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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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February 13, 2018
South Africa
Jacob Zuma’s Undoing
The scandal-plagued leader’s removal could set the party of Nelson Mandela on a path toward reestablishing South Africa as a role model for the rest of the continent.
April 13, 2021
China
China’s Belt and Road Initiative, With Jacob J. Lew and Gary Roughead
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, managing partner at Lindsay Goldberg, and retired Admiral Gary Roughead, Robert and Marion Oster distinguished military fellow at Stanford University’s Ho…
January 4, 2024
United States
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: Fellows’ Book Launch—God, Guns, and Sedition
In God, Guns, and Sedition, Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware offer the definitive account of the rise of far-right terrorism in the United States—and how to counter it. In recent years shocking acts o…
February 4, 2022
Economics
R. Glenn Hubbard: Moving Past the "Walls" of Protection to "Bridges" of Participation
The response to disruptions caused by globalization and technological advances have been "walls" of protection that diminish economic dynamism. What is needed are "bridges" that connect individuals t…
September 22, 2008
Brazil
Proposals for Wall Street
As the graph above indicates, the markets' perception of the risk of failure increased following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. The Wall Street crisis has demonstrated the need for a systematic…
September 26, 2008
Brazil
Wall Street Bailout
The charts above put the size of Paulson’s $700 billion rescue plan into perspective. Given that $700 billion is small relative to the total assets of all FDIC insured institutions, the design of t…
