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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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April 8, 2013
Economics
Why Abenomics Matters
Last week, I wrote on the ECB’s meeting and the case for easing credit conditions in the periphery (a recommendation that they didn’t heed, though pressure to act is building). I ignored the upcomin…
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…
July 7, 2016
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Meanwhile, in Japan, Household Consumption Continues to Fall
In news that you may have missed while strategizing about Article 50, thinking about ways to recapitalize Italian banks or pondering the future course of the renminbi ... Japan’s May household consu…
September 11, 2019
International Economic Policy
Are Asian Insurers the New European Banks?
It is hard to understand the global flow of funds without understanding the risks now being taken by Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean life insurers.
July 11, 2016
Japan
Voters Give Abe an Opening for Constitutional Debate
This blog post is part of a series entitled Will Japanese Change Their Constitution?, in which leading experts discuss the prospects for revising Japan’s postwar constitution. As elections go, ye…
