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September 3, 2007

United States
The post-industrial economy?

Buried in a column on iconoclastic  (and fashionista) tax policy expert Lee Shephard is this little gem:"“The whole Midwest was engaged in metal-bashing of some sort back then[when she was growing up…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 30, 2012

United States
How Risky Was the Osama bin Laden Raid?

Last week, the Obama campaign released a video starring Bill Clinton, in which he extolled the president’s decision to authorize the raid that killed Osama bin Laden one year ago. In the video, Clint…

Obama bin Laden
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

July 29, 2016

Russia
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of July 29, 2016

Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Lincoln Davidson, Bochen Han, Theresa Lou, and Gabriella Meltzer look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. China and Russia to hold “routine” naval exercises in the Sout…

Xi-Putin-meeting
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

February 3, 2008

United States
What “adjustment” means

Michael Mandel of Business Week:As of the third quarter of 2007, the 10-year growth rate for consumption was 3.6%, vs. GDP growth for the same period of 2.9%. This difference represents an enormous…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

May 18, 2009

Financial Markets
Lost prestige

"Banking is the industry that failed. Banks are meant to allocate capital to businesses and consumers efficiently; instead, they ladled credit to anyone who wanted it. Banks are supposed to make mo…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money