What is Financial Risk?
Contributed by Gaurav Choudhury

This is an expose on risk and the components of risk.  It illustrates the characteristics of risk and possible mitigation techniques.

Accountable Accounting
Contributed by Nimalan Arasaratnam

This article is a quick overview of the recent accounting scandals.  A good quick introduction for those that are trying to figure out what is going on.  Contributed by Nimalan Arasaratnam.

Encounter with Rajiv Gandhi
Contributed by Subroto Roy

An insider's view of economic policy formation and the Origins of the 1991 Economic Reform in India.

The US-EU Banana Dispute
Richard Carew

The European Union and the United States recently settled a trade dispute over access to the European Common Market for American banana producers.

Recipe for Disaster: The Rise and Fall of Currency Boards in Argentina
Richard Carew

Discussion of Argentina's recent political turmoil and its failure to conduct just monetary policy in the last decade.

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  reviewed by Daniel Hicks
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  reviewed by Daniel Hicks
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