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Too Big To Free Ride

Christopher WhalenSince the 2008 financial crisis, there has been a continuing conversation on large banks and the idea of institutions that are “too big to fail” (TBTF). Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig...

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The New Franco-German Rituals

Jonathan LaurenceThe state of the Franco-German alliance demonstrates just how gaps in economic-performance numbers can drive countries apart—in this instance, countries of the Eurozone. The more...

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Austerity Brings Greece to the Brink

E. Wayne MerryGerman chancellor Merkel has proclaimed that Europe needs to find “redemption” from its economic sins through austerity. In Greece another round of austerity measures could push the...

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Europe Still a Mess

Milton EzratiEurope of late has demonstrated that it is as big a mess as ever.The Cyprus urgency had just begun to dissipate when Portugal suffered a political crisis over the austerity demanded by EU...

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Latvia: the Next Cyprus?

Andrew S. BowenEarlier this month, EU finance ministers gave their approval for Latvia to become the eighteenth member of the Euro in January 2014. It seems counterintuitive that the country of two...

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Is China Doomed?

Rajan MenonBetween 1978, the year Deng Xiaoping’s sweeping economic reforms were launched, and 2011, China’s GDP increased by an average of 10 percent annually, three times that of the global economy....

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Egypt's Way Forward

James P. FarwellDarby ArakelianThe stakes in Egypt keep rising. The latest clashes between the government and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood threaten to send Egypt into chaotic conditions.The...

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China: Mao or Markets?

Robert A. ManningWhy is Chinese president Xi Jinping embracing his inner Mao at a moment when China’s new leaders are on the verge of launching a new wave of reforms to retool China’s economy based on...

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The Limits of U.S. Financial Warfare

Michael ScheuerTreasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial WarfareJuan C. Zarate, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare (New York: PublicAffairs, 2013), 512 pp.,...

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Germany's Short Path to Instability

Andre SteinMiro VassilevPolitical pundits and the financial markets are assuming seamless continuity in Berlin’s Eurozone policy after the German federal election on September 22. Conventional wisdom...

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Too Big to Fail: A History

Christopher WhalenThere has been a great deal of discussion concerning the fifth anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers. Just about anyone who knows anything about the event believes that...

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Cuba and the Sanctions Juggernaut

Paul R. PillarLast week the government of Cuba announced that it was ceasing nearly all of the consular services that it provides in the United States. The reason was that the sole U.S. bank that had...

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Sanctions Hurt Us

Paul R. PillarAn infatuation with economic sanctions, applied against countries Americans do not like such as Iran, loses sight of the concept that sanctions are only a tool for trying to accomplish...

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ECB Struggles Mirror EU Power Shifts

Milton EzratiA recent, seemingly minor criticism of the European Central Bank (ECB) reveals much about the European Union’s future. Central banks, of course, often come in for criticism. People worry...

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Russia, Sanctions, and Politics in Iran

Paul R. PillarThe crisis over Crimea has naturally raised questions about possible effects of this disturbance on other issues and specifically ones that depend on U.S.-Russian cooperation. This...

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