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Dear Friends, Please find attached an op-ed written by John Lipsky and myself in our role as co-chairs of the Bretton Woods Sovereign Debt Working Group.   We talk about the use of value recovery instruments VRIs, as another instrument to add to the menu of options to...

 Please find attached an op-ed written by Stuart Macintosh and myself which underlines the growing Chinese American rivalry, which is not only reshaping the world order, but threatens to become a new cold war between China and its supporters and the United States and...

Dear Friends, Please find attached an op-ed that I wrote with Stuart Mackintosh  about the dangers of the collapse in China, of its property and real estate sector which accounts for 25% of its economy.  Unless handled by the government in a more expeditious fashion...

Dear Friends, Please find attached Dear Friends:   I thought you might be interested in seeing the video of a talk I gave at the Korea Society about Paul Volcker and the recent Korean translation of his book “Keeping at it”.    I was fortunate to do a Q&A with...

Dear Friends, Please find attached Dear Friends: Attached is an op-ed that appeared in Project Syndicate which I co-authored with John Lipsky covering a study by the Bretton Woods Committee Sovereign Debt Working Group, which we co-chair, recommending ways to mobilize...

Dear Friends, Please find attached an op-ed written by Stuart Macintosh and myself which defines the realities of the unequal relationship that exists today between  Xi’s China and Putin’s Russia.  Russia is rapidly becoming a vassal state of China. I would appreciate...

Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed published in the South China Morning Post, Asia’s largest English language newspaper which I wrote with Stuart Macintosh pointing out lessons to be learned for the Chinese banking system, particularly its smaller regional...

Dear Bill Rhodes, I hope this email finds you well.  would like to express my sincere gratitude for taking the time to meet with me during my visit to New York. It was truly an honor to connect with a living legend and engage in a conversation about the challenges...

Dear Friends, Given the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the United States and the failure of Credit Suisse, O Estado de S. Paolo, which is the largest newspaper in Brazil reached out to me for my thoughts on the subject given my close...

Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed I wrote with Stuart Mackintosh of the Group of 30 on the recent collapse of Silicone Valley Bank and Signature Bank which covers why these banks failed and the institutions and individuals responsible for this debacle, and...