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July 10, 2012
Europe and Eurasia
More Evidence That LIBOR Is Manipulated, and What It Means
Barclays’ admission that it deliberately understated the interest rates at which it could borrow between September 2007 and May 2009 suggests grievous flaws in the widespread process of using LIBO…
July 2, 2012
Europe and Eurasia
"Iceland's Post-Crisis Miracle" Revisited
Back in July 2010, we produced a post examining the “Icelandic Post-Crisis Miracle,” as proclaimed by Paul Krugman. We showed that Krugman’s “miracle” was merely an artifact of comparing changes …
August 17, 2011
Brazil
Are Stocks Cheap?
Weak economic data, a Washington debt standoff, a downgrade of U.S. federal debt, and rising European default fears helped send the S&P 500 stock index down 16% between July 22and August 6. As the…
June 25, 2024
United States
A Strategy for U.S. Competitiveness in Innovation
Innovation power is playing a critical role in today’s world order, affecting global economies, militaries, and societies. Panelists discuss the strategy needed for the United States to compete in th…
February 13, 2002
United States
Former New York Times Columnist and Scholar, Michael M. Weinstein Named Director of Council’s Geoeconomics Center
December 4, 2001–Moving forward on the Council’s commitment to combine foreign policy and economic studies, former New York Timescolumnist and scholar Michael M. Weinstein has been named the first Di…
July 16, 2012
Europe and Eurasia
More Evidence That LIBOR Is Hazardous to Economic Health
Central bankers necessarily spend a great deal of time studying economic and market data that they believe to be forward-looking indicators of the economy’s health. One such is the so-called “LIB…
