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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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January 19, 2016
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals IV
This is the fourth blog post in this series. The previous three were published in February, July, and October 2015, and highlight earlier academic findings. Cullen S. Hendriz, “A House Divided: Thr…
December 1, 2014
Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2015
As 2014 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2015.
April 29, 2008
Emerging Markets
Borders still matter; “the world isn’t as flat as it used to be”
On Monday, Bob Davis of the Wall Street Journal argued that the world isn’t flat, or at least it “isn’t as flat as it used to be.” National borders matter more. Barriers to the free flow of go…
September 21, 2006
China
Why China’s $1 trillion in reserves are unlikely to be of much use in a banking crisis
It is rather hard to read Andrew Browne’s report of the building boom in Zhengzhou in last week’s Wall Street Journal --- or for that matter many other accounts of China’s current investment boom – a…
December 21, 2006
Emerging Markets
Crises of too much v. crises of too little
I was not all that impressed by the “day after” coverage of Thailand’s capital controls in the financial press. Everyone initially looked for parallels to 1997 – and signs that the most recen…