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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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September 30, 2019
Election 2020
Meet Steve Bullock, Democratic Presidential Candidate
Update: Steve Bullock announced on December 2, 2019, that he was dropping out of the race. Can one of the last candidates to enter the 2020 race be the last one standing? Steve Bullock certainly …
September 16, 2008
Financial Markets
Lehman v Argentina
I am guilty of instinctively comparing large defaults to the Argentina’s default. That is the largest default that I know well. And Lehman qualifies as a large default. John Jansen reports one …
September 12, 2013
Diplomacy and International Institutions
The World Next Week: Washington and Moscow Spar on Syria, Oslo Accords Twenty Years On, Lehman Brothers Collapse Five Years Later
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the continuing crisis in Syria, the twentieth anniversary of the Oslo Accords, and the state of the economy five years after the Lehman …
April 30, 2007
United States
Dani Rodrik, Steve Waldman, China’s impact on US export prices and the risk of “financial” Dutch disease …
Dani Rodrik didn’t take long to stir up the blogosphere (see Steve Waldman, among others). Rodrik makes an interesting point: Trade doesn’t cut inflation. Sure, it lowers prices for impor…
January 4, 2024
United States
The President’s Inbox Recap: Far-Right Terrorism
Far-right extremist violence threatens American democracy.
December 8, 2023
Climate Change
Ten Most Significant World Events in 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the year.
