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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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December 7, 2021
Education
Higher Education Webinar: The Role of Joint Venture Universities in China
Denis F. Simon, senior adviser to the president for China affairs and professor of the practice at Duke University, leads a conversation on the role of joint venture universities in China. FA…
February 10, 2009
Financial Markets
Toxic banks or toxic assets?
Two weeks ago, George Soros memorably framed the core choice the US now faces as a choice between buying toxic assets or taking over toxic banks. “The hard choice facing the Obama administration is …
November 17, 2008
Financial Markets
The G-20 communique
The G-20’s communiqué offered a surprisingly robust work program for regulatory reform. MIT’s Simon Johnson even worries that it may be too robust – and push banks to scale back their lending in a …
June 11, 2010
Fossil Fuels
Reducing U.S. Oil Consumption
The worst oil spill in U.S. history, still growing in the Gulf of Mexico, has intensified debate about alternative fuel options. Here, four experts discuss how to reduce U.S. oil consumption.
October 2, 2007
Monetary Policy
Central banks came close to financing the entire US current account deficit over the past four quarters
I have been reserve-obsessed for quite some time now. The uphill flow of funds from the emerging economies to advanced economies strikes me as the defining feature of today's global economy. That…
