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Article: "Manufacturing in the GCC" (التصنيع في دول مجلس التعاون)

10/31/2016

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نشر في صحيفة الحياة

حوّل النفط الاقتصادات الخليجية إلى نمط فريد، تصعب مقارنته بالاقتصادات التقليدية الأخرى، لأن النفط ساهم في خلق قوات عاملة حيث يمثل المواطنون أقليّة في وطنهم، على عكس ما هو موجود في الاقتصادات الأخرى. ومن خصائص الاقتصادات الخليجية ضآلة نسبة المواطنين الذين يمارسون الأعمال اليدويّة في المصانع، على رغم المساهمة الاقتصادية الكبيرة للقطاع الصناعي، الذي يمثّل ما يزيد على 50 في المئة من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي، أساساً بسبب قطاع البتروكيماويات. ويعود عزوف المواطنين عن العمل اليدوي لأسباب مختلفة، منها الثقافة البدوية.ـ

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Oil has given the Gulf economies a very unique structure, which complicates comparisons to traditional economies. In particular, hydrocarbon income has played a large role in creating labor forces wherein nationals constitute a minority, a rare occurrence. An additional GCC idiosyncrasy is the small proportion of nationals that perform manual labor in manufacturing plants, despite the large contribution of the industrial sector to the economy (over 50% of GDP), which is primarily driven by petrochemicals. There are several reasons for Gulf nationals’ dislike of manual labor, among them the Bedouin culture, which confers low social status upon those who practice such activities.

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Article: "Economics 101: Cultural bonds make strong case for single GCC currency"

10/29/2016

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Published in The National

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a single currency?

In 1999, the year in which the European single currency was launched, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Robert Mundell for his theory of the conditions under which it is desirable for multiple countries to use a unified currency rather than each having their own one. Today, due in part to the euro’s challenges, the GCC countries have decided to further review the best way to implement their own single currency.

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Article: "Economics 101: Old age also means accepting a fall in living standards"

10/22/2016

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Pensions seem straightforward: governments simply have to devise a system that ensures that people save enough of their income. It is basically that simple when you are dealing with an individual, but when you are organising something at the population level, it is more complicated.

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Article: "A History Lesson For The U.K.'s Free Trade Aims"

10/18/2016

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Published in Forbes Opinion
النسخة العربية أدناه

On the eve of the September 2016 G20 summit, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May remarked: “I will also be talking to other world leaders about how we can develop free trade around the world, and Britain wants to seize those opportunities. My ambition is that Britain will be a global leader in free trade.”

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في مطلع قمّة مجموعة العشرين في سبتمبر 2016، قالت رئيسة وزراء المملكة المتحدة تريزا مي: "سوف أتحدّث مع الزعماء العالميين الآخرين عن كيفية تنمية التجارة الحرّة حول العالم، وتسعى بريطانيا لاغتنام تلك الفرص. وأطمح إلى أن تصبح بريطانيا قائداً عالمياً في التجارة الحرّة."ـ

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Video: Comments on JASTA (تعليقاتي حول جاستا)

10/18/2016

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