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James A. Dorn

James A. Dorn is Vice President for Monetary Studies and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and South China Morning Post. He has testified before the U.S.-China Security Review Commission and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

James is the Vice President for CATO academic affairs, editor of the Cato Journal, and director of Cato's annual monetary conference. His research interests include trade and human rights, economic reform in China, and the future of money.

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China and India: Past, Present and Future

Published on Thursday, August 15, 2013

SPECIAL REPORT—Emerging markets continue to grow considerably faster than the United States. And Developing Asia’s economic growth is stronger than other regions. In fact, it is anticipated to achieve a GDP growth rate of 7.1 percent this year and 7.7 percent by 2018, according to IMF data. Much of Developing Asia’s relatively strong performance today is based on its past efforts in lowering tariff levels and successfully integrating with world markets.

Mexico, Brazil and What’s Ahead in Latin America

Published on Thursday, August 15, 2013

SPECIAL REPORT—Over the last decade, much of Latin American growth was supported by strong international demand, especially for natural resources and minerals. And over time, China became a more important commodity customer, which boosted world prices. However, as the global economy has slowed in recent years, Chinese demand for natural resources also has decreased, while the value of commodities has fallen. This has negatively affected Latin American exports and economic growth.

Special Interests Conspire To Keep Food Prices Rising

Published on Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Monthly U.S. headlines trumpeting the death of inflation hide a painful truth for American families: rapidly rising food prices. News reports rarely mention this pain because economists’ preferred inflation metric, so-called “core CPI,” omits both food and energy due to concerns about their volatility. Although this omission might make sense from a purely economic perspective, it does a disservice to voters.

Canadian Middle Class Income Up 30 Percent

Published on Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Comparisons almost always cause resentment. The French political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that when humans lived alone in the state of nature, they were happy with their lot and needed only their own self-approval. But the move to society, living cheek by jowl with others, invited precisely those comparisons with others that creates ill-will, envy and jealousy.

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