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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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December 18, 2007
United States
Yes, Virginia, the world’s central banks are financing most of the US current account deficit (my rebuttal to Richard Iley)
Back in the summer of 2004, Nouriel Roubini and I published a paper arguing that large trade deficits implied a deteriorating US net international investment position and a deteriorating “income” bal…
November 15, 2011
Monetary Policy
A Discussion of the Fed’s Dual Mandate Responsibilities
Charles L. Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, discusses the Fed's dual mandate in working to avoid an economic collapse and an increase in inflation, as well as lowering the une…
November 15, 2011
Monetary Policy
A Discussion of the Fed's Dual Mandate Responsibilities
JEFFREY GARTEN: Good morning, everyone. It's my great pleasure to be the moderator for a session with Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. This meeting is part of the C. …
June 16, 2010
United States
More Money than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of More Money than God, discusses his book and the role of he…
June 16, 2010
United States
"More Money than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite"
Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge-fund moguls have become the stars of twenty-first-century capitalism. Their weekend mansions are fodder for Vanity Fair photographers; their pot…