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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…
Capital, Labor, and Productivity: Moyo on U.S. Economic Competitiveness
April 1, 2011 10:20 am (EST)
- Explainer Video
Dambisa Moyo, economist and author of "How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly -- and the Stark Choices Ahead," shares her thoughts on U.S. economic leadership, China’s rise, and the developments in the Middle East with Isobel Coleman, director of CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.
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