Share the View 2: Republicans Warn Iran

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MARCH 9, 2015 bloombergview.com

DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin: "A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won't last after Obama leaves office." Read more... MIDDLE EAST Peter Orszag: "On March 13, Egypt will open a big economic development conference in Sharm el-Sheikh intended to show the world that it is fixing its economy and to attract foreign investment. ... In reality, though, economic performance has disappointed." Read more... FEDERAL RESERVE Eric Beinhocker and David Hendry: "U.S. legislators have a radical plan for the Federal Reserve, one of the world's most powerful policy-making institutions: They want to remove human judgment from its decisions on where to set interest rates. It's a terrible idea that could endanger the entire global economy." Read more... ECONOMICS Noah Smith: "Samuel Johnson, the 18th-century English writer, once declared that 'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.' But that was before there was such a thing as an economic model." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Pinterest received 41 government requests for information, mostly from the U.S.: Read more... Snapchat met with avid tech investor Prince Alwaleed, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company: Read more... The biggest, buzziest startups depend almost entirely on a huge, often on-demand workforce to survive: Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) Is it time to dump the Dow?: Read more... Gold and silver slammed by interest-rate fears: Read more... Americans aren't saving enough for retirement, but one change could help: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) "America is not some fragile thing." Barack Obama in Selma: Read more... Andrew Sprung, one of the most careful Obama listeners, on the Selma speech: Read more... The Atlantic's James Fallows, who knows a thing or two about presidential speeches, on Selma: Read more...