Commentary
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A Time to Spend
BERKELEY – The central insight of macroeconomics is a fact that was known to John Stuart Mill in the first…
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The Making of International Monetary Reform
BRUSSELS – If French President Nicolas Sarkozy had written the prologue to his presidency of the G-20, which has just…
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The Blackmail Path to Power
ABIDJAN – On December 2, Côte d’Ivoire’s Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) declared opposition leader Alassane Ouattara the winner of the…
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Iran’s Supreme Power Struggle
WASHINGTON, DC – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has never been happy about the status of the Iranian presidency…
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Voodoo Economics Revisited
WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington are suddenly falling over themselves to agree on the need for…
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Not Heard at the G-20
BOGOTA, LIMA, SANTIAGO – International economic coordination is as necessary as it is elusive. During the global financial crisis, the…
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Is Open Diplomacy Possible?
PRINCETON – At Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson, who was president of the university before he became president of the United…
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Drugstore Geneticist
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA – Back in June 2000, when the draft human-genome sequence was announced, US President Bill Clinton proclaimed,…
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Special Feature: From Belle Yella to Bong – Another Christmas Gift
For the people of Bong County, Christmas came much earlier this year, although not with the same degree of hype…
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A Fair Deal for Africa’s Resources
WINDHOEK – Namibia is a resource-based economy that has embarked on an ambitious development program. Our vision is to turn…
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