Tag Archives: Obama Administration

Message from Singapore: When the West Is No Longer in Control

What does Singapore’s finance minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, think about the future of the global economy?

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Larry Summers: Economic Idolatrist, or False Prophet?

Why has the former U.S. Treasury Secretary gone from hyping the United States to breathlessly promoting India?

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President Obama Should Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Iraq

Why is an investigation of U.S. abuses in Iraq necessary to close this tragic chapter in U.S. history?

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Timothy Geithner: The Perfect Protégé

How Tim Geithner helped to save the economy — but failed to change the system.

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Fiscal Keynesianism for the Upper Classes

Keynesian measures are politically very contentious in the U.S. — even one it comes to applying them to the upper classes.

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America in the Global Competition of Ideas

Why is America's position in the global competition of ideas less robust than most Americans think?

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From Churchill to Deep Water: The U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship

Beneath the surface, how is the tried-and-tested U.S.-U.K. alliance a contentious affair?

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A Unique Opportunity to Normalize U.S.-Cuba Ties

Why is the time ripe for the Obama Administration to improve U.S. relations with Cuba?

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Time to Break BP Up

Do BP’s far-flung operations have the potential to create catastrophes worse than the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico?

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Protectionism — The Dog That Didn’t Bark

Why have U.S. policymakers not looked at protectionism as an option to recover jobs after the crisis?

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