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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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March 26, 2013
Politics and Government
Hello (Welcome Back), Shinzo Abe: Prime Minister of Japan
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That old saying could be the motto of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who today marks the end of his third month in office. You see, he had this job…
July 17, 2012
China
China’s Population Policy—An Exchange Between Edwin Winckler and Yanzhong Huang
Dr. Yanzhong Huang is Senior Fellow for Global Health and the newest writer for Asia Unbound. His first post, “Time for China to Abandon Its Population Control Policy,” attracted significant attentio…
December 30, 2007
China
Does the China investment corporation (CIC) have a coherent investment strategy?
I personally would say no. And I am not alone. Tan Wei of mergermarket.com reports (in the FT) “a source familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking … who has direct access to the Chinese g…
April 26, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Ron Paul, GOP Presidential Candidate
Rep. Ron Paul visits a polling station in Manchester, New Hampshire on January 8, 2008. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) The third time is the charm. That’s at least what Ron Paul hopes. An unsuccessful…
October 4, 2007
Financial Markets
2007 has been a lot better than 2005 for the dollar bears …
Some no doubt will take a revival of interest in a set of 2004 and 2005 papers (Rogoff-Obstfeld, Krugman, Roubini-Setser, no doubt others) arguing that a real depreciation in the dollar is needed to…
