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August 21, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Is Buffett Worried About Municipal Debt?
The Oracle of Omaha is pulling back from a multibillion dollar bet on the solvency of more than a dozen states (WSJ). Warren Buffett decided to terminate credit default swaps (CDSs) issued by Berkshi…
February 1, 2005
Economics
If a Kansan is going to run the World Bank
Please pick Kassebaum-Baker rather than Brownback. Kassebaum is sort of like the Christine Todd Whitman of Kansas politics; Brownback is more the Rick Santorum. I suspect that Brownback won’t get t…
June 29, 2005
Capital Flows
Selling off little pieces of yourself
If the US wanted to fund its current account deficit by selling equity, it would need to sell off the equivalent of 40 Unocal’s a year -- whether Chinese state firms, European firms, Japanese insurer…
July 1, 2016
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016 Friday Foreign Policy Roundup: Happy Fourth of July
Monday is the Fourth of July. It’s the nation’s 240th birthday. Campaign 2016 has clearly enflamed divisions here at home. So here’s to hoping that the next few days provide an occasion to remember w…
March 9, 2006
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
The Continued Vulnerability of the Global Maritime Transportation System
Written Testimony before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives on “Foreign O…