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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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July 12, 2010
Europe and Eurasia
Post-Crisis Iceland: Miracle or Illusion?
Paul Krugman recently wrote that Iceland had experienced a “Post-Crisis Miracle,” driven by devaluation and capital controls. He based his conclusion on the figure below, which compares Iceland’s ch…
March 18, 2021
Heads of State and Government
John Magufuli, Tanzania’s COVID-Denying President, Dies
Vice President Samia Suluhu, announcing President John Magufuli’s death yesterday, said the president died from a heart condition, and that he had been treated at two different hospitals in Dar es Salaam.
September 12, 2019
Election 2020
John Delaney on U.S. Foreign Policy
The ten leading Democratic presidential candidates square off at 8 p.m. (EST) tonight in Houston for a third round of debate. ABC News and Univision will be televising the exchange. We’ll see if toni…
February 27, 2006
Financial Markets
A butterfly flapped its wings in Iceland …
If you read the financial press closely, it was hard not to learn a bit about the Icelandic krona over the past week. The krona pays a high interest rate, you see - enabling Iceland to attract the …
March 28, 2006
Financial Markets
Iceland: Déjà vu all over again
Currency falls sharply.Foreign banks cut credit lines. "Last week ... US investors refused to roll over loans to the country's top three banks." (FT)Local banks argue that they only thing to fear is …