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Dan Alpert on Current Trends and Tensions in the US Economy

Dan Alpert is an investment banker and a founding Managing Partner of Westwood Capital. He also regularly writes and speaks on big macro-structural issues. Dan joins David Beckworth on Macro Musings to discuss recent macroeconomic events.

Daniel Shaykevich

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to welcome new member, Daniel Shaykevich.

Daniel is a portfolio manager focusing on emerging markets, credit, and core bond strategies in Vanguard's active fixed income group. He is also a co-head and lead portfolio manager for emerging markets bond team.

Dante Disparte

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight Dante Disparte's recent Project Syndicate article exploring the current state of digital-asset markets in the United States and the need for regulatory action to maintain competitiveness and address potential risks.

David Cervantes

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to welcome new member, David Cervantes.

As a public policy professional, David brings with him a wealth of experience in finance and economic development. His previous work has centered on addressing access to capital challenges for small businesses through initiatives such as the State Small Business Credit Initiative and Opportunity Zones.

De-dollarization or Re-Dollarization? The Fate of the Dollar in the Internet Age

The U.S. dollar, or greenback, is a ubiquitous, nearly universally accepted global currency. Like
the country that backs it, the dollar is endowed with special superpowers that are equal
measure historical flukes, as they are a byproduct of steady hands, institutional trust, network
effects and, the quiet part, military might. Just as the U.S. mainland is protected by two oceans,
the U.S. dollar is buttressed by both natural and historical advantages. The natural ones are

DeAnne Julius

Another new member at BWC: DeAnne Julius, Chatham House. DeAnne is a senior adviser to Chatham House and a distinguished fellow in its Global Economy and Finance programme.

She is a former member of the Temasek International Panel (Singapore) and the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (Beijing).

Debt Crisis will Delay Global Recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic will spark hugely damaging debt defaults in developing countries, hampering rebuilding and recovery.

Debt Fixes Can Help Rebuild Ukraine

“Policy planners in Kyiv, Washington, Brussels and London must start the complex and essential process of planning for rebuilding before the conflict ends,” writes BWC Board of Directors Vice-Chair William Rhodes today for Reuters. “In doing so they should deploy the financial innovation which helped to halt the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s: Brady bonds.”

Decarbonizing Energy — with Speed, Wisdom and Balance

The following blog post is in reference to the piece, "The Elephant in the Room; Preaching or Working on Climate Change" by Miguel Schloss published in the Global Journal of Science Frontier Research.

Decarbonizing the Economy – the Record of Chile vs. the World

The following blog post is in reference to the piece, "Energy in Transition in Unsettled Times by Miguel Schloss published in the Global Journal of Science Frontier"