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Articles by Harold James
How the Crisis Gives People Schadenfreude
17 January 12
By Harold James
The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited first the U.S. model of capitalism and then the European version. Now it looks as if the Asian approach may take some knocks, too. Coming after the failure of state socialism, does this mean that there is no correct way of organizing an economy?
IMF Needs Leader to Oversee New World Order
18 May 11
By Harold James
How the mighty International Monetary Fund has fallen. More than a decade ago, the French magazine Paris Match carried a picture of the IMF's then-managing director, Michel Camdessus, with the title: "The Most Powerful Frenchman in the World." Today, his successor is the most humiliated Frenchman in the world.
Liars, Liars – Pants on Fire
15 March 11
By Harold James
In the Machiavellian tradition, lying is sometimes justified by reference to the higher needs of political statecraft. That tradition is once again in the spotlight, as the question of political untruth has recently resurfaced in many bitter disputes.
The BRIC Globalizers
17 April 08
By Harold James
The winners of the great globalization push of the 1990s were small states, such as New Zealand, Chile, Dubai, Finland, Ireland, the Baltic countries, Slovenia and Slovakia. The East Asian tigers that pushed themselves onto the world economy's center stage were small units, and in some cases -- Singapore, Taiwan, or Hong Kong -- were not even treated as states. Even South Korea, which is a giant in comparison, was only half a country.
Capitalism With Family Values
05 July 06
By Harold James
The now likely takeover of European steelmaker Arcelor by a family-run company, Mittal Steel, has been viewed by its critics -- especially in the French and Luxembourg governments -- as a betrayal of old continental European traditions to the new cost-cutting imperative of globalization.
