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Columns and Commentaries
Welcome to GDAE's Globalization and Sustainable Development Program commentaries page. Here you will find notable columns and commentaries on a range of global issues from Kevin P.Gallagher, Timothy A. Wise, and Lyuba Zarsky.
GDAE researchers write regularly for the Triple Crisis Blog. Read posts by Kevin P. Gallagher, Timothy A. Wise, and Lyuba Zarsky on the Triple Crisis Blog. Gallagher also writes regularly for the Financial Times (see columns below), Politico (read columns), and The Guardian (see monthly columns).
Latest Columns and Commentaries
U.S. running out of time to reset Latin American economic approach, Kevin P. Gallagher, The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2013
Time for the US to rethink its LatAm strategy, Kevin P. Gallagher, beyondbrics in The Financial Times,
May 31, 2013
Latin America playing a risky game by welcoming in the Chinese dragon, Kevin P. Gallagher, The Guardian, May 30, 2013
The Damaging Links Between Food, Fuel and Finance: A growing threat to food security, Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 8, 2013
Kevin Gallagher
U.S. running out of time to reset Latin American economic approach, Kevin P. Gallagher, The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2013
Time for the US to rethink its LatAm strategy, Kevin P. Gallagher, beyondbrics in The Financial Times,
May 31, 2013
Latin America playing a risky game by welcoming in the Chinese dragon, Kevin P. Gallagher, The Guardian, May 30, 2013
The Political Economy of Managing Capital Flows in South Korea and South Africa, Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 5, 2013
IMF's New View on Capital Controls, Kevin P Gallagher and Jose Antonio Ocampo, Economic & Political Weekly Vol - XLVIII No. 12, March 23, 2013
Don’t trade away financial stability in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreeement, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, March 6, 2013
China is the new bank in Latin America. Is it a better deal?, by Kevin P. Gallagher and Estefanía Marchán, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 11, 2013
Capital outflow should be regulated, Kevin P. Gallagher, Letter to the Editor of Financial Times, February 7, 2013
China, el nuevo banco de América Latina, Kevin P. Gallagher and Estefanía Marchán, El Universo, February 5, 2013
The IMF’s New Transfers Policy and the Trading System by Kevin P. Gallagher, Investment Treaty News, January 14, 2013
IMF May Be on Collision Course with Trade Policy, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, December 14, 2012
What was heresy is now (still far from) endorsed as orthodox at the IMF Kevin P. Gallagher, Al Jazeera, December 11, 2012
The IMF’s Half Step, Kevin P. Gallagher, Project Syndicate, December 5, 2012
Romney’s Latin American Trade Plan: The Devil is in the Detail, Kevin P Gallagher Americas Quarterly Blog, October 29, 2012
Development’s Last Giant? Remembering Alice Amsden, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, October 23, 2012
Mexico: Always Promising, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, October 11, 2012
Trade rules should not constrain fixing global finance, Kevin P. Gallagher, Al Jazeera, September 26, 2012.
Let’s not get ‘carried away’ by Bernanke’s latest twist, Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, September 25, 2012
Brazil: Emerging markets can regulate global finance, Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, July 10, 2012
Tired of Waiting for a 21st Century Trade Agreement: Developing Countries, the TPP, and Regulating Cross Border Finance, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, June 13, 2012
Blinded by the (Solar) Light, Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, May 22, 2012
Los bancos chinos en América latina, Kevin P. Gallagher, Página/12, May 14, 2012
Historic Moment for the IMF, Kevin Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones, and Jose Ocampo, Financial Times, May 29, 2012
Cross-border financial regulation is justified now more than ever, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Poverty Matters Blog from The Guardian, April 19, 2012
Close the flood gates of speculative capital flows, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Al Jazeera, April 11, 2012.
Over 100 Economists Endorse Jose Antonio Ocampo for World Bank President, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 4, 2012
José Antonio Ocampo for (World Bank) president, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Poverty Matters Blog from The Guardian, April 2, 2012
Guest post: Why Ocampo – not Kim – should be next World Bank president, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, March 23, 2012
Forget the received wisdom: Chinese finance in Latin America is a win-win by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, March 16, 2012
Remembering Alice Amsden, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, March 16, 2012
Not a Great Deal for Asia, by Kevin P. Gallagher, The American Prospect, March 13, 2012
At 65, the IMF is changing - for the better, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Al Jazeera, March 12, 2012.
Taming the liquidity tide, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times March 8, 2012
Malaysia needs to maintain capital regulation tools, by Michael Lim Mah-Hui and Kevin P. Gallagher, The Edge Malaysia , March 5, 2012.
Yuan diplomacy, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Al Jazeera, February 29, 2012.
100 Economists Call for Trans-Pacific Trade Deal to Allow Capital Controls, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 28, 2012.
