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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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November 30, 2007
Financial Markets
Is the dollar’s decline over?
The Economist put the dollar on its cover this week. The Economist’s cover is usually a lagging, not a leading, indicator: it signals that the dollar already has fallen significantly, and sometime…
June 6, 2005
Economics
So will the proliferation of hedge funds end with a bang or a whimper
The number of hedge funds is about the only thing that has been rising faster than the price of residential real estate (at least in some markets). Probably not a coincidence: hedge funds and real e…
July 10, 2005
China
Has a slowing Chinese economy eliminated domestic pressure for a renminbi revaluation?
Alan Greenspan told Senators Schumer and Graham that China would soon make its currency regime more flexible, and that they should hold off. They no doubt took "flexible" to mean "let its currency ap…
November 12, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Obama in Asia
Above the Fold: The big news of the week has been President Obama’s Asia trip. The coverage at home has generally been positive. Walter Russell Mead reviews the India leg of the trip and applauds…
August 2, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Congress’s Recess, Syrian Violence, Hiroshima Anniversary, and NASA’s Mars Mission
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed where things stand in Washington as Congress recesses for the summer; the continued violence in Syria; the 67th anniversary of the Hiros…
