The classification based on a full reading of all the articles indicates 86 (approximately 17.1%) are found to be based on the data and information collected and formed by the researchers themselves with the various techniques in their fields. While studies about Western advanced countries account for a majority in all articles, those utilizing various techniques in the field remain limited at 20. The rest of the fieldwork-based articles concern developing countries. However, an increasing number of fieldwork-based studies have been appearing in the JCES journal. Not only has the speed of this increase been accelerating, but also the quality of the fieldwork seems to have been improving gradually.
Larson: “Given what’s happening around the globe…what is your advice to the Congress in terms of acting given the deadlines that Treasury Secretary Geithner has outlined?” Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management (and former chief economist at the IMF): “You cannot play games with something this serious. World financial markets are much more fragile than you’d like to believe…It’s absolutely essential that the United States remain a beacon of safety and clarity to international investors, otherwise there will be consequences for all of us around the world.” Mihir Desai, Professor of Law and Finance at Harvard University: “People may stop receiving their payments which is extremely problematic, but it can also become a broader manifestation of a system that appears broken to the rest of the world and that is where we run 1/2 Top Economists to Larson: 'It Is Essential We Act Now' on Debt Ceiling, Warnings Come as Moody's Anno into significant problems. I think it’s very important that this particular deadline is not ignored…It is essential that we act now.” Watch a video of the exchange: http://youtu.be/IqcgtLIOIN4 The United States will hit the debt-ceiling deadline on August 2 nd . ### 2/2