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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 9, 2006
United States
Martin Feldstein joins the dollar doomsday cult
Stephen Kirchner take note. Alan Greenspan, too. Dr. Feldstein thinks central banks -- and oil sheiks -- are behind a lot of private flows into the US. And he doesn't seem convinced that this is w…
December 22, 2004
One more point on Martin Wolf
It is a simple point, but an important one. Wolf says the United States would be fine if it reduced its current account deficit from 6% of GDP to 3% of GDP. External debt to GDP then stabilizes at …
November 6, 2013
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Looking Past the Inbox: Report of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations
Every year, it seems, a new group of eminences grises issues a report deploring the state of the world and purporting to offer a roadmap out of our predicament. These documents tend to be short on im…
April 1, 2006
Emerging Markets
Martin Wolf must have an amazing research assistant …
Either that or he has a lot of time on his hands.The powerpoint slides that accompany his John Hopkins lecture series on the Global Economy are amazing. And not just because they are all shaded FT p…
April 19, 2005
Emerging Markets
Martin Wolf, Korea’s Central Bank, and Collateralized Debt Obligations
Somehow, all three are linked together today in my mind. And at some level, they do all connect. As Martin Wolf notes, Asia’s current account surplus (savings surplus) shows up in the phenomenal gr…
March 22, 2024
United States
Election 2024: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Much like talk of Mark Twain’s death, claims that Americans are turning their back on the world are…
