The New Global System … Iran and “the Great Satan” Hand in Hand
What Is Going on Between the Gulf Countries and Egypt?
Economics 101: Interpreting the Business Cycle
A business cycle is the movement of total economic activity (GDP) around a long-run trend. When total economic activity grows faster than its long-term trend, it is called a boom, and the reverse is a recession.
An Economist Explains the Work of This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics
The two men who on Monday received the 2016 Nobel prize in economics, Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom, made key contributions to contract theory, including the “principal-agent” (PA) model.
Paying Wages on Time Is Good Ethics – and Also Good Business
The UAE implemented a decree on October 3 that helps workers receive their wages on time by specifying punishments for tardy employers. This is a welcome move for a country where more than 90 per cent of the labour force is foreign, although maybe not for the reasons that you would think.
Economics 101: Privately Funded Research and Development Leads to the Most Useful Innovation
Less than 1 per cent of the UAE’s GDP is allocated to research and development (R&D), compared with the world average of more than 2 per cent. Economists agree that innovation is critical to economic growth, so how can the GCC countries become more innovative?
Aramco IPO Could Improve Its Governance and Management
In early 2016, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, declared that the Saudi government was considering an initial public offering (IPO) for a minority of Aramco’s shares.
ISIS and The Internal Threats and Challenges to the Gulf States
Today the Gulf Cooperation Council States find themselves surrounded by a region plagued by a growing number of threats. The GCC states are embroiled in a difficult conflict in Yemen, Iraq is on the constant verge of collapse, Syria has collapsed and Jordan and Lebanon face immense pressures…
The Strategic Importance of Establishing a Saudi-gulf Lobby in the United States
Bahrain Economic Bulletin: 09/2016
A concise monthly publication that covers the headline Bahraini economic indicators, and the most important Bahraini business, financial, and economics news.
