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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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June 11, 2012
Defense and Security
Ask the Experts: Preventing Sexual Violence
Last week, forty members of Congress re-introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA). As Amnesty International’s Cristina Finch explains, the I-VAWA “would coordinate and improve …
March 29, 2006
China
Exit Schumer and Graham, Enter Grassley and Baucus
Schumer-Graham won't be brought to a vote until September. China's central bank governor Zhou must be persuasive. Maybe he plotted out where the RMB will likely be if China continues with its cur…
September 17, 2006
Economics
Too much to read …
I really liked Krishna Guha’s analysis of global imbalances that appeared in Wednesday’s FT. His emphasis on the role of exchange rate adjustment in global rebalancing seemed right to me. Exchang…
January 22, 2006
Emerging Markets
Too many currencies? Or too many dollar pegs?
The world has too many currencies. The dollar is too good a currency not to be shared. The US has a clear comparative advantage in central banking. National pride - and a desire to maintain "m…
February 28, 2006
Financial Markets
Things that keep the President of the New York Fed up at night
The current account deficit, obviously. NY Fed President Geithner isn't quite in the same place as Bernanke, at least in Bernanke's White House incarnation.And credit derivatives. Particularly i…