Taking Systemic Risk Seriously

Doctors need experts to deal with insurance forms, negotiate with other doctors and pharmaceutical providers, and manage legal risks.

The growth of small and medium size enterprises will be a key factor in coping with the risks associated with rapid economic expansion.

With the right balance of vision and caution, China s leaders can tackle the buildup of fiscal and financial risk.

The accelerating speed of innovation seems to be outstripping government regulators capacity to deal with risks, much less anticipate them.

Whether they can cope with these changes will depend on whether they have taken out enough insurance against the right risks.

As a result, China s calculations about North Korea will remain complicated, even as the risks posed by the North s behavior rise.

Yet another theory is that changes in our ways of handling risk have reduced risk premia.

While financial institutions tried to mitigate risks by bundling subprime mortgages, Fukushima s cooling system was able to cope with either a blackout and an earthquake or a tsunami.

That means that investment is extremely high and that, despite the high share of infrastructure investment, there is an urgent need to manage the potential risks.

Treating Al Qaeda

The stakes for Liberia and for the region could not be higher. But the challenges are enormous, and we will be unable to meet them without strong international support to help rebuild schools and clinics, put children back in school, and provide the foundation for vibrant private sector growth.

Realism about Russia

How are you going to manage it?

The European Union s approach to bank regulation encouraged financial institutions to load up on government debt supposedly a risk free asset.

Putin s statist focus and survivalist approach in dealing with the threats to Russia seem to lead him back to old formulations that put him at odds with the US and the West.

While the old power game sought the protection of one s own interests with no concern for those of others, overexposure forces reciprocity of risks, the development of cooperative methods, and the sharing of information and strategies.

Pragmatisme Kebijakan Perubahan Iklim

A Cool Head for the Hottest Issues

Realism on North Korea

Business as Usual with Russia?

The Trouble with North Korea

Let s Get Real About Money

Smarter Thinking on Climate Change

Taking Disarmament Seriously

Taking Drug Safety Seriously

Keeping Calm on North Korea

The Nixon Option for Iran?

Addressing illegal international traffic

Handling the politics of change

It is no less vital to managing climate change, for which the stakes are far higher.

A New Macroeconomic Strategy

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A New Approach to North Korea

China s North Korean Contradictions

But this problem is easily negotiated.

Reasoning with Iran

The End of an Era in Finance

I took my money and decided to find another smuggler to deal with.

The disaster, however, poses a much deeper challenge to how modern societies deal with regulating complex technologies. The accelerating speed of innovation seems to be outstripping government regulators capacity to deal with risks, much less anticipate them.

They trust their government to deal with problems over time.

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A Balance Sheet Approach to Fiscal Policy

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A Roosevelt Moment for America s Megabanks?