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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 11, 2015
Cybersecurity
Guest Post: Taking the Fear Out of Cyberattacks
Harry Oppenheimer is a research associate for national security at the Council on Foreign Relations. In the wake of recent cyberattacks on Sony, there was a short public debate about what to call th…
December 19, 2013
Economics
The Federal Reserve Tapers: In Search of Calmer Waters
Yesterday’s decision by the Federal Reserve’s policy committee to modestly reduce (“taper”) its purchases of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities was a turning point in a number of respects. …
November 6, 2004
Politics and Government
Bush considering to a tax hike for most Americans?
Isn’t that what a revenue neutral flat tax or a national sales tax implies, particularly one that exempts investment income from any taxation? (as Cheney reportedly is pushing). In all honesty, it …
November 9, 2016
United States
The President’s (Economic) Inbox
The election of Donald Trump creates extraordinary uncertainty about the future course of U.S. economic policy. Markets don’t like extreme unknowns, and there are valid reasons to fear that Trump’s p…
May 16, 2012
Education
Business, Immigration, and Political Dysfunction
I had not intended it this way, but this will be my second item in just a week on political dysfunction in Washington. I participated yesterday in a superb forum on the prospects for immigration ref…
