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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 8, 2009
Financial Markets
The shadow financial system – as illustrated in three new papers that cut through the London fog
Gordon Brown wants to shine a bit more light on the shadow financial system (hat tip IPEZone). One plank of his G-20 action plan is: "reform of international regulation to close regulatory gaps so …
September 10, 2021
Noncommunicable Diseases
Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times
Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness
March 8, 2006
Emerging Markets
The market concludes (many) risks do not exist. And then it reevaluates.
I was going to write about how the markets have concluded that risk does not exist.After all, early last week, the market thought that dollar bonds issued by emerging economies were not that much mor…
August 6, 2007
Monetary Policy
The housing market shouldn’t bank on a PBoC put …
Yes, Virginia, seeking higher dollar returns to offset the dollar’s depreciation does mean taking on more risk. And Steve Schwarzman wasn’t going to underprice his IPO just because China underpriced…
September 12, 2022
Afghanistan
Preview Screening and Discussion of “Escape From Kabul”
Escape From Kabul unfolds over eighteen monumental days in August 2021, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghan citize…
