JavaServer Faces, or JSF, brings a component-based model to web application development that's similar to the model that's been used in standalone GUI applications for years. The technology builds on
With the increasing growth of international commercial transactions in Asia and the Pacific, this work provides the essential rules and laws governing commercial dispute resolution in these jurisdict
An analysis of what the dollar's role as the world's leading currency has meant for the U.S. economy during the last five decades. Presents different scenarios for international monetary reform and as
The issue of countries artificially manipulating the value of their currencies is at the center of most debates about trade in the United States today. Critics of liberalizing trade have charged, for
Author, editor, and noted economist Bergsten (Peterson Institute for International Economics) and three contributors warn that in the absence of long-term fiscal consolidation, the U.S. account defici
Bergsten (director, the Institute for International Economics) presents this volume created by senior fellows of the Institute to provide an agenda for U.S. foreign economic policy. Thirteen contribut
Among the hundreds of thousands of species of beetles, there is one family, containing some 4,300 species, that stands out as one of the most diverse and important groups of aquatic predatory insects.
Conflicts over currency valuations are a recurrent feature of the modern global economy. To strengthen their international competitiveness, many countries resort to buying foreign currencies to make t
Bergsten (Peterson Institute for International Economics) and Henning (international economic relations, American U., and Peterson Institute) collect 11 essays in honor of international economist John
The decline of the dollar, the Mexican crisis, and sluggish global growth reveal the failure of the Group of Seven industrial nations to provide effective management of the world economy. The G-7 once
Based on the October 2002 conference in Seoul, this report describes South Korea's performance in the global economy, tracing the course of its development and its rise to prominence since the cease-f
This study considers the current economic relationship between the United States and Japan. Bergsten and Noland (both Institute for International Economics) along with Japanese economist Ito (Hitosuba
The terrain of the world trading system is shifting as countries in Asia, Europe, and North America negotiate new trade agreements. However, none of these talks include both China and the United State
From the most distinguished China experts in America, and two of Washington's foremost think tanks, comes a definitive and indispensable portrait of China today.
Expert judgments of China's confrontation with domestic challenges that are side effects of its economic successes, and of its simultaneous exploitation of foreign policy benefits of those same succe
