Like Vladimir Putin, China's leader is so steeped in a narrative of victimhood and fearful of appearing weak that it is hard to imagine him ever leading China out of the mess he has created. He could well be remembered as the leader who squandered history's most remarkable economic success story.
about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.
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Following the latest banking crisis, monetary authorities should seriously consider how modern digital technologies could be used to avert such problems in the future. A central bank digital currency would both eliminate many barriers to financial transactions and end the risk of bank runs once and for all.
explains how central bank digital currencies would end bank runs and banks' excessive risk-taking.
新德里——印度是少数几个不关心美国总统选举的国家,也因此在世界范围内显得非常突出。事实上,接受调查的印度人中有87%认为美国大选与他们无关,这确实足以令人感到惊奇。
随着巴拉克·奥巴马内阁全面接管政府,这位当选总统不得不在许多领域直接面对危机。而印度大概算不上危机的组成部分。如果有哪个双边关系布什政府处理得还算成功,那恐怕就是美印关系。
得出这样的印象绝不是一种巧合。在强力游说和数百万美元开支的支持下通过了《美印民用核合作协议》,这是布什外交政策最登峰造极的成就之一。奥巴马参议员为该协议投了赞成票,参议院外交关系委员会主席、该协议倡导者之一的乔·拜登参议员也同样如此。
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