Guest post: Not so “sweetheart deals” from China in Latin America, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, February 23, 2012
A Better Deal? Chinese Finance in Latin America, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Katherine Koleski and Amos Irwin, Americas Quarterly, February 16, 2012
Will the U.S.-Colombia FTA benefit Colombia? No, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Americas Quarterly, Winter 2012
Capital controls are not beggar thy neighbour, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Financial Times, January 23, 2012.
Bamboozled by the TPP: The Small Benefits and Real Costs of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, by Kevin P. Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, January 23, 2012.
The IMF must heed G20 decisions, by Kevin P. Gallagher, The Guardian, November 29, 2011.
Spotlight G20: BRICS should condition Euro bailouts on growth and more say, Kevin P. Gallagher,GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, November 3, 2011.
The G-20's helpful silence on capital controls, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Jose Antonio Ocampo and Stephany Griffith-Jones, Project Syndicate, October 30, 2011.
Beyond the G-20: Mitigating the Costs of Global Imbalances in the Absence of Global Coordination, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Global Policy Journal, October 28, 2011.
Trading Away Development: The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Kevin P. Gallagher,GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, October 3, 2011.
An Intergovernmental Panel on Systemic Economic Risk, by Kevin Gallagher, Policy Innovations, May 10, 2011.
Controlling cross-border capital flows, by Kevin P. Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones, José Antonio Ocampo, Korea Times, April, 25, 2011
Curbing Hot Capital Flows to Protect the Real Economy, by Stephany Griffith-Jones and Kevin Gallagher, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46 No. 03, January 15 -21, 2011.
Latin America Must See China as a Trade Threat as well as a Partner,
by Kevin Gallagher, Financial Times, November 11, 2010.
Dangers of Unrestrained Commerce, by Kevin P Gallagher and Jayati Ghosh, Mint (daily newspaper of the Wall Street Journal in India), November 3, 2010.
Capital Controls are Prudent but Not Easy, by Kevin Gallagher, Financial Times, October 20, 2010.
Post-Crisis Economics: Are We All Structuralists Now? by Kevin Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 21, 2010.
US-China Investment Treaty: A Threat to Stability and Growth in China, by Kevin Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, June 15, 2010.
US trade agreements threaten emerging markets' financial stability by Kevin Gallagher, Financial Times, May 11, 2010.
Would the Real IMF Please Stand Up? by Kevin Gallagher, Financial Times, April 21, 2010.
Control that Capital, Foreign Policy, March 29, 2010 -- Kevin Gallagher welcomes the IMF's endorsment of capital controls to ease financial crises in developing countries.
Obama's "New" Trade Policy: What Happened to Multilateralism? by Kevin Gallagher, Policy Innovations, Carnegie Council, March 22, 2010.
Obama’s New Trade Agenda: What happened to multilateralism and development? by Kevin Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, March 17, 2010.
Financial Regulatory Reform and US Investment Treaties, by Kevin Gallagher, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 5, 2010.
Reforming North American Trade Policy, by Kevin Gallagher and Timothy Wise, Americas Program Commentary, December 3, 2009. Also available in Spanish.
"Congressional Testimony on Improving Investment Agreements," Kevin Gallagher, May 14, 2009.
"Global Crisis in Need of Global Solutions," by Kevin Gallagher, in Latin American Trade Network LATN Nexos 7, March 2009.
"Comment: Congress is right to oppose trade deal with Colombia," by Kevin Gallagher, Reuters, April 9, 2008.
"Greening U.S. Trade," by Kevin Gallagher, Policy Innovations, April 9, 2007.
"Is
NAFTA Working For Mexico?" by Kevin
Gallagher, The Environmental Forum, May/June
2006.
"CAFTA
and the environment," by Kevin
Gallagher, The Providence Journal, April 11, 2005.
"NAFTA:
A Cautionary Tale," by Timothy Wise and Kevin Gallagher,
published by Foreign Policy in Focus and the
"Americas Program" of the Interhemispheric
Resource Center, October 24, 2002. (Also
available in Spanish.)
"Fast
Track: Fix It or Nix It" by
Kevin Gallagher, published by Foreign Policy in Focus and the "Americas Program" of the Interhemispheric
Resource Center, January 25, 2002. (Also
available in Spanish.)
"Have
Faith in Free Trade: The Greatest Story Oversold" by Kevin Gallagher, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 2001.
