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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 16, 2015
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day
Today is Presidents’ Day. It is a TWE tradition to recognize the forty-three men—and they have all been men—who have been president on Presidents’ Day with the following essay. If you are lucky enoug…
February 15, 2016
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day
Today is Presidents’ Day. It is a TWE tradition to recognize the forty-three men—and they have all been men, though that may change next January 20—who have been president on Presidents’ Day by posti…
May 1, 2005
China
Will China get hit by the cover jinx?
It is a bit hard to start shorting the renminbi (RMB/ the Chinese currency) just because China has now made its appearance on the cover of Newsweek. It is hard to short something that has yet to be …
August 7, 2019
Election 2020
Meet Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic Presidential Candidate
Update: Kirsten Gillibrand announced on August 28, 2019, that she was ending her campaign. It has been a while since Americans have elected successive presidents from the same state. Not since Nov…
August 30, 2007
Financial Markets
Turning lemons into lemonade
Or perhaps – with a bit of reverse financial engineering – into “apples, pears, strawberries and all the rest.” Martin Wolf is the latest observer to note that the US has created a lot of financial l…