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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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January 18, 2008
Monetary Policy
The new (financial) world order
In 2007: China’s government added $430b to its foreign exchange reserves. Russia’s government added $150b to its foreign exchange reserves. China’s state banks likely - this is the only…
July 14, 2005
Capital Flows
Is oil always sold to the highest bidder?
I suspect that the US is not prepared for the implications of a world where China’s reserves are rising fast enough to allow China to finance the purchase of one Unocal every month. I also would bet…
February 11, 2006
United States
Cantankerous commentary on trade deficit commentary
I must have rolled out off the wrong side of the bed. A few things about the commentary on the record 2005 trade deficit have been bothering me. Above all, the argument that the US trade deficit i…