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Seven Terms to Sound like a Bretton Woods Economist
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
Nearly sixty-seven years after an international conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire organized a new financial system, an unofficial...
At the New Bretton Woods, Sustainability is Inheritance
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
At a new Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, I came across a new definition of sustainability. Typically the term sustainability is unders...
A Bretton Woods Conference for the Economy of the Future
Stan Alcorn Mar 28, 2012
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...
Survey: What Makes the British Happy?
Stan Alcorn Mar 28, 2012
Measuring happiness is no longer just for Bhutan; The United Kingdom is developing measures of "national well-being," and they're just finishing ...
Too Big To Fail is Too Hard To Resist
Amanda Aronczyk Nov 3, 2011
HBO has just released a preview for Too Big To Fail, a film based on the Andrew Ross Sorkin book of (of course) the same name....
The Fuzzy Future of Post-Fannie-Freddie Homeownership
Stan Alcorn Mar 28, 2012
If you're thinking about buying a house, thank the U.S. government in advance. They guarantee more than 96% of new mortgages -- a guarantee that ...
That's a Whole Lot of Renminbi!
Amanda Aronczyk Nov 3, 2011
If you happened to keep an eye on the currency markets, you may have noticed that it's been a banner week for China's renminbi. The Chinese...
Video: Barry Eichengreen on the Post-Dollar World
Stan Alcorn Mar 28, 2012
As the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy rapped, it's all about the Benjamins. That's $100 bills, and there are more of them in circulation...
Tsunami-Sized Shock to Japan's Gross Domestic Product
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
Just days after the triple calamity in Japan -- from earthquake to tsunami to radiation -- I found
myself at an awkward turn in a conversation. I...
Nuclear Numbers
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
In light of the unfolding calamity in Japan, check out these nuclear numbers as compiled over the years by the hardworking index editors at Harpe...
