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Bobby Ghosh
In the Nuclear Face-Off With Iran, Biden Just Blinked
The U.S. offer of some sanctions relief for Tehran’s nuclear program is an empty gesture that betrays weakness.
Niall Ferguson
After Crypto’s Cold Winter, Expect Springtime for Web 3.0
Long-run financial history suggests that negative interest rates are not unusual and that DeFi is a bona fide revolution.
Stephen L. Carter
Why the ‘Most Qualified’ Person for a Job Hardly Ever Is
Going on instinct to hire someone isn’t evil in itself. But we shouldn’t let those who practice it get away with saying, as the Giants did, that the process was objective.
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Raskin Says Bonus Rules Should Be Revisited at Fed
Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's nominee to be vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, says she’s committed to working with other regulators to write wide-ranging rules to rein in bonuses at financial firms. She speaks in response to a question from Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey. (Source: Bloomberg)
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