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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 15, 2006
Economics
Mandel v. Setser. Round two. More on intangible exports and dark matter
I was rather busy last week, so I was not able to respond immediately to Michael Mandel's response to my response to his Business Week cover story - and now Micheal Mandel is shooting for slightly bi…
February 22, 2006
United States
Shrinking dark matter watch
Or maybe shifting dark matter watch. Via Barry Ritholtz comes news that increasing US investment (according to Mandel) in one key intangible asset - US brands - may be yielding diminishing returns. …
March 1, 2006
United States
Rising trade deficit financed by fast-growing poor countries watch
Consumption up. Up by almost 1% in a month. Consumption continues to grow faster than income. Household savings, consequently, are down. Michael Mandel, are you sure you want to argue that …
March 2, 2006
United States
It is official: the current account deficit doesn’t stem from a boom in investment in intangible assets
OK, maybe not official. But the Economist, drawing on the work of Carol Corrado, Dan Sichel and Charles Hulten, has the key chart. Check it out. Investment - including investment in intangible asse…
March 9, 2006
United States
Mike Mandel, Ricardo Hausmann and Federico Sturzenegger better be right (January trade data)
I sure hope that the US is exporting a lot of "intangibles" that don't show up in the trade data, and generating lots more intangible dark matter to offset all the external debt that the US is taking…
