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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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January 8, 2003
United States
International Financial Crises Increasingly Take Priority Over Most Traditional Security and Foreign Policy Problems, Concludes New Council on Foreign Relations Book
September 7, 2001 - What if you took seventy-five of the most experienced professionals in the fields of finance, economics, foreign policy, and national security and confronted them with two dozen p…
February 2, 2007
Financial Markets
A trillion dollars gets my attention, whether it comes from the PBoC or the yen carry trade
Tim Lee of Pi Economics estimates that about a $1 trillion of private money is now betting that the yen will stay fairly weak. Tim Lee, of Pi Economics, reckons as much as $1 trillion may be stake…
July 8, 2007
Financial Markets
Whither the dollar-riyal-renminbi?
The funny thing about the dollar is that it is now kind of weak -- except against the currencies of those places that actually have large current account surpluses.The dollar is close to record lows…
August 16, 2007
Financial Markets
The dollar, still a currency that you run to?
There clearly has been a flight to liquidity recently. T-bill yields have collapsed (See the Econocator). Perhaps because of the Fed. Perhaps because folks are hoarding cash and nothing that pays…
July 7, 2011
Japan
Harnessing Technological Prowess for Japan’s Recovery
A bullet train arrives at JR Sendai Station after full service is restored on April 29 to the JR East Tohoku Shinkansen line following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. (YouTub…
