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Climate change in 2015
12/30/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/30/2015
Obama and Xi Formally Commit U.S. and China to Paris Climate Accord
The New York Times 09/03/2016
Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification - BBC News
BBC News 09/03/2016
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/2016
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/2016
Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say
The New York Times 12/09/2016
The negotiations for the Dec. 2015 Paris Climate Change Accords
12/14/2015
Grouped Articles
How one word nearly killed the climate deal - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/14/2015
Obama and Xi Formally Commit U.S. and China to Paris Climate Accord
The New York Times 09/03/2016
Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification - BBC News
BBC News 09/03/2016
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/2016
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/2016
Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say
The New York Times 12/09/2016
The global economy in 2015-2016- slowing growth in China, Brazil, Russia and Turkey, as growth picks up in the U.S. and India, and Europe emerges from the eurozone debt crisis
11/29/2015
High debt to GDP ratios in China, Brazil and Turkey lead to slowing growth. India is the exception in emerging markets as foreign investment increases and GDP growth is above 7%, with a boost from halving of oil prices. Europe sees the need for more quantitative easing, and the U.S. makes a slow recovery. Russia may see an improvement after a large devaluation of the ruble. Argentina's prospects are seen as improving with a change in government. Canada sees a change from the drift in the last years of the Harper government and the hollowing out of the industrial sector, with the election of Justin Trudeau. Overall the situation in 2015-2016 is a marked improvement compared to ten years earlier in 2005, as debt issues are tackled seriously in Europe and the U.S. and governance in the private sector improves.
Grouped Articles
Tensions With Russia Add to a Chill in Turkey’s Economy
New York Times 11/29/2015
China Unveils Economic Blueprint for 2016
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2015
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01/13/2016
Putin’s self-destructing economy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/18/2016
Russian Economy Stumbles as Stocks and Oil Prices Fall
New York Times 01/21/2016
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
The G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2015
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
In Hosting G-20, Turkey Strives to Bolster Its Status
New York Times 11/13/2015
Paris attacks underscore risks of a slow U.S. campaign against Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/15/2015
World order in crisis mode as G20 meets | World | DW.COM | 16.02.2017
DW.COM 02/16/2017
Early retirement and risk of dementia- studies showing higher risks from retiring before age 65
10/30/2015
Grouped Articles
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2015
The Biggest Mistake People Make Nearing Retirement
WSJ 10/25/2016
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles
The New York Times 03/23/2017
Projected further decline in oil demand for 2016, after the drop in oil prices in 2015
10/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Global Demand Growth for Oil May Fall by a Third in 2016
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2015
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/2017
Brazil's sugar cane industry with the collapse of sugar prices in 2015 to 25 cents a pound
09/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Brazil’s Sugar Cane: An Emerging Debacle
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2015
Simple facts about China in 2015
09/23/2015
China's per person GNP is about one fourth the U.S. on a purchasing parity basis which covers the cheaper price of goods and services in developing countries. But this does not reflect the wealth distribution which is highly skewed geographically to regions on the coast and around cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and in the population with wealth concentrated with the people in the top 20% of the population. As a result most people in China make only a small fraction of what Americans make. Wealth and incomes are also skewed in the U.S. since 2000 but not as much as in China. This is why China as a whole may not have arrived at middle income status. The other characteristics of China are the huge focus on infrastructure building through state run companies and banks, use of a large portion of the world's commodity resources, which is now winding down as China shifts to a more consumer driven economy. The boom years of growth are now behind China, and China faces further hurdles to growth in the next decade with the deb to GDP ratio estimated at about 270%. The Communist Party of China sees itself as the only way for China to continue the path to modernization and growth.
