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February 27, 2012

Egypt
The Economist’s Review of The Struggle for Egypt

The following review of my book The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square appeared in The Economist on February 25th, 2012. Please click here to read the full text.  THE Arab spring has b…

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January 8, 2016

China
Our Mini Mac Index Flame-Broils The Economist—Yet Again

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September 23, 2006

China
The Economist sides with Tyler Cowen

A quick synopsis of the last five years. The RMB tumbles against the euro (and most European currencies). Chinese exports to Europe surge, growing faster than Chinese exports to the US (eve…

June 20, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Economists’ Expectations for Fed Meeting

A majority of economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the Federal Reserve to decide today to extend Operation Twist, but not to initiate another round of quantitative easing. Operation Twist is an ef…

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May 4, 2008

Financial Markets
The Economist and Goldman on oil and the dollar

I liked the lede of this week’s economist story on the Fed, the dollar and oil: “THE spirit of St Augustine hovered over the Federal Reserve this week. “Oh Lord, let us stop cutting interest rates…