French opposition to the Louvre"s deal to open an affiliate museum in Abu Dhabi is hypocritical.

The financial teetering of Dubai World resembles the crisis of U.S. financial institutions, but unlike the U.S. government, Dubai seems to be keeping its wallet closed.

If Kurdistan is truly going to become a new Dubai or Bahrain and bolster its wealth and living standards to first world levels, it must rein in corruption or change the leadership which refuses to do so.

Government meddling in sovereign business is likely to be counterproductive.

People who no longer remember slow economic growth might not be able to cope with a severe recession.

As the role of the World Bank diminishes, capital fromprivate lendersto developing nations has increased by three hundred times.

The G8 countries' interventions have distorted global agricultural markets to the paralysis point.

Vigilante non-governmental organisations have become the de facto regulators of the flow of finance to the developing world.