Grouped Articles
7 simple questions and answers to understand China and the U.S. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/23/2015
Pope Francis's visit to Havana, Cuba, in September 2015
09/19/2015
Grouped Articles
Cubans Have Mixed Opinions on Effect of Visit by Pope Francis
New York Times 09/19/2015
Pope Francis, Arriving in Cuba, Seeks to Revive Church
New York Times 09/19/2015
Pope meets with Fidel Castro, urges Cubans to ‘serve people,’ not ideas - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/20/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2015
The NYT Rachel Donadio's reflections on the Vatican, and how it has changed under Popes Paul, Benedict and Francis
09/18/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/18/2015
Pope's zeal for change undimmed as he reaches 80 - BBC News
BBC News 12/19/2016
Opinion: Pope Francis wants change. But does the Church? | World | DW.COM | 17.12.2016
DW.COM 12/17/2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision on September 17, 2015 to delay rate increase
09/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Fed Delays Interest-Rate Liftoff
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Central Banks’ Lesson: Easy Money Alone Isn’t a Growth Salve
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09/17/2015
Pope Francis and Cuba
09/12/2015
Grouped Articles
For Pope Francis, an unfinished mission in Cuba - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/12/2015
Cubans Have Mixed Opinions on Effect of Visit by Pope Francis
New York Times 09/19/2015
Pope Francis, Arriving in Cuba, Seeks to Revive Church
New York Times 09/19/2015
Brazil's repeated boom-bust cycles since 1973, and lost decades
08/28/2015
Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, are caught up in the commodities bust with dependence on commodities exports. Brazil faces a lost decade because in adddition to the sharp drop in commodities prices, it also has to tackle large debt and capital outflows, a credit card binge of households cutting into consumer spending, and problems with manufacturing from the period of overvalued currency. A serious long term problem as bottlenecks to growth come from a weak educational system and infrastructure that were not tackled in the boom years. The social safety net and the currency are supported by the foreign currency reserves fund of $397 billion, a lesson learned from the 1997 financial crisis.
Grouped Articles
How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2015
Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2015
Australia Finds Something Else to Export to China
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2016
Dilma Rousseff’s Former Supporters in Brazil Express Disillusionment
New York Times 04/16/2016
Fight to Impeach Brazil’s Leader Tears at Fabric of Daily Life
New York Times 04/15/2016
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
Prospects for the Climate Change Accord reached in Paris in Dec. 2015
12/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Climate Agreement’s Success Hinges on Countries Making Painful Decisions
Wall Street Journal 12/14/15
To Achieve Paris Climate Goals, U.S. Will Need New Laws
New York Times 12/19/15
Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification - BBC News
BBC News 09/03/16
Paris deal on climate change is sealed as EU ratifies agreement | News | DW.COM | 04.10.2016
DW.COM 10/04/16
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/16
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/16
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual
12/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Economist 12/07/15
How Brazil’s Top Investment Banker Built, and Lost, an Empire
Wall Street Journal 12/22/15
BHP Billiton Brazil
11/16/2015
Grouped Articles
BHP Billiton to Face Questions From Shareholders
Wall Street Journal 11/16/15
BHP Slips as Brazil Troubles Mount
Wall Street Journal 11/30/15
What is the best age for retirement?
10/30/2015
With longer life spans and improving medical care people tend to live longer. This means the traditional ideas about the age when people should retire are becoming obsolete. Medical studies of increasing risk of dementia type illness the greater the number of years one spends in retirement, provide additional incentives to remain active mentally by engaging in work and tasks of complexity. Financial reasons and pension plans funding, also make it better to to work longer close to age 65, and past 65 years.
Grouped Articles
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/15
Why Older Couples Must Look Beyond Life Expectancy When Planning for Retirement
WSJ 02/05/19
Weaker currencies in emerging markets leading to expansion by mining companies in 2015
10/23/2015
The expansion is leading to further price declines.
Grouped Articles
Why Miners Keep Expanding, as Prices Collapse
Wall Street Journal 10/23/15
IMF warning for corporate debt in emerging markets increasing from $4 trillion in 2004 to $18 trillion in 2014
09/29/2015
The IMF singles out China and Turkey for large increases in corporate debt since 2007. Concentrated holdings by American mutual funds of emerging market debt securities is seen by the IMF in 2015 as creating potential systemic instability.
