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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 2, 2013
Financial Markets
The Battle of Bretton Woods
A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
March 4, 2015
United States
Psychology and the Oil Market
In his recent book, Market Madness: A Century of Oil Panics, Crises, and Crashes, our colleague Blake Clayton explains the role of market psychology in contributing to the wild price swings that h…
April 29, 2013
Europe and Eurasia
Eric Rauchway Battles "The Battle of Bretton Woods"
Benn’s new book The Battle of Bretton Woods has been called “the gold standard on its topic” by the New York Times, “a triumph of economic and diplomatic history” by the Financial Times, and “a su…
June 5, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
Greece-Troika Gap Over Primary Surpluses Has Shrunk Dramatically
Greece has announced that it will not pay the IMF the €300 million due to the Fund on June 5. Instead, it will “bundle” the payments due to the Fund over the course of June into one payment of ab…
March 12, 2015
Brazil
Why Is Walmart Raising Wages?
On February 19, Walmart announced that it was raising its minimum starting wage to $9 an hour. Since Walmart is famous for its ruthless cost management, this appeared to be a significant sign of …
