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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 13, 2023
Inequality
Women This Week: Nobel Prize Winner Highlights Gender Pay Gap
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 7 to October 13.
January 5, 2024
United States
Campaign Roundup: The Third Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Americans are divided over the meaning of January 6.
March 22, 2009
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Last week’s move in the Treasury market ...
When financial historians get around to writing the history of the great crisis of 2008 (or great crisis of 2007-09?), they will no doubt focus on the collapse of the market for securitized mortgages…
July 19, 2009
United States
Don’t ignore the adjustment that has taken place; the US trade deficit is half its size this time last year …
Most reporting on the May trade data tried to fit it into the “green shoots” meta-narrative, thanks to the small uptick in exports. Never mind that total exports were about equal to their level in …
April 18, 2023
United States
The Cost of Trump’s Trade War with China Is Still Adding Up
In continuing it, Biden risks further harm to the U.S. economy.
June 14, 2023
Ecuador
A Surge in Crime and Violence Has Ecuador Reeling
Ecuadorians say crime and public authorities’ inability, or unwillingness, to stop it is what they are most worried about.
