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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…
July 21, 2005
But the change against the dollar is small. Very small. Too small in my view to have much of an economic impact, in any way. On trade flows. Or on capital flows. I would still bet on a furth…
February 27, 2006
Financial MarketsIf you read the financial press closely, it was hard not to learn a bit about the Icelandic krona over the past week. The krona pays a high interest rate, you see - enabling Iceland to attract the …
April 19, 2006
United StatesSo says Michael Mandel. Some of us might say you can't put dark matter in a container because it doesn't really exist.That is not Mandel's argument. He believes in dark matter, though apparently n…
December 11, 2006
Financial MarketsChina will have a current account surplus of over $200b this year. China has about 1.3 billion people. The GCC countries (Saudi Arabia and the small states on the Gulf) will also have a current ac…
February 28, 2008
Emerging MarketsA lot of milestones have been passed in the last few days. Most aren’t positive for the United States. Nouriel Roubini is no longer the only economist putting the eventual toll of the financial crisi…