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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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November 23, 2004
The budget deficit before all the bad stuff
Isn’t that what leaving any increase in deficit associated with partial privatization of social security off the books implies?Bush’s formula on the dollar in Santiago emphasized the need to control …
January 3, 2005
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Borrowing is Saving, Up is Down
Edmund Andrews of the New York Times provides the Rosetta stone that lets us decipher the Bush Administration’s plan to cut the deficit, which seems to be a plan to pretend to cut the deficit. Here i…
August 25, 2005
China
Who is the high-tech powerhouse?
Country A exports the following to B:1. Paper and paper waste 2. Mixed metal scrap 3. Fabrics and raw cotton 4. Newspapers 5. Foam waste and scrap 6. Logs and lumber 7. Wood pulp 8. Plastics 9. Froze…
March 3, 2010
Thailand
Report from Thailand: The Political Divide and the Judiciary
It’s Antonin Scalia’s nightmare. Challenged over the past decade by the rise of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the first Thai leader to unite the rural poor and challenge entrenched elites…
July 17, 2010
India
Incredible India? Complicated India
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Rupak de Chowdhuri India’s tourist promotion slogan is "Incredible India!" And there’s a lot about that country that’s pretty incredible. But three stories over the past…
