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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…
November 6, 2004
Some facts: 1) In 2003, Japan increased its reserves by $200 billion, emerging Asia by $245 billion. The world as whole increased its reserves by $500 billion, so Asia accounted for most of the worl…
May 29, 2005
EuropeFrance has spoken.I don’t have any creative or original thoughts on what the French vote means for Europe, though, like many others, I found Henry Farrell’s thoughts interesting. For those intereste…
March 31, 2006
EuropeThat's a headline you won't see in the financial or popular press. The basic narrative is already established: France won't change, and as a result, will lag behind the more flexible "Anglo-Saxon" …
April 10, 2006
ChinaXia Bin, head of the financial research institute at the cabinet's Development Research Centre, didn't use Martin Feldstein's clever term though. He worries about a weak dollar policy."We cannot und…
September 5, 2006
EuropeI quite liked Ken Rogoff’s policy prescriptions for global rebalancing. Specifically, I thought Rogoff got two key things right. First, He recognizes that Europe already is contributing …