Global Middle Class Initiative: Latest Articles

Is the Sky Falling?

This past spring, the Nasdaq stock exchange took a precipitous 1,700-point drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a similar drop earlier in 2000.

Understandably, this was enough… more

Greg Mastel | Intellectual Capital | August 2, 2000

Temporary Relief from Exports

The recent problems of the steel industry in dealing with dramatic surges of imports from a number of countries put import relief back on the U.S. policy agenda. Whatever one's … more

Andrew Harig, Greg Mastel | Challenge | June 30, 2000

The Global Implications of DOJ vs. Microsoft

Although the year is only half over, it seems increasingly likely that the biggest business story of the year will be the court decision to split Microsoft into … more

China and the World Trade Organization

With considerable fanfare, the United States and China struck a historic agreement on China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 1999. The agreement… more