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Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the rich
By Robert Skidelsky - Aug 26, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 26, 2024 00:11
LONDON — Reading [last] fall’s selection of new nonfiction books, one cannot help but recall W.B. ...
Marine geoengineering will not save the oceans or the climate
By Lili Fuhr and James Kerry - Aug 26, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 26, 2024 00:11
BERLIN/ZURICH — Life on Earth would not exist without the oceans and their interconnected and fragile ecosystems, many of which we barely un ...
The US Treasury’s backdoor stimulus is hampering the Fed
By Nouriel Roubini, Stephen Miran - Aug 21, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 21, 2024 22:23
NEW YORK — The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has moved mountains to control inflation, which in July fell below 3 per cent for the first time sin ...
Pulling the Amazon back from the brink
By Carlos Nobre and Marielos Peña-Claros - Aug 20, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 20, 2024 23:03
SÃO PAULO/WAGENINGEN — Last year has been the warmest on record, with climate change causing more frequent and intense heatwaves, wildfires, ...
How financial markets can drive climate action
By Lynn Forester de Rothschild - Aug 19, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 19, 2024 22:57
LONDON — Climate change is on the ballot in November’s US presidential election. ...
Populism’s lost summer
By Jan-Wener Mueller - Aug 19, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 19, 2024 00:10
PRINCETON — Think back to late June and early July. The French far-right was favoured to win a snap parliamentary election. ...
Advanced economies must face fiscal reality
By Michael J. Boskin - Aug 15, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 15, 2024 22:51
STANFORD — Around the world, advanced economies are facing heightened fiscal challenges, owing to the simple fact that most have bloated, fi ...
Curbing debt-fuelled unrest in emerging markets
By Vera Songwe and Ishac Diwan - Aug 14, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 14, 2024 22:15
NAIROBI — The recent protests in Kenya reflect the frustrated aspirations of young people for higher-quality social services and better econ ...
What is happening in the world of finance and global markets
By Haider Al Majali - Aug 12, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 12, 2024 00:00
Last week, global financial markets experienced a state of turmoil and uncertainty due to fears of a potential Third World War, inflation an ...
The dollar is everyone’s problem
By Hippolyte Fofack - Aug 11, 2024 - Last updated at Aug 11, 2024 23:58
CAMBRIDGE — In 1971, US treasury secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that “the dollar is our currency, but it’ ...

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