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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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January 27, 2012
Fossil Fuels
How Not To Argue That We’re Running Out Of Affordable Oil
I made a New Year’s resolution to spend less time on this blog explaining why other people are wrong. But New Year’s resolutions are meant to be broken -- and some things just beg for intervention. …
June 30, 2005
Capital Flows
CNOOC (once again)
The CNOOC bid presumably is motivated by two things. One, Beijing has plenty of cash, and already holds more Treasuries than it wants, so it wants to diversify its portfolio. As I argued earlier, C…
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.
May 4, 2015
Politics and Government
Campaign 2016: Ben Carson, GOP Presidential Candidate
Americans have had presidents who were lawyers (more than two dozen of them), soldiers, land surveyors, farmers, and school teachers. Even a newspaper publisher, a mining engineer, and an actor have …
June 1, 2005
Economics
An unbalanced US economy continues to get more unbalanced
Yes, I am repeating myself. But the data is pretty clear.Housing Prices. Up. Particularly in big cities on the coasts. Leading indicators for housing. Up. Check out Calculated Risk for more.Ma…