Grouped Articles
I.M.F. Cautions on Concentrated Positions in U.S. Mutual Funds
New York Times 09/29/15
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/16
In the words of Pope Francis
09/25/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/25/15
Washington Post 04/09/16
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn and the emissions testing investigation by the EPA in 2015-2016
09/22/2015
By 2007 Winterkorn was head of research and development at VW. He is known to be meticulous about the cars VW shipped, subjecting them to rigorous inspection. The software placed in VW vehicles that reduces the emissions for testing even as the vehicles continue to release much higher level of pollutants into the air, was installed between 2009 and 2015, according to the reports.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 09/22/15
Volkswagen Scandal Pressures CEO
Wall Street Journal 09/23/15
Volkswagen Says 11 Million Cars Worldwide Are Affected in Diesel Deception
New York Times 09/22/15
Volkswagen’s Chief in the Vortex of the Storm
New York Times 09/22/15
Volkswagen CEO Resigns as Car Maker Races to Stem Emissions Scandal
Wall Street Journal 09/24/15
Volkswagen C.E.O. Martin Winterkorn Resigns Amid Emissions Scandal
New York Times 09/23/15
Pope Francis and the Vatican
09/18/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/18/15
Pope's zeal for change undimmed as he reaches 80 - BBC News
BBC News 12/19/16
Issues facing the Catholic Church under Pope Francis in 2015-2016
09/18/2015
Some of the issues facing the Catholic Church are celibacy as it relates to priests, the ordination of women as priests, giving the Eucharist to divorced and remarried people, and bringing relevance of the church to young people who say they do not need the church to practice their religious and moral beliefs.
Grouped Articles
How the Pope Might Renew the Church
New York Times 09/18/15
Where Obama, Pope Francis Share Policy Vision: Cuba and Climate Change
Wall Street Journal 09/24/15
Washington Post 04/09/16
In secular France, Catholic conservatism makes a comeback
Washington Post 12/09/16
Pope's zeal for change undimmed as he reaches 80 - BBC News
BBC News 12/19/16
Opinion: Pope Francis wants change. But does the Church? | World | DW.COM | 17.12.2016
DW.COM 12/17/16
The caution in raising rates of the U.S. Federal Reserve in 2015 and memories of the emerging market crisis in 1997
09/17/2015
In 1997 Federal Reserve rate increases worsened the situation in the fragile Mexican economy, with Mexico needing a large bank bailout. Contagion to other countries was also a large problem at the time. Harvard economists Kenneth Rogoff and Larry Summers, cite the situation facing emerging markets with the sharp fall in commodity prices and the decline in the value of the currencies, particularly Brazil, Indonesia and Russia, countries dependent on commodity exports, creating risks in the global economy that the Fed could not ignore. The debt crisis in China and slowing economy, with missteps by the government in handling the stock market decline, happened in August-September 2015, creating added uncertainty- making Sept 15, 2015, too soon for the Fed to risk even a modest 0.25% increase in rates.
Grouped Articles
Watching the Fed, and Remembering the Tequila Crisis
New York Times 09/18/15
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
New York Times 09/17/15
Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
Wall Street Journal 12/17/15
Why China’s Market Fell So Much
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Why China’s Market Illness Has Gotten More Contagious
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
A January Pause, but Fed Affirms Plan for Gradual Rate Increases
New York Times 01/27/16
Brazil's GDP and economic growth in 2014-2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Brazil Sinks into Technical Recession on Second Quarter Output Contraction
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
Brazil’s Finance Minister Replaced
New York Times 12/18/15
Brazil’s President Rousseff, Facing Impeachment Effort, Is Deluged by More Bad News
New York Times 03/03/16
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