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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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August 1, 2005
China
Summarizing China in one paragraph …
is hard, but James McGregor gave it a go in the Sunday Washington Post: It is difficult to overstate the transformation that has swept China in the past 15 years. To frame it in terms of comparable h…
August 19, 2005
China
Comments on Dooley, Garber and Folkerts-Landau: part 1, China
As usual, Michael Dooley, Peter Garber and David Folkerts-Landau are provocative. And in a lot areas, the arguments made by those - like Dooley, Garber and Folkerts-Landau -- who argue that the Brett…
November 17, 2005
China
Can the Pentagon balance Chinese power …
with money the Treasury borrows from China? Ok, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia ... The answer so far has been yes. The Pentagon - or at least influential voices in the Pentagon - want to discoura…
December 19, 2005
China
The Chinese conundrum: External (financial) strength, domestic (financial) weakness
I disagree with Michael Mandel on the US current account deficit - I think it is a concern, he doesn't. We also disagree on the US fiscal deficit. He doesn't think it is a big problem; I disagree…
January 13, 2006
United States
On the origins of dark matter
Stephen "Current accounts almost always don't matter" Jen is intrigued by Ricardo Hausmann and Fredrico Struzenegger's discovery of dark matter. Lots of others are too. Michael Mandel for one. Se…
