Category Archives: The World Outside of the U.S.

Government programs in the US and other countries to force consumers to use ethanol in place of gasoline have led to skyrocketing corn, grain, and meat prices around the world. (The irony–ethanol requires more fossil fuel than gasoline, is more … Continue reading →

Protectionism is alive and well in Russia too, as you can see in this article Russia Moves to Limit Foreign Investment. Last year I wrote a paper for the International Finance Forum Journal likening protectionism to the turbulence that is … Continue reading →