Timothy Wise
The Damaging Links Between Food, Fuel and Finance: A growing threat to food security, Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 8, 2013
Food Crisis Update: Main Drivers of Price Volatility Still Not Addressed, by Timothy A. Wise and Sophia Murphy, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 12, 2013
A year of squandered opportunities to resolve the food crisis, by Timothy A. Wise and Sophia Murphy, IATP Commentary, January 31, 2013
Resolving the food crisis: The need for decisive action, Timothy A. Wise & Sophia Murphy, Al Jazeera, January 30, 2013 (Also reprinted in Third World Economics: Trends and Analysis)
Biofuels and Hunger: The Story from Guatemala, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, January 7, 2013
Biofuels and the Right to Food: Time for the US to get its head out of the sand, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog,
November 27, 2012
Global Food Security in a Volatile World, Timothy A. Wise, World Politics Review, November 6, 2012
US corn ethanol fuels food crisis in developing countries, Timothy A. Wise, Al Jazeera English, October 10, 2012
Growing Out of the Food Crisis: Mexican Smallholders Key to Food Sovereignty, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, October 10, 2012
If we want food to remain cheap we need to stop putting it in our cars, by Timothy A. Wise, Economics Blog from The Guardian, September 5, 2012
Running on Empty: U.S. ethanol policies set to reach their illogical conclusion, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 23, 2012
Spotlight G-20: Mexico’s Surreal Leadership on Food Security, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, June 18, 2012
G-8 punts on food security … to the private sector, by Timothy A. Wise and Sophia Murphy, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, May 22, 2012
Spotlight G20: Will Mexico Lead Action on Biofuels, Food Crisis?, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, May 16, 2012
New Data Confirms Food Crisis Model: Warns of coming price spikes, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, March 6, 2012
Hitting Them Where They Drive: Will rising gas prices prompt action on commodity speculation?, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, March 5, 2012
Resolving the Food Crisis: Global leaders fail to make crucial reforms, by Timothy A. Wise and Sophia Murphy, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, January 18, 2012. Also available in Spanish and Portuguese.
Spotlight G20: More fodder for the food price debates: ethanol, speculation drove prices, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, October 19, 2011.
U.S. Trade Policy: Moving Backwards in the 21st Century, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, September 15, 2011.
Spotlight G20: Identifying the drivers of price volatility, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 27, 2011.
Spotlight G20: New Evidence of Speculation in financialized commodities markets, by Timothy A. Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 14, 2011.
What Food Crisis? Measuring Global Hunger, by Timothy A Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, June 9, 2011.
Doha Goes on Life Support, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, May 16, 2011. Also available in Spanish.
High Food Prices: Do family farmers benefit? by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 12, 2011.
Food Price Volatility: Market fundamentals and commodity speculation, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, January 27, 2011.
Are High Agricultural Prices Good or Bad for Poverty?, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, November 19, 2010.
Small-Scale Farmers and Development: Assume a different economic model, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, September 27, 2010.
Who Pays for Agricultural Dumping? Farmers in developing countries, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 29, 2010.
Going Beyond Immigration Policy by Timothy Wise, Foreign Policy in Focus, May 5, 2010.
Oped: Monopolies are Killing Our Farms by Timothy Wise, nationally syndicated starting April 12, 2010.
Agribusiness and the Food Crisis: A new thrust at anti-trust, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, March 22, 2010.
Aiding Haiti: Let’s get it right this time, by Timothy Wise, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 8, 2010.
Reforming North American Trade Policy, by Kevin Gallagher and Timothy Wise, Americas Program Commentary, December 3, 2009. Also available in Spanish.
"The
WTO's Development Crumbs," By Timothy
Wise, Foreign Policy in Focus, January 23,
2006.
"NAFTA:
A Cautionary Tale," by Timothy Wise and Kevin Gallagher,
published by Foreign Policy in Focus and the
"Americas Program" of the Interhemispheric
Resource Center, October 24, 2002. (Also
available in Spanish.)
Lyuba Zarsky
Spotlight Rio+20: A Hard Slog Towards Sustainability, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, June 25, 2012.
Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, January 19, 2012.
Can Mining Promote Sustainable Development? Maybe, But Not Without State Muscle, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, November, 23, 2010.
Gold Fever: Global investor search for “safe haven” makes indigenous Guatemalan communities unsafe, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, July 2, 2010.
Climate Change and the Immigration Debate, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, May 19, 2010.
Cleaning up the Clean Development Mechanism: Performance Standards needed to ensure carbon reductions, development benefits, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, April 9, 2010.
Beyond Copenhagen: Searching for climate resilient development paths, by Lyuba Zarsky, GDAE Globalization Commentary, from Triple Crisis Blog, February 22, 2010.
Other GDAE Commentaries
"Is
the United States a Pollution Haven?" by Frank Ackerman, published by Foreign Policy
in Focus and the "Americas Program" of
the Interhemispheric Resource Center, March 1, 2002. (Also
available in Spanish.)
The Global Development and Environment Institute’s Globalization and Sustainable Development Program examines the economic, social and environmental impacts of economic integration in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the WTO and NAFTA's lessons for trade and development policy. The goal of the program is to identify policies and international agreements that foster sustainable development. |
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