Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future
Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.
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Minding the Gap
A review of The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2010). When I began
Myths of the Deficit
Nearly 15 million people are officially counted as unemployed in the United States, and more than 6 million of these
"Pressure from the Bond Markets"
Dear Dr. Dollar: With the crisis in Greece and other countries, commentators have said that governments are “under pressure from
W(h)ither the Dollar?
The U.S. trade deficit, the global economic crisis, and the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency.
Charter Cities
An NPR interview with Stanford economist Paul Romer today caught my ear. He was talking about his “charter cities” project.
Can Invading a Small Third-World Country Stimulate the Economy?
Reviewing Reinhart and Rogoff's This Time is Different in the May 13 issue of the NY Review of
Who's Afraid of Debt and Deficits?
We just posted material from the May/June, 2010 issue of Dollars & Sense, including Marty Wolfson's article
Follow Up on Poterba on Capital Markets
In my most recent blog post, about last night's event at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences,
An Evening with Fancy Bankers
Chris Sturr, D&S co-editor, here. A few weeks ago I received an invitation to attend the "
Breaking News: SEC Sues Goldman Sachs
Just posted to the NYT website: U.S. Accuses Goldman Sachs of Fraud New York Times Read the full article.