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The Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States
Special Report 20 edited by C. Fred Bergsten April 2009 This Special Report looks at the long-run prospects for the international economic position of the United States, with particular focus on the likely evolution of the current account deficit and prospective foreign financing for it. Its goal is to pr ... More >> |
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The Russia Balance Sheet
by Anders Åslund and Andrew Kuchins April 2009
Russia has been on a wild roller-coaster ride for the past three decades with no end in sight. Just in the past year as the global financial crisis deepened, the conventional perception of Russia has changed from a "safe haven" from the economic
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Global Warming and the World Trading System
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer , Steve Charnovitz and Jisun Kim March 2009 In 2006, a team led by the English economist Sir Nicholas Stern issued a striking
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US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries
by Martin Neil Baily and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard February 2009 It is generally accepted that Social Security must be reformed, but there is little agreement on what should be done to reform the program. US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries looks at the social pension reforms of twelve othe
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China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities (hardcover)
by C. Fred Bergsten , Charles Freeman , Nicholas R. Lardy and Derek J. Mitchell September 2008 China has emerged as an economic powerhouse (projected to have the largest economy in the world in a little over a decade) and is taking an ever-increasing role on the world stage. China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities will hel
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Banking on Basel: The Future of International Financial Regulation
by Daniel K. Tarullo September 2008 The turmoil in financial markets that resulted from the 2007 subprime mortgage
crisis in the United States indicates the need to dramatically transform regulation
and supervision of financial institutions. Would these institutions have been
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Bailouts or Bail-ins? Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies
by Nouriel Roubini and Brad Setser August 2004 Roughly once a year, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the US treasury secretary and in some cases the finance ministers of other G-7 countries will get a call from the finance minister of a large emerging market economy. T
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Leveling the Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and US Climate Policy Design
by Trevor Houser , Rob Bradley , Britt Childs , Jacob Werksman and Robert Heilmayr May 2008 As political momentum surrounding climate change builds in the US, policymakers are taking a fresh look at national climate policy and American involvement in multilateral climate negotiations. And as in years past, the potential economic impact o
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Debating China's Exchange Rate Policy
edited by Morris Goldstein and Nicholas R. Lardy April 2008 More than two and a half years have passed since China announced a number of changes to its
foreign exchange regime in July 2005. During this period, the debate on the pros and cons of
China's exchange rate policy, which had begun in earnest sev
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Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
by Anders Åslund October 2007 The Russian revolution, collapse of the Soviet Union, and Russia's ensuing transformation belong to the greatest dramas of our time. Revolutions are usually messy and emotional affairs, challenging much of the conventional wisdom, and Russia's exp
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Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country
by William R. Cline July 2007 How will global warming affect developing countries, which rely heavily on agriculture as a source
of economic growth? William Cline asserts that developing countries have more at risk than industrial countries as global warming worsens. Using ge
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