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Eurozone’s complex economics frame sluggish recovery

BY KIMBERLY ELSHAM

G-8 members are meeting this May against a backdrop of one of the worst global recessions in history, and the best course of action for recovery is the hottest topic up for discussion at their summit. The countries’ leaders need a meeting of the minds to figure out how to boost their sluggish economies, but economists say many factors are dragging down growth. For starters, the United States and Europe have a sensitive symbiotic economic relationship, which continues to upset the slow improvement. Continue reading →

Potential political conflict may keep short-lived climate forcers off G8 agenda

By MEGAN TAYLOR MORRISON

G8 leaders may duck serious discussions on controlling a major source of pollution that includes black soot from cooking fires, methane from dairy farms, and gases released from aerosol cans.  Such talk is uncomfortable because it can appear to shift responsibility for climate change away from industrialized nations and onto poorer, have-not countries. Continue reading →