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May 4, 2023
Ukraine
Home and Abroad Public Forum: U.S. Strategy and the War in Ukraine
Panelists will discuss U.S. policy toward the Ukraine war, including what the requirements and goals for peace talks should be, as well as appropriate levels of military and economic aid. This vir…
April 29, 2009
Financial Markets
Why were arguments against taking on risk discounted heavily during the boom?
Barry Eichengreen writes exceptionally well: "THE GREAT Credit Crisis has cast into doubt much of what we thought we knew about economics. We thought that monetary policy had tamed the business cycl…
August 27, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Cost of Nigerian Governance
Oby Ezekwesili on August 19 in Abuja said that Nigeria spent over one trillion naira on National Assembly members since 2005. That is about U.S. $6.2 billion. Mrs. Ezekwesili is a former minister of …
July 8, 2008
Financial Markets
The FT joins the chorus arguing against the Gulf’s dollar peg
The FT’s leader concisely summarizes the arguments against the Gulf’s peg to the dollar. "The UAE either keeps its currency pegged to the dollar, in which case too many dirhams will chase too few go…
March 25, 2008
Monetary Policy
Record reserves, Record reserve growth, record reserve currency angst -
Over the past several weeks: Thailand’s reserves topped $100b. Thailand, lest anyone forget, basically ran out of cash reserves back in 1997 (counting its forward commitments) - sending a clear …