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The slow global response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa suggests that important gaps exist in donor financing for key global functions…
A sketch of the International Monetary Fund’s 70-year history reveals an institution that has reinvented itself over time along multiple…
"Green Bonds" emerged as a new form of environmental financing in 2007. While most investors still view them as a niche product in the…
The challenge for the nation is to develop an efficient policy for reducing carbon emissions. The challenge for regional transmission…
We explore two issues triggered by the crisis. First, in most advanced countries, output remains far below the pre-recession trend,…
Two centuries of Greek debt crises highlight the pitfalls of relying on external financing. Since its independence in 1829, the Greek…
The excise tax on high-cost health care plans, the so-called Cadillac tax, is good policy. Congress should side with President Obama and…
Thank you. I am delighted to be back at NABE. My goal today is to make the case for a set of changes to federal budget policy that would…
Benefits for older Americans — especially through Social Security and Medicare — account for the largest part of federal spending today and…
The paper reviews an event of 30 years ago from the perspective of today: a successful G-5 initiative to reverse what had been a…