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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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December 2, 2016
Financial Markets
Global Economics Monthly: December 2016
Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics Robert Kahn writes that financial markets rallied following the U.S. election, on hopes that President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s fiscal stimulus and deregulation initiatives would spur corporate profits and growth. Perhaps so, but a strong case could be made for the opposite: that Trump’s economic agenda will prove disruptive to trade and growth, face growing headwinds in Congress, and exert a contractionary impact on the U.S. economy.
May 4, 2021
Technology and Innovation
Open Access Fiber to Improve U.S. Internet Connectivity
To avoid falling behind the rest of the world on internet speed and access, the United States should rapidly deploy fiber-optic internet nationwide.
November 17, 1999
Trade
Who Decides? Congress and the Debate Over Trade Policy in 1934 and 1974
Introduction Governor Adlai E. Stevenson thought trade policy was boring; he once described it as one field where the greatest need is for fresh clichés. He had a point. In the long period that th…
September 3, 2013
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Global Economics Monthly: September 2013
Bottom Line: There's a strong consensus that this fall's fiscal showdown will result in a compromise agreement, but a deal may be harder to get than markets anticipate. Have pity on the U.S. fisca…
February 3, 2014
United States
Global Economics Monthly: February 2014
Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics Robert Kahn discusses what the U.S. budget agreement means for global markets.