Weather change and its consequences are inevitable.  Governments and rating agencies around the world have tools  to “motivate” short-term-focused insurers to broaden their risk perspectives, with their executives facing personal liabilities if their coverage reserves fall short. Without more aggressive moves, the rest of the world could end up like Grenada and Jamaica, circa 2004.

Since becoming chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Christopher Cox has been advancing the idea of a new, electronically based system of disclosure that will both improve the information available to investors and reduce the disclosure and reporting costs of companies. This new system, which the chairman calls...

But the simple fact is "that's racist" is the sort of thing those darn kids today say to make fun of their aging Gen X and baby boomer parents.

Six years have passed since Hong Kong's handover to China, and now there are fears that mainland China might seek to limit Hong Kong's erstwhile freedoms. A proposed change to Hong Kong's Basic Law will outlaw acts of "treason," "subversion," and "sedition." Some allege this will threaten...

This bookexamines the events, policies, and personalities that have shaped our economy for a half century.

Drug shortages have become a serious problem across East Africa; if oversight does not improve, donor largesse may worsen the health situation there.

This witty, accessible volume offers personal observations and discourses about the state of the economy, the budget and taxes, history, and politics.