Comment

In pursuing its domestic objectives, China risks inadvertently amplifying global financial instability. Markets worry that renminbi devaluation could «steal» growth from other countries. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.

New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that will fundamentally transform humankind. This is one of the biggest challenges of our time. A column by Klaus Schwab.

Evidence from past El Niños suggests that the current big one is likely to leave a significant footprint on global growth: Supporting recovery in the US and Europe, putting pressure on emerging markets. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

What’s special about the threats emanating from Russia, China, the Middle East, and cyberspace is that they will persist and threaten our economic future for years to come. A column by Martin Feldstein.

Putin and Trump certainly deserve each other. Both are consummate propagandists and performers. And both are prepared – even eager – to bully, harangue, and lie to get ahead. A column by Nina Khrushcheva.

Western oil companies should sell their existing oil reserves as quickly as possible and distribute the resulting tsunami of cash to their shareholders until all of their low-cost oilfields run dry. A column by Anatole Kaletsky.

The trouble in normalizing monetary policy arises because the Fed, like other major central banks, has now become a creature of financial markets rather than a steward of the real economy. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Austerity will not work in Puerto Rico; the territory in the Caribbean needs an investment-led recovery, with measures oriented toward boosting growth by reducing the cost of doing business. A column by Simon Johnson.

America should return to global leadership, a role that has eroded over the last decade, with devastating consequences: It is disturbing global economic, financial, and security arrangements. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

The Schengen Area’s members need to recognize that the security rationale for abolishing internal borders remains as compelling today as it was when they joined. A column by Daniel Gros.

Argentina’s economic strategy might become a model for other countries, but if it falters, because of bad sequencing or popular dissatisfaction, other countries will become more hesitant. A column by By Mohamed A. El-Erian

If the goals set out in the 13th Five-Year Plan are realized, the Chinese people can look forward to a period of rising consumer spending and an improving standard of living. A column by Martin Feldstein.