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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…
January 19, 2005
And I thought I was just a former Treasury staff economist with an unhealthy obsession with how the US is funding its enormous trade and current account deficits, and more willingness than most to sp…
October 21, 2005
United StatesAt least according to Tim Geithner, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:It matters because of the size of the U.S. imbalance. Our current account deficit is now running at a rate of abo…
January 3, 2006
United StatesTyler Cowen has argued that big shocks come when markets are surprised, and, right now, no one would be surprised by a dollar decline. People like me (and others with a wee bit higher profile) have …
March 22, 2006
United StatesDavid Bassanese recently wrote in the Australian Financial review: "Provided inflation remains benign, the goods news is that the US economy does not appear to be facing many downside risks, and its …
September 7, 2006
ChinaThe New York Times’ conservative columnists certainly know how to get my blood boiling. David Brooks, among other things, apparently thinks the key to a hedge fund salary is good people skills – not…