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rate. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman was still in a fantasy world on Friday, calling on both sides in the conflict to stop the fighting. The Obama administration is making more of an effort to try to bring the Russians on board. A senior American official was in Moscow this week. Washington ne

o foreign military intervention in Syria was as strong as ever. This has put Russia on a potential collision course with the U.S., should President Barack Obama decide -- against his own best judgment -- to authorize military action in Syria. Turning Point That scenario no longer looks as unlikely as it o

cleansing, and grave and systematic war crimes. President Obama believes in sovereignty as responsibility. Standi

collision course with the U.S., should President Barack Obama decide -- against his own best judgment --

Indeed, in some respects, they are actually better off with an isolated and sanctioned Iran. Artick 5. Project Syndicate What Happened to India? Raghuram Rajan 08 June 2012 -- Emerging markets around the world — Brazil, China, India, and Russia, to name the largest — are slowing. One reason is that they con

disposable income. But then it fell back again, perhaps because people found they simply could not afford to save. Consumption held up because the Obama stimulus plan boosted incomes. But that boost will be strictly temporary. And then what? Betting the balance-sheet Why managers loaded their compan

ed about their own personal finances." Consumers got by because both husbands and wives went out to work and they borrowed heavily, as described by Raghuram Rajan, an American economist, in his book "Fault Lines". A fate worse than debt After the financial crisis it briefly looked as if consumers were becomin

Bolton, Patrick, Tony Santos and Jose Scheinkman, “Inside and Outside Liquidity,” mimeo, Princeton University, March 30, 2009, Diamond, Douglas and Raghuram Rajan, “Liquidity Shortages and Banking Crises,” NBER working paper 10071, October 2003. Bolton, Patrick, and Mathias Dewatripont, Contract Theory, Cambri

effects of bank bailouts: Evidence from Japan, Voxeu http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4011 Ketichiro Kobayashi, The G20's Blind Spot: President Obama must squarely face the bad asset problem, March 26, 2009 Hoshi, Takeo and Anil K. Kashyap, 2008, “Will the U.S. Bank Recapitalization Succeed? Lesso

/4011 Ketichiro Kobayashi, The G20's Blind Spot: President Obama must squarely face the bad asset problem, March 2

ased lending to the less well-off. After 2006, the subprime ZIP codes experienced an increase in default rates three times that of prime ZIP codes. Raghuram Rajan claims that, while high-income individuals saved, low-income individuals borrowed beyond their means in order to sustain their consumption, and that

ening U.S. Economic Growth, And Possible Ways To Change The Tide There is no shortage of proposals for tackling extreme income inequality. President Obama has proposed an increase in the hourly minimum wage to $10.10 from the current rate of $7.25, and the IMF recently called on lawmakers to boost the w

proposals for tackling extreme income inequality. President Obama has proposed an increase in the hourly minimum wa