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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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August 8, 2005
United States
Once again, trade deficits do matter — and they really do have to be financed
Brad DeLong and the folks over at Angry Bear have already beat up on this rather ridiculous Donald Luskin argument that the US does not take on debt when it runs a trade deficit. I hardly need to …
December 5, 2006
Americas
Welcoming Latin America's New Left
Over the last eighteen months Presidential elections occurred in twelve Latin American countries. While Hugo Chavez and his anti-American tirades grab most of the headlines, these elections actually …
November 30, 2007
Mexico
Calderon's First Year
What a difference a year makes. Just a year ago Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s mandate appeared uncertain following a contested election that gave him a razor-thin winning margin of 250,000 vote…
June 12, 2008
Emerging Markets
Can the debate over trade – or globalization – be separated from the debate over exchange rates?
I am often struck by how frequently debates over trade – and, more broadly, globalization – don’t bother to mention what strikes me as the most salient fact about contemporary globalization, namely …
November 20, 2008
Americas
Latin America and the Financial Crisis
Here is a piece I authored with my colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations on the effects of the world financial crisis in Latin America. It originally appeared here. Latin America: Not So …
