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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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February 8, 2005
Chairman Greenspan: Do Not Worry, Be Happy
The Chairman gave policy makers a green light not to worry about the US current account deficit: the dollar’s existing fall will lead the deficit to turn around. The Chairman’s remarks also seem to …
October 2, 2005
Europe
Germany 1, France 0? Plus some musings about the politics of globalization
I agreed with a lot of what Fareed Zakaria wrote about Germany - certainly I would agree that Germany has done a lot more reform than France over the past few years.Compare Germany with France. In Ge…
February 5, 2006
United States
Is national income accounting biased against the US?
In a fake news classic, Rob Corddry and Jon Stewart of the Daily Show once pondered how to report "the facts" when "the facts themselves were biased." Michael Mandel seems to think the facts are bia…
April 10, 2007
Global
Verleger: Natural Gas Cartel Could Emerge in Future, But Not Now
Philip K. Verleger Jr., an energy policy expert, says meetings of natural gas exporting countries in Qatar are not likely to be very significant in short term, but in time “could be very significant.”
June 10, 2008
Capital Flows
A Diamond in the Rough: The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Development in Africa
Watch Gareth Penny, managing director of De Beers, discuss economic development in Africa and how the private sector can faciliate sustained growth.
