Monthly Archives: April 2016

The Threat to US Global Leadership

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(April 15, 2016)  President Barack Obama has had a remarkable series of foreign policy triumphs over the last 12 months.  One of the lesser-known was the passage of legislation for reform of the IMF on December 18, 2015, after five years of obstruction by the US Congress.

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No, Japan Does Not Intervene in FX These Days

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(April 10, 2016) There has been recent speculation that the Japanese authorities might intervene to push down the yen.

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Stagnant Wages Do Not Explain Trump

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(April 5, 2016) The mainstream media are busily reproaching themselves for having been so out of touch with the economic troubles of angry white working men that they were late in taking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign seriously. 

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