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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 17, 2011
Monetary Policy
Can Monetary Policy Mitigate The Effects of Oil Shocks? A Follow-Up
I wrote a week ago about an old paper by Bernanke, Gertler, and Watson (BGW) that attributed much of the impact of past oil price shocks to the response of monetary policy. Jim Hamilton followed up t…
December 1, 2013
Wars and Conflict
Balance of U.S. War Powers
There have long been disputes over the role of Congress and the president in waging military action.
September 1, 2016
United States
Debating the Legality of the Post-9/11 ‘Forever War’
The Authorization for the Use of Military Force, passed by Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, has been cited by the Bush and Obama administrations as sanctioning …
February 19, 2013
Diplomacy and International Institutions
HBO History Makers Event, With Madeleine Albright
Madeleine K. Albright discusses world affairs and her career in U.S. government. The HBO History Makers Series focuses particular attention on the contributions made by a prominent individual at a…
May 3, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Are Speculators to Blame for High Oil Prices? Part II
I received some thoughtful (offline) responses to my post yesterday on the impact of speculators on oil prices – or, to be more precise, the relationship between financial and physical oil markets. O…