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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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October 18, 2006
Monetary Policy
The impact of central bank demand on US bond yields.
In late 2004 and early 2005, Nouriel and I estimated that the actions of foreign central banks might be holding US yields down by as much as 200 bp. That estimate found its way into Pam Woodall’s Eco…
April 24, 2010
Climate Change
Carbon Pricing or R&D? A New Economics Paper Says Both
Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, and two of their colleagues (MIT and Harvard) posted a fascinating working paper last October that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves in the policy world. (After…
December 9, 2016
Elections and Voting
Ten Elections to Watch in 2017
Numerous countries will hold elections in 2017. Here are ten to watch.
April 15, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Pathway to Peace or Mangled Mission in Libya?
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy greets Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 13, 2011. (Philippe Wojazer/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Barack Obama, Da…
May 20, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Has Congress Abandoned Its War Power?
Capitol Hill seen at sunrise. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The ringing you heard today is the timer expiring on the War Power Resolution’s sixty-day clock. Back on March 20, Presi…
