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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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November 1, 2005
China
Balance of payments math for the Economist (and some thoughts on Chinese banks)
The Economist - byline Bejing, Hong Kong, Shanghai.The quote: "No country can sustainably invest more than it saves ..."As most of you know, I generally agree with that sentiment, though it is certai…
November 30, 2005
Financial Markets
Tracking petrodollars (or petroeuros) — once more
I tend to agree with Stephen Roach more often than naught. But every now and again, I do disagree with him. And I am not convinced that petrodollars, are well, no longer petrodollars. That is, t…
February 28, 2007
China
Why is China’s government trying so hard to hold down China’s current living standard? And investing so much of China’s savings in depreciating assets?
Dr. DeLong is engaged is a rather spirited debate over at TPMCafe – one that mirrors the debate inside the Democratic party. It is a debate over trade, but it also is a debate over US grand strategy…
May 5, 2009
Immigration and Migration
Swine Flu, the Drug War, and the Mexican State
As if Mexico didn’t have enough problems, it is now the epicenter of the swine flu epidemic. But there is a silver lining. The Mexican government’s handling of the epidemic should banish any notions …
October 12, 2010
North Korea
Apparent Heir: Kim Jong Un’s Ascension and The Challenge to South Korea
Having spent the past week in Seoul in the aftermath of the September 28 Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) conference and on the eve of the unprecedented 65th anniversary celebrations of the WPK’s foun…
