Publications
WCFIA Publications
- The West, Plagued by Self-Doubt
- by Ferguson, Niall
- Publisher: Harvard Gazette
- Publication Type: Magazine Article
- Niall Ferguson is a little concerned these days.
The feeling started years ago, during one of his stints leading a course in Western civilization. “Each time I taught it, I felt I was getting...
- Published Date: February 2012 More
The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea
- by Kim, Byung Kook; Vogel, Ezra F.
- In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
- The Line That Defines
- by St. John, Rachel
- Publisher: Harvard Gazette
- Publication Type: Magazine Article
- For nearly 2,000 miles, it runs alongside California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. It begins in the east in Brownsville, Texas, and marches west along the Rio Grande, halting at the Pacific, in...
- Published Date: October 2011 More
Understanding Global Trade
- by Helpman, Elhanan
- Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
- Fiscal Devaluations
- by Gopinath, Gita
- We show that even when the exchange rate cannot be devalued, a small set of conventional fiscal instruments can robustly replicate the real allocations attained under a nominal exchange rate...
- Publication Type: Working Papers
- Published Date: November, 2011 More
- Romney to the Rescue
- by Ferguson, Niall
- Publisher: The Daily Beast
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- This column is for Ted Forstmann: financier, fun lover, and philanthropist, who died on Nov. 20. But it’s not just for him. It’s to him.
Ted, I’m worried. I wish you were still around to...
- Published Date: November 2011 More