Economics

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Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?

19th September 2016 Tony Phillips 0

Americas Program Special Report, By Tony PhillipsOriginally at cipamericas.org http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/1434 Español traducido : Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?Traducido por: Annette Ramos Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) Perspectives on the ICSID and Argentina’s Debt […]

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How do you like them apples?

2nd September 2016 Tony Phillips 0

13 Billion? Lucky for some… (2016) Cork is a pretty city on the river Lee in the south of Ireland where I lived for part of my childhood. Cupertino in the Silicon Valley is the HQ of Apple Inc. As […]

Letter to the Irish Times

10th April 2009 Tony Phillips 2

Madam, As a non-resident Irish citizen living in Argentina it is rare that I voice an opinion on the Irish economy. While economic policy affects my family in Dublin directly, it has little effect on me personally. However, as an […]

Privatising Profits, Socialising Losses

31st December 2008 Tony Phillips 1

The rapid fallout from less than a decade of financial speculation has been mind-boggling. Barely legal, the unregulated bubble in “credit derivatives”2 grew from $1 trillion in 2003 to $15 trillion in 20073 to finally burst, leaving the global financial system on life support in the public ward.

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The Economics of Trust

4th June 2005 Tony Phillips 0

Trust seems like an old fashioned word these days but when it comes to government and economy a working level of trust is essential. Not everyone can be an economist or the overseer of operations on an international gas pipeline. […]