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February 27, 2023

United States
Raghuram G. Rajan: Inclusive Localism- Communities’ Place in a Globalized World

The answer to disillusionment of those living in ‘left behind’ parts of advanced economies towards globalization lies in reinvesting in local communities and giving people more control over their dai…

U.S. President Joe Biden touts infrastructure spending on the Hudson River Tunnel project in New York City
Blog Post by Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Raghuram G. Rajan Renewing America

May 17, 2010

China
Will China Follow Lomborg’s Advice on Carbon Taxes?

Barbara Finamore at NRDC has a nice rundown of internal Chinese discussions about imposing a carbon tax beginning in 2012. A Chinese carbon tax would be a positive development. But it’s important for…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate

April 7, 2010

China
Making Sense of China’s Energy Intensity Statistics

Stephen Howes (via Roger Pielke) takes a look at recent Chinese statistics and calls recent Chinese claims to have cut energy intensity by 14.38% from 2005 to 2009 into question. I’ll be the last pe…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate

March 24, 2014

Fossil Fuels
FiveThirtyEight’s Data Problem

Nate Silver’s new FiveThirtyEight has been catching a lot of flak since it launched last week. Perhaps the harshest has been directed at the site’s retention of the often-contrarian climate analyst R…

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Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate

January 20, 2022

Economics
Robert E. Rubin: The Challenges and Future of Capitalism in the United States

There are many critical challenges for the U. S. economy that markets, by their nature, will not address. In this sense, the future of American capitalism thus depends on the future of American polit…

Blog Post by Roger W. Ferguson Jr. and Robert E. Rubin Renewing America