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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 8, 2009
Financial Markets
The shadow financial system – as illustrated in three new papers that cut through the London fog
Gordon Brown wants to shine a bit more light on the shadow financial system (hat tip IPEZone). One plank of his G-20 action plan is: "reform of international regulation to close regulatory gaps so …
April 7, 2011
Economics
Reviving Competition in Mexico’s Economy
In trying to explain why Mexico isn’t growing quickly, or "why it isn’t rich" as Gordon Hanson puts it in a great paper, there is much talk about economic concentration -- the monopolies and oligopol…
October 17, 2011
Monetary Policy
Can Monetary Policy Mitigate The Effects of Oil Shocks? A Follow-Up
I wrote a week ago about an old paper by Bernanke, Gertler, and Watson (BGW) that attributed much of the impact of past oil price shocks to the response of monetary policy. Jim Hamilton followed up t…
December 16, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Drone Sales, Twitter Wars, and Admiral McRaven
U.S. military personnel lower their heads during the ceremony of the encasing of the U.S. Forces in Iraq colors on December 15, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/Pool). - Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes, “U.S…
July 18, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Question of the Week: China in Africa Part II
Is Chinese aid and investment a positive force for development in Africa? This is the second Question of the Week post about Chinese involvement in Africa. Last week, we focused on China’s South-Sou…
