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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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December 11, 2004
United States
The Global Test
My harping on the fact that US economic policy now has to pass a global test is not simply meant to score rhetorical points. I suspect that the same folks who financed the expansion of the US curren…
December 30, 2005
Economics
Things I got wrong in 2005
Alas, this list is rather long. There is a reason why Mike Dooley ended the first segment of our Econoblog debate by noting that he had been right (and I and other worry warts had been wrong) for 2…
November 28, 2006
Financial Markets
Gone (sand) fishing …
I am going to be away from my desk for a few days, giving a talk on petrodollars (and petroeuros). Posting will likely be rather sporadic. Talking about petrodollars (and petroeuros) to group that …
August 23, 2012
Defense and Security
Top Twelve Defense Sequestration Scare Tactics
Over a year ago, on August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011. The bipartisan legislation easily passed the House, 269-131, with 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats vot…
March 24, 2009
Monetary Policy
China’s call for a new international financial system
I spend a lot of time tracking -- or trying to track -- what China is doing with its reserve portfolio. I consequently tend to interpret the public statement of China’s government through the lens o…