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High oil prices and new technologies have sparked a surge in U.S. oil and gas production, but with these big gains have come bold claims about America's energy future. In the latest issue of Foreign Policy, CFR Senior Fellow Michael Levi separates fact from fiction surrounding the U.S. energy boom and its implications for world markets, job growth, climate change, and more. Read the Article » |
Fixing Finance Good Riddance to Libor, a Flawed Benchmark CFR Senior Fellow Benn Steil's column in Financial News, co-authored with CFR analyst Dinah Walker, provides new evidence highlighting the endemic flaws in Libor as both a benchmark for setting market lending rates and a central bank metric for judging policy effectiveness. Read the Column » Woodrow Wilson Knew How to Beard Behemoths CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby argues that the only way to end the era of "too big to fail" is to break up the banking behemoths. Read the Op-Ed » Health and Wealth The Time Bomb That Could Cost Us Billions CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Michael W. Hodin warns that Alzheimer's disease will wreak havoc on communities, national budgets, and health care systems worldwide unless greater strides are made toward prevention and treatment. Read the Article » How Summer Is Making U.S. Kids Dumber and Fatter CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Peter R. Orszag explains how summer inactivity can leave lasting negative impacts on a child's academic performance and physical health. Read the Column » Trading Troubles The Fall of Doha CFR Senior Fellow Jagdish N. Bhagwati writes that the Doha round's failure at the hands of U.S. negotiators foreshadows the return of protectionism. Read the Essay » Tradable Prosperity CFR Distinguished Visiting Fellow Michael Spence explores the impediments to growth that have produced shortfalls of demand in the tradable and nontradable sides of national economies. Read the Column » Caterpillar, Unions, and the Falling Middle Class CFR Senior Fellow Edward Alden examines how stiff trade competition and expanding global markets have sapped the bargaining power of American union workers. Read the Post »
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Summer Reading In the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs, Gillian Tett of the Financial Times reviews new books from James Galbraith, Robert Shiller, and Charles Ferguson that take different perspectives on the financial system's role in the growth of economic inequality. Read the Review »
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