May 21st 2019 Comment The Eternally Optimistic IMF The IMF, always reluctant to ring alarm bells on the global economy, is especially unwilling to counter the recent upbeat sentiment. But this complacency is likely to have a high cost. A column by Ashoka Mody.
May 9th 2019 Comment How to Regulate Big Tech Tech-sector policies must be narrowly targeted and carefully crafted to minimize the risk of counterproductive outcomes. A column by Michael J. Boskin.
Apr 30th 2019 Comment Is the Franco-German leadership of Europe doomed? A weakening Germany and a continuously weak France cast doubts on the revival of the Franco-Germany leadership, which had actually waned long ago. A column by Charles Wyplosz.
Apr 30th 2019 Comment Why Economics Must Get Broader Before It Gets Better With more openness to interdisciplinary approaches and the broader use of existing analytical tools, mainstream economics could start to overcome its shortcomings. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.
Apr 29th 2019 Comment Mayday for American Protectionism The Jones Act shuld protect America's shipping industry – in fact the law almost destroyed it. A commentary by Anne O. Krueger.
Apr 25th 2019 Comment The Closing of the Chinese Mind President Xi Jinping has replaced collective decision-making with centralized leadership. More – and more calamitous – mistakes are therefore likely. A column by Minxin Pei.
Apr 23rd 2019 Comment How Western Economies Can Avoid the Japan Trap The strongest protection against Japanification is a combination of demand- and supply-side measures at the national, regional (in the case of Europe), and global levels. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.
Apr 18th 2019 Comment No Middle-Income Trap for China The days of 10% Chinese growth are over. That was inevitable. But there is good reason to believe that the real story is the shift in Chinese output from quantity to quality. A column by Stephen S. Roach.
Apr 16th 2019 Comment How to Lose Friends and Impoverish People The great irony is that if China, India, and others continue to remove protectionist barriers and create a level playing field, they will grow stronger and more competitive vis-à-vis the US. A column by Anne O. Krueger.
Apr 15th 2019 Comment The Austerity Chronicles Alesina, Favero, and Giavazzi will be tarred and feathered for suggesting that in countries with large, inefficient governments, a fiscal retrenchment can sometimes be expansionary. A book review by Kenneth Rogoff.
Apr 15th 2019 Comment Who’s Afraid of Low Inflation? The fact that eurozone inflation is closer to 1% than 2% is not ideal, but this is a minor inconvenience that has not impeded a continuous decline in unemployment. A column by Daniel Gros.
Apr 8th 2019 Comment The New-Old Globalization Europe ought to be more integrated physically, through railroads, electricity grids, pipelines. Strictly financial globalization has ignored that kind of connectedness for too long. A column by Harold James.