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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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September 17, 2007
Financial Markets
The first true twenty-first century financial crisis?
Larry Summers – picking up on a phrase perhaps first used by Michel Camdessus -- liked to call the Mexican crisis the first financial crisis of the 21st century. Mexico’s decision to exhaust its re…
July 2, 2012
Politics and Government
Hola, Enrique Peña Nieto: President-Elect of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto had a very good weekend. While Americans were grumbling about record-breaking heat and residents of Washington, D.C., were learning to live without air conditioning because powerfu…
December 29, 2014
Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
February 15, 2006
Economics
Mandel v. Setser. Round two. More on intangible exports and dark matter
I was rather busy last week, so I was not able to respond immediately to Michael Mandel's response to my response to his Business Week cover story - and now Micheal Mandel is shooting for slightly bi…
April 6, 2008
Financial Markets
Just how much money do sovereign wealth funds have?
A ton, according to Morgan Stanley’s Stephen Jen and a host of Wall Street investment banks Not all that much, according to Milken Institute’s Christopher Balding (as reported by Bob Davis in the Wa…
