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Governments mustn't decide what the next smart-city solution should be or use taxpayer's money to bolster the position of those tech firms that are now marketing themselves in this field. A column by Carlo Ratti.

What has taken the form of an anti-EU vote constitutes in reality a protest against socio-economic problems at home. A column by Daniel Gros.

To save the EU, some «rottamazione» at the top level might be advisable. Now, courage is required, and Germany must take the lead. A column by Fabrizio Zilibotti.

In some countries, the brain drain has reversed its flow. This will transform the balance of hope and opportunity between developing and developed economies. A column by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Before graduates flock to private equity, they should know that only the very big funds can use debt to skew returns in favor of themselves. A column by Simon Johnson.

After two decades of telling the public that 2% inflation is Nirvana, central bankers would baffle people were they to announce that they had changed their minds completely. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

The key challenge confronting the economy in the next two years will be faced by the Fed, which must control the inflationary pressures that could emerge. A column by Martin Feldstein.

Investments in productive infrastructure are the most efficient way of promoting economic growth. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

Quantitative easing benefits the few who need it the least. That is not exactly a recipe for a broad-based and socially optimal economic recovery. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Ben Bernanke has established the rudiments of a more collegial and balanced decision-making process within the Fed. His successor should be chosen with the goal of building on this achievement. A column by Simon Johnson.

France and Germany, the two core states of Europe's monetary union, differ heavily in their views of public finance. This has a background in history. A column by Harold James.

Whether Japans shift in its economic policy will succeed might finally be decided elsehwere. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.