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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 17, 2006
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Edmund Andrews’ article on tax revenue volatility is a gem
Credit should be given where credit is due. I have a few quibbles with the lead of Andrews’ article. Even if it sets up a compare and contrast, I never like anything that starts with “It was enough …
November 21, 2011
Economic Crises
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump
Edmund S. Phelps, professor of political economy at Columbia University, discusses the causes of the economic slump in the United States.
November 2, 2023
United States
In Memoriam: Peter Tarnoff
CFR’s former President Peter Tarnoff passed away on November 1, 2023, at age 86. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) mourns the passing of Peter Tarnoff, CFR president from 1986 to 1993. Un…
August 9, 2018
Pakistan
Pakistan With Christine Fair
Christine Fair, associate professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and expert on South Asian political and military affairs, joins James M. Lindsay to discuss Pa…
November 21, 2011
Economic Crises
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Andrew Ross Sorkin with The New York Times and CNBC. I am pleased to introduce today Edmund Phelps -- Professor Edmund Phelps, I should say,…