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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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March 16, 2011
Financial Markets
World Economic Update
This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies. Related readings: Future Cities Need to Hand Over the Keys by Sebastian Mallaby The G-20's Continuing Policy Dr…
March 16, 2011
Financial Markets
World Economic Update
Experts discuss U.S. federal spending levels, political battles over the budget in Congress, and the impact of events in the Middle East and Japan on the world economy. This series is presented by t…
April 19, 2018
Puerto Rico
The Oversight Board’s Latest Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico is Still Too Optimistic
The power is off in Puerto Rico, again. It may not be restored for a day or two. Puerto Rico obviously has yet to fully recover from Maria’s devastation. Tax revenues this fiscal year are off by o…
January 21, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Comedy and Democracy in South Africa
For most Americans, their first exposure to South African comedy has been Trevor Noah, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Noah’s January 20, riff on Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Tr…
May 9, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa Moving Away From A One-Party State
While much international attention has been focused on the Boko Haram kidnapping of up to three hundred schoolgirls in northern Nigeria, an episode that re-enforces an Africa negative narrative, Sout…
