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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 8, 2019
Economics
2019 Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium
Although the global rate of extreme poverty is at a historic low, the pace of poverty reduction is slowing and the World Bank estimates that more than 700 million people still live on less than $1.90…
February 9, 2024
Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker
Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…
January 22, 2024
Trade
The Curse of Nostalgia: Industrial Policy in the United States
A critical look at the past and present of industrial policy shows that its recent popularity is not only misguided, but is likely to have negative economic and geopolitical consequences for the Unit…
December 13, 2023
Trade
Visualizing 2024: Trends to Watch
What trends will shape world events in the year ahead? Five CFR experts weigh in.
July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
October 12, 2023
LGBTQ+
Why Anti-LGBTQ Attacks Matter for Democracy
Attacks on LGBTQI+ people and their rights are on the rise, policymakers should pay closer attention to anti-LGBTQI+ activity as a sign of democratic backsliding and take steps to address this issue…
December 4, 2023
United States
Congress Can Help Make Housing Affordable—It Just Has to Act
The Barrister Apartments in downtown Cincinnati, slated to open early next year, are a housing policy success story. Financed with federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, it is the first investment i…
February 13, 2019
Trade
Trump’s Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing
Robert Lighthizer has been railing against China’s bad behavior for decades. Now, he has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make it stop.
