May 25th 2018 Comment Managing the Risks of a Rising Dollar Beyond challenging emerging markets’ stability, a sudden and sharp appreciation of the US dollar threatens to complicate trade negotiations. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.
May 18th 2018 Comment Performance-Based Pensions for Politicians Like high-level managers at publicly traded private companies, policymakers who made bad decisions should face clawbacks, in the form of reduced pensions. A column by Dambisa Moyo.
May 17th 2018 Comment The Future of Tