trevor Williams is currently on a reporting trip to China. Check our blog for updates and media. Two years ago, I followed Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue onto a...