41. China: is “state capitalism” in crisis?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

...  Pei, Minxin (2011), 'The cost of order', Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-costs-of-order/794459/   ** The author is PhD candidate in Geopolitics at the Guglielmo Marconi University ...

42. India's urban squalor
(Panorama/Society)

... process.  But as Katherine Boo describes so vividly in her excellent book, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers", life in an urban slum in Mumbai can be full of squalor and deprivations.  I strongly recommend ...

43. India's paradoxes
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and incompetent government, and with 80% of its population living on less than $2 a day. How can we understand this country? India demonstrated its technological prowess in April this year when it ...

44. State capitalism
(Panorama/Investment)

... works closely with Chinese companies overseas.  Thus, China and Russia have developed their formula for state capitalism only in the past decade. State capitalism can claim some of the world's most powerful ...

45. The Economist on China
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... sheltered from competition, a few incumbent firms can extract high prices and reinvest the profits. SOEs are responsible for about 35% of the fixed-asset investments made by Chinese firms.  They can invest ...

46. China's urbanization
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... migrant workers and increasingly their families; landless famers in urban areas; and over the longer term, a significantly expanded cohort of the elderly.  It is esepcially urgent to abolish the hukou ...

47. Women's economic opportunity in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... more often denied credit, and endure social restrictions that limit their chances for advancement.  In some developing countries women still can cannot vote, own property or venture outside the home without ...

48. Korea -- Asia's rising star
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... contracts and two-thirds are not covered by the social insurance systems.  It is necessary to achieve more balanced treatment between regular and non-regular workers.  Education can also contribute to ...

49. China's reform challenges
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... reversing the rising inequality, helping households manage employment-, health-, and age-related risks, and increasing labor mobility.  China's high inequality can in part be attributed to unequal access ...

50. Japanese business -- from old to new Japan
(Panorama/Investment)

... Dreamliner, but soon probably also to be found in cars). Surely the recent Olympus scandal is evidence that Old Japan is still alive and well?  Even here, corporate governance is changing.  As of 1989, ...

51. The American Interest
(Web Links / Media )

52. Society
(Category)

People group together in societies.  We surrender some of our individual freedoms from nature to be part of society.  We can thus benefit from greater security and a sense of belonging.  We can solve common ...

53. Governing globalization
(Category)

... need government, although big companies try to push government aside in good times.  Economists have always recognized that markets are not perfect.  These market failures can be tackled at the local, ...