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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 28, 2005
United States
Who would sit on today’s “committee to save the world”
That is one of many interesting issues raised by Times selectman Floyd Norris today. As Norris notes, Alan Greenspan never had half the power people thought he had. All he does is set short-term (cr…
November 26, 2005
Economics
Kansas is flat, the world is not …
To paraphrase the New Economist, the Financial Times must think the world is flat. They just gave Tom Friedman the inaugural Financial Times/ Goldman Sachs book prize last week - for a book based on…
April 18, 2006
China
Not working — China’s attempts to rebalance its economy
China's leaders talk of rebalancing the basis for Chinese growth, shifting from exports and investment to consumption. That makes a lot of sense to me. China's economy is every bit as unbalanced a…
September 7, 2007
China
Is China selling its Treasuries?
Combine two data points The August fall in Treasury holdings in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s custodial accounts (the data is released weekly here); andThe very modest increase in China’s re…
June 1, 2010
Immigration and Migration
Testimony: Next Steps for the Mérida Initiative
On May 27th I testified at a joint hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and the Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommitt…
