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George Soros: What if the world isn't worth saving?

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David Brancaccio
Apr 12, 2011
In historic Bretton Woods, N.H., the world's financial rock stars gathered once again to save the world. Only this time, they wonder if it's all worth it.
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U.S. borrowing inches toward debt ceiling

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David Brancaccio
Apr 11, 2011
Just days after a deal to cut $38 billion in federal spending averted a government shutdown, politicians gear up for the next battle:to raise or not to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
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Bretton Woods: If you tweet about your twitter feed does it make a... tweet?

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Amanda Aronczyk
Apr 11, 2011
Our tweets from Bretton Woods:...
Posted In: Bretton Woods, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, George Soros, INET
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Seven Terms to Sound like a Bretton Woods Economist

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David Brancaccio
Apr 11, 2011
Nearly sixty-seven years after an international conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire organized a new financial system, an unofficial...
Posted In: balance sheet recession, Basel, Bretton Woods, capital controls, Charles Kindleberger, david brancaccio, derivatives clearinghouse, economy 4.0, Large Copmlex Financial Institution (LCFI), Nomura Research Institute, Paul Volcker, Richard Koo, Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI), too big to fail, Volcker Rule
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The Debt Ceiling: Inching Toward Trouble

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Dash Wasserman
Apr 11, 2011
Just days after a deal to cut $38 billion in federal spending averted a government shutdown, politicians gear up for the next battle: to raise or...
Posted In: economy 4.0
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At the New Bretton Woods, Sustainability is Inheritance

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David Brancaccio
Apr 10, 2011
At a new Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, I came across a new definition of sustainability. Typically the term sustainability is unders...
Posted In: Bretton Woods, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, sustainability
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A Bretton Woods Conference for the Economy of the Future

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Stan Alcorn
Apr 8, 2011
For the next three days, David Brancaccio and I are in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire with some high IQ folks who are looking at ways to make the...
Posted In: Bretton Woods, david brancaccio, economy 4.0, Gordon Brown, Institute for New Economic Thinking, joseph stiglitz, Larry Summers, Paul Volcker, Robert Johnson
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Bretton Woods Examines Global Financial Policy

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Dash Wasserman
Apr 8, 2011
After World War II, Bretton Woods, NH hosted that era's top economists, who hoped to rebuild a world financial system in tatters. Now, Bretton...
Posted In: economy 4.0
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U.K. launches new survey on British happiness

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David Brancaccio
Apr 5, 2011
The new survey on social "well-being" will give economists -- and voters -- a new tool for judging their leaders.
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Happiness is just a smartphone app away

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David Brancaccio
Apr 5, 2011
The Mappiness app is charting British happiness -- and unhappiness -- in real time.

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Special correspondent David Brancaccio and the Economy 4.0 team cover the economy of the future — and how to make it work better for more people. In the wake of the recent crisis, we investigate how the financial regulatory system is (or isn't) being reformed, how that will affect you and how we measure progress. Follow us on Twitter.

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