International Developments

China – Economic and Political Evolution

Ending Financial Repression

http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/the-costs-and-benefits-of-liberalizing-china-s-interest-rates-by-pingfan-hong-ead517039b58c22c0ce7a526

China and Liberalism

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-19/why-china-s-riches-won-t-bring-it-freedom.html

China’s Anti-Corruption Drive

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-luxury-corruption-20130520,0,3788510.story

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Rise of the ‘Pacific Alliance’

A group of Latin American countries – Chile, Columbia, Mexico and Peru – are pushing for rapid trade liberalization and free trade pacts. This is in sharp contrast to the moribund South American trade group, Mercosur.

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21578056-region-falling-behind-two-alternative-blocks-market-led-pacific-alliance-and

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324787004578497071451281216.html