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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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May 7, 2005
Economics
The US economy, in a nutshell?
90s: Hi-tech.00s: Real estate.Check out this nugget from the Washington Post (emphasis added):"Jackpot" is how Ileann Jimenez-Sepulveda describes it. Like Klein, she bought a house in Columbia Height…
January 24, 2008
Financial Markets
Property without power?
Diplomatic sovereign wealth funds argue, more or less, that they have no desire for power - so there should be no restrictions on their ability to accumulate property. Those hoping for a cut of the S…
February 25, 2010
India
Halting Steps in New Delhi
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/B Mathur Although their leaders and foreign secretaries did meet in 2009, the February 25 talks between India and Pakistan were the first since the November 2008 Mumbai a…
April 26, 2010
Climate Change
The Silver Lining in the Climate Bill Cloud
Most of what can intelligently be said about the breakdown this past weekend of the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman climate talks has already been said. I suspect, though, that the news isn’t quite as bad for…
June 13, 2010
India
A Step Forward for the U.S. and India
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque It’s been a rough seventeen months for the United States and India. I’ve written about some of the challenges here and here—and talked about them here and h…
