The Duck of Minerva

Day: March 24, 2009

Corporate realpolitik

by Dan Nexon | 24 March 2009, 1759 EDT | | 0 Comments

What should we call this?FedEx in January announced it had renegotiated a deal to buy 777 Freighters from Boeing over the next decade. The company increased its order to 30 planes from 15 and agreed on an option for another 15 planes.The labor-related cancellation...

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Replace the Dollar?

by Peter | 24 March 2009, 1358 EDT | | 0 Comments

A friend writes,* "What the end of hegemony looks like..."In another indication that China is growing increasingly concerned about holding huge dollar reserves, the head of its central bank has...

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