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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 16, 2020
U.S. Congress
Andrew Yang’s Moment: The Economic Costs of the Pandemic Mean the Time for UBI Is Now
As fears of the growing coronavirus pandemic are leading to something close to a temporary shutdown of the U.S. economy, the moment has come to listen to the most important young political voice in t…
July 2, 2010
Economics
Responding to Andrew Chamberlain
Andrew Chamberlain has responded at length in two blog posts to my critique of his study of Kerry-Lieberman for the Institute for Energy Research. He gives some useful examples of how utilities might…
September 2, 2011
Climate Change
Andy Revkin and I Talk About Keystone XL
Andy Revkin of the Times and I had a short chat about Keystone XL this morning. We discuss economics, climate, and politics. Here’s the video: http://youtu.be/8eB3FnIplHU
March 8, 2005
Financial Markets
I hope Andy Xie is wrong about this
Xie argues that Chinese prices won’t converge to US levels; rather US prices are likely to need to fall to Chinese levels.When a small economy like South Korea begins to develop, it is quite reasonab…
March 27, 2024
Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind
On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.
May 2, 2024
Economics
RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership
Matthew Goodman, distinguished fellow and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses CFR’s new RealEcon initiative and the role of state and local officials in contrib…
February 29, 2024
United States
Biden Addresses SOTU, Iran Holds Elections, Bosnia’s Pipeline Feud, and More
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his last State of the Union address before elections to a polarized Congress; Iran holds its first parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections since the 2022 pro…
