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Daniel J. Arbess

Daniel J. Arbess

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Daniel J. Arbess is CEO of Xerion Investments.

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  1. The Inflation Tail Is Wagging the Policy Dog
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    The Inflation Tail Is Wagging the Policy Dog

    May 13, 2022 Daniel J. Arbess thinks central banks’ quantitative tightening could have dire consequences for fiscal and debt sustainability.

  2. Finding Putin’s Money
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    Finding Putin’s Money

    Mar 31, 2022 Daniel J. Arbess thinks key players from Russia’s 1990s privatization process could help the West locate the president’s wealth.

  3. New Thinking for a New Cancer Moonshot
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    New Thinking for a New Cancer Moonshot

    Feb 22, 2022 Daniel J. Arbess shows why recent scientific advances promise to transform the way societies fight the disease.

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    The Indians Dividing MAGA

    Shashi Tharoor shows how one immigrant group became central to the “civil war” within Donald Trump’s base.
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    Shock Therapy for Multilateralism

    Harold James considers what another Donald Trump presidency will, and will not, mean for global cooperation.
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    Will Trump Fire the Fed?

    Kenneth Rogoff

    Despite Donald Trump’s assurances that he will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, there is little doubt that the US president-elect aims to gain greater influence over the Fed’s decision-making. Such interference could drive up long-term interest rates, damaging the American economy.

    worries about the incoming US administration’s plans to weaken the central bank’s independence.
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    Crypto’s Unholy Choir

    Andrés Velasco hears a chorus of deceivers, demagogues, dictators, and tax dodgers singing Donald Trump’s praises.
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    What Are the BRICS Good For?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Following the addition of new members to the BRICS, some observers believe that the group has a good chance of becoming the new lodestar of global politics and international affairs. But the organization is neither representative enough nor sufficiently united to lead others.

    explains why the group of major emerging economies will not become the new fulcrum of world politics.
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    MAGA Goes to Panama

    Ruti Teitel asks whether the United States ever became truly reconciled to giving up control of the canal it built.
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    China Won’t Save Labour’s Britain

    Chris Patten urges British policymakers to focus instead on crafting polices that really can promote economic recovery.
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertainty of the Trump Economy

    Nouriel Roubini considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth and inflation.
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    Ban Solar Geoengineering

    Mohammed Usrof, et al. predict that the controversial technology will foist upon young people yet another crisis they did not create.

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