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Paper
Currency Wars
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Joseph E. Gagnon
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The rules of global trade forbid countries from artificially boosting exports and curbing imports by manipulating the exchange rates of their currencies. But for many reasons, policymakers have been wary of pressing cases against abuses. That reluctance may be coming to an end, however, as the global recession slouches on, and the shadow of chronic unemployment looms over industrialized economies.
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Paper
Trends: North Korea
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Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
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With new leadership in place and the economy facing new stresses, is this North Korea's reformist moment? Rumors of secret directives to the party outlining experimental reforms have been leaking out of the country for months now, given play by those hopeful that reform is imminent. And in light of the country's location in one of the most dynamic regions in the world, the upside potential is enormous. The economy could respond dramatically to even modest reforms, provided they were launched with conviction.
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Op-ed
Nine Reasons Why Stability in Russia May Be Elusive
Anders Åslund
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Russia faces many risks this year, chief among them the dominance of a corrupt state and the dangerous reliance on a single person: Putin. Anti-corruption efforts have underscored the weakness of law and order, enraging the populace and risking destabilizing protests—which in turn are met with Putin's new reactionary radicalism and more repression. Russia risks deteriorating foreign relations, both with the United States due to continued anti-Americanism, and with its immediate neighbors over unresolved post-Soviet conflicts. And as the internal top struggle is clearly intensifying, a coup in the Kremlin cannot be excluded. A year ago, revitalizing economic and political reforms appeared likely, but that is no longer the case.
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Op-ed
Is India's Modi Miracle Overrated?
Arvind Subramanian
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Taxation gives citizens an incentive to hold rulers accountable, and this in turn helps to ensure that the latter deliver value for money. The best-performing Indian states have high and stable, or high and rising, ratios of own tax revenue (OTR) to GDP. This is not the case in Gujarat. Under prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi's leadership, Gujarat has ranked among the poor performers in the level of tax collection, despite strong growth. Whether this reflects a conscious investor-friendly growth strategy or another side to Modi's Gujarat governance that might only become evident in the future, only time will tell. But this will likely not happen in time for voters to make informed choices in the election for India's next prime minister.
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Congressional Testimony
The Statutory Debt Limit
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Simon Johnson
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With a sovereign debt crisis unresolved in Europe and serious potential risks on the horizon in countries such as Japan, China, and Brazil, the continuing uncertainty around the US federal budget and the debt ceiling may prove destabilizing both at home and around the world. The United States must take action by creating enough jobs for all Americans who want to work, controlling healthcare costs as quickly as possible, and increasing tax revenues over the long term. To refuse to raise the debt ceiling in this environment would be courting financial catastrophe.
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Peterson Perspectives Interviews
More Rough Weather in Russia?
Anders Åslund assesses the dangers facing Russia's buoyant economy posed by growing state control and the crackdown on corruption.
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