Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

I'm writing from New Zealand - a country that decided from the beginning that the War was wrong, and chose not to participate in Iraq War.

Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.

It is a set of policies formulated between 15th and 19th streets by the U.S. Treasury, and World Bank. Countries should focus on stabilization, liberalization, privatization.

I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life.

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

There is a growing consensus that the European systems have worked better than the American: They have been able to deliver better health care to more people at lower cost.