Pledge to China’s Leaders: You Will Lose Money on Government Bonds

Pledge to China’s Leaders: You Will Lose Money on Government Bonds
The battle over China’s role as an investor in U.S. government bonds is taking ever more bizarre turns. According to the New York Times, China’s Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, warned the United States about running large deficits and inflation, saying…


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A Broadband Jobs Bill
As the FCC finishes its first-ever national broadband plan, Congress and commissioners would do the country a service to see it as a jobs bill — and to support it for that reason, if no other. As reported in the…



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What Do Israel and Iran Have to Do With Each Other?
…well, a lot, obviously. But when it comes to immediate-term US foreign policy objectives — particularly the current flap over Israeli settlements — the two are quite separate tracks. I feel compelled to stress this point because of a VERY…


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