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India’s climate future is a policy choice
PM Modi during Independence Day 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would achieve carbon net-zero emissions by 2070. This is easier said than done, and for some good reasons. First, India has many years of economic growth ahead of itself. Before the pandemic…
Nov 12, 2021
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Pakistan’s Next Crisis is Guaranteed
TL;DR Pakistan’s current economic crisis is caused by a spike in oil and gas prices leading to a sharp drop in foreign exchange reserves. The government has reserves worth a month of imports and would not have met their debt commitments without an IMF bailout.
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Why is the US Dollar a reserve currency?
Or what connects a fallen Indonesian dictator to foreign exchange reserves
Mar 20
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The Cultural Superpowers of 2072
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Vetocracy: Big Lawsuits eat Small Fish
for in the absence of a magistrate the strong will swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak resist the strong The Arthashastra (Kautilya…
Feb 17
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What was Shkreli's Crime?
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Jan 31
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A Tale of Three Billionaires
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Dec 27, 2021
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You should not run your country on bitcoin
El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender in their country. While some bitcoin proponents would consider it to be a first step in global adoption of the…
Sep 17, 2021
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New Podcasts Out
This newsletter has an associated podcast that has been busy! Click on the links below to listen Noah Smith on American growth, partisanship and…
Sep 15, 2021
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Can you cheat the Gold Standard and win?
No, not for long
Aug 22, 2021
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Why Did So Many Countries Join the Gold Standard?
Since it's the 50th anniversary of the end of Bretton Woods on 15th, I’m writing a multi-part series on the history of international monetary regimes…
Aug 11, 2021
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The selfish case for vaccinating the entire world (and links)
The developed world is doing extremely well when it comes to vaccinating its population against COVID-19. The European Union had over 46% of its…
Jul 28, 2021
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