Comment

We need to reassert control over the financial sector, to ensure that it is serving the economy, not vice versa, by advancing a set of goals upon which the world agrees. A column by Bertrand Badré.

Neither policymakers nor markets should be betting on the slow growth of the past decade carrying over to the next. But that might not be entirely welcome news. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

US negotiators will use the threat of imposing the tariffs on Chinese producers as a way to persuade China’s government to abandon the policy of «voluntary» technology transfers. A column by Martin Feldstein.

The original Bretton Woods architecture tried to link economic and political interests with security interests. The EU should revive this now. A column by Harold James.

Growth in Chinese private consumption as a share of GDP or changes to the hukou system will tell us more than comments about the ambition of Xi Jinping. A column by Jim O’Neill.

For too long, Italy has ignored its brain drain. Paradoxically, the current stalemate provides an excellent opportunity to address it. A column by Edoardo Campanella.

The Northern Ireland problem together with the EU’s negotiating leverage mean that the outcome must be a customs union. A column by Barry Eichengreen.

With dysfunctional policies pointing to a further compression of saving in the years ahead, the myth of sound US fundamentals has never rung more hollow. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

After the «election» on March 18, Vladimir Putin will rule Russia for another six years. The big question is: what will he do in 2024? A column by Sergey Aleksashenko.

Under President Trump, the relationship between the federal government and the states has deteriorated. This has dire consequences. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

Although powerful state monopolies will put up a good fight, they will in the end have to back down in the face of market realities. A column by Victoria Curzon Price.

Beijing wants to raise living standards and implement the rule of law, but democracy is out of the question. This is a tricky strategy. A column by Yao Yang.