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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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February 27, 2006
Financial Markets
A butterfly flapped its wings in Iceland …
If you read the financial press closely, it was hard not to learn a bit about the Icelandic krona over the past week. The krona pays a high interest rate, you see - enabling Iceland to attract the …
June 19, 2007
Monetary Policy
Sovereign Wealth Funds are sexy, but the real story right now comes from plain old central bank reserves …
Everyone now wants to talk about sovereign wealth funds, both how big they will become and how they will (or will not) impact a range of markets. I tend to agree with Tony Tassel and Joanna Chung of…
June 24, 2011
United States
Libya: "Justifications" for Intervention
Rebels fighters are reflected on a side mirror at the front line in Ajdabiyah June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany As anyone who reads this blog probably knows, I have been a critic of the U…
February 17, 2012
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: Anthony Shadid
Above the Fold. Anthony Shadid, a New York Times foreign correspondent, died yesterday while covering the ongoing political upheaval in Syria. He wasn’t cut down by the violence of what is becoming a…
November 12, 2014
International Organizations
On the Line in Brisbane: Global Growth and G20 Credibility
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. This weekend, leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) states gather in Brisbane, Aus…
