http://www.acalaha.com/blog American Center for Applied Liberal Arts & Humanities in Asia Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:25:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever since the evident on-set of the crisis in the US finance sector in 2008 -- and its rippling out globally, due to the central fact of a US-centered world political economy -- people, especially here in Asia, have been wondering about whether -- somehow -- China could "replace" the US ... http://www.acalaha.com/blog/?p=5 The New York Times has an interesting story on the role of state-directed lending in China ... Many economists now worry that too much of China’s growth was fueled by aggressive, state-directed lending that could eventually result in a soaring number of bad loans and mounting government debt. Again, while inflation remains ... http://www.acalaha.com/blog/?p=4 Here's an excellent analysis of how much it would actually cost to provide comprehensive health care for ALL Americans -- yes, I realize there's a redundancy ... just making a point ... ;-) ... It's done by Uwe Reinhardt, probably the leading academic economic analyst of health care, who teaches at ... http://www.acalaha.com/blog/?p=3 Welcome to ACALAHA!   This is our new blog.  Please watch-out for ACALAHA News and updates! http://www.acalaha.com/blog/?p=1