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August 24, 2006

China
My testimony on China - and the Bergsten/ McKinnon debate …

I had the opportunity to testify before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Tuesday – on a panel with C. Fred Bergsten and Professor Ronald McKinnon of Stanford.   It is q…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 3, 2005

Monetary Policy
Are US companies to Bretton Woods 2 …

What gold was to Bretton Woods 1?In the post war Bretton Woods system, the dollar was - at least in principle - fully convertible into gold at a fixed rate.   In practice, after a certain point in th…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

September 4, 2014

China
Notable Quotables From THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS

 

Notable Quotables From THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS
Blog Post by Benn Steil Geo-Graphics

June 26, 2007

Monetary Policy
Do foreign holdings of US debt put the US economy at risk?

I am testifying later today (gulp) before the House budget committee -- and the time that normally goes into writing blog posts has gone into preparing my written testimony.  That means I haven't had…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

February 25, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
TWE Remembers: John Foster Dulles

Every day thousands of people fly into and out of Washington’s Dulles International Airport. Few of them think about the man for whom the airport is named, John Foster Dulles. He was born on this day…

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 27, 2018

United States
Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

President George H.W. Bush greets troops in Saudi Arabia during a 1990 Thanksgiving visit.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge