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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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May 7, 2015
Wars and Conflict
TWE Remembers: The Sinking of the Lusitania
Asking “what if” is a popular parlor game. Seldom, however, do we ever get an answer, and certainly not almost immediately. King George V of Britain is a rare exception. On the morning of May 7, 1915…
January 30, 2008
China
The myth that China’s reliance on exports for growth is a myth
The attached graph -- used with permission -- comes from an excellent November 12 paper by Goldman Sachs’ Hong Liang. It shows quite clearly that the recent surge in Chinese growth hasn’t come from …
October 22, 2012
China
Review: ’From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia’ by Pankaj Mishra
As Western economies continue to struggle, while China and many other large developing nations are now being looked to as potential saviors of indebted European nations, the idea that the twenty-firs…
May 15, 2013
Immigration and Migration
Managing Illegal Immigration to the United States
As Senate immigration negotiations continue, the Council on Foreign Relations has just released a report on the effectiveness of U.S. immigration enforcement. The authors, Bryan Roberts (a senior eco…
January 23, 2008
China
The PBoC’s dilemmas
Whatever troubles the Fed faces, at least it is still profitable. The same cannot be said for China’s central bank. And while the Fed just has to worry about economic conditions in the US, the Pe…