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April 11, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Mitt Romney, GOP Presidential Candidate
Mitt Romney shakes hands after speaking to an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Washington on February 11, 2011. (Larry Downing/courtesy Reuters) The United States …
August 13, 2011
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012: Hello Rick Perry, GOP Presidential Candidate
Texas Governor Rick Perry delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on February 11, 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) For seventeen of the past forty-eigh…
September 4, 2014
China
Notable Quotables From THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS
“The various currencies, which were all maintained on a stable basis in relation to gold and to one another, facilitated the easy flow of capital and of trade to an extent the full value of which …
January 13, 2006
United States
On the origins of dark matter
Stephen "Current accounts almost always don't matter" Jen is intrigued by Ricardo Hausmann and Fredrico Struzenegger's discovery of dark matter. Lots of others are too. Michael Mandel for one. Se…
April 7, 2015
Politics and Government
Campaign 2016: Senator Rand Paul, GOP Presidential Candidate
Is America ready for a "Libertarian-ish" president? We are about to find out. Today Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) formally announced his presidential campaign, making him the second Republican candidate, …
December 1, 2014
Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2015
As 2014 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2015.
March 24, 2015
Politics and Government
Campaign 2016: Senator Ted Cruz, GOP Presidential Candidate
Someone had to be first. When it comes to the 2016 presidential campaign, that person is Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Yesterday, he formally announced that he is running for president. Cruz’s rise to nat…
October 20, 2015
You Might Have Missed: Recent Academic Journal Findings III
This is the third blog post in this series. The previous two were published in February and July, and highlight earlier academic findings. Elizabeth N. Saunders, “War and the Inner Circle: Democrat…
April 9, 2015
Ten Whats With…Sheila A. Smith
Sheila A. Smith is a senior fellow for Japan Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (Columbia University Pres…
December 11, 2006
Financial Markets
The GCC’s dollar peg …
China will have a current account surplus of over $200b this year. China has about 1.3 billion people. The GCC countries (Saudi Arabia and the small states on the Gulf) will also have a current ac…