As the Bush Administration and Iraqi opposition groups plan the future of a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq without its weapons of mass destruction (WMD), economic issues loom large. Iraq's economy has been grossly mismanaged, and its people largely repressed, for 40 years. Iraq desperately needs an alternative to the failed policies of… Read more

As the Bush Administration and Iraqi opposition groups plan the future of a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq without its menacing arsenal of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), economic issues loom large. Iraq's economy has been grossly mismanaged, and its people largely repressed, for 40 years. Iraq desperately needs an alternative to the failed policies… Read more

Algunos críticos atribuyen el colapso del año pasa-do en Argentina a las políticas de la administración Bush. Sin embargo, un análisis más profundo revela que la administración Bush tomó la decisión correcta al no respaldar una nueva extensión del préstamo del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para ese país. Adoptar esa alternativa, habría prolongado, mas que solucionado,… Read more

Some critics blame Bush Administration policies for Argentina's collapse last year, but a closer look at that crisis will show that the Administration was right not to support extending Argentina another International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. That approach would have prolonged Argentina's economic malaise, not solved it. Instead, U.S. policy should provide opportunities and incentives… Read more

The Trade and Development Act of 1999 passed by the Senate and the African Growth and Opportunity Act passed by the House await conference consideration to resolve their differences. Both bills seek to lower trade and investment barriers to countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and the Senate version would extend these policies to the Caribbean… Read more