Issue 288
6 articles
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.
Dear Dr. Dollar:
With the crisis in Greece and other countries, commentators have said that governments are "under pressure from the bond market" or that bond markets will "punish" governments. What does this mean? --Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Queens, N.Y.
Minding the Gap
A review of The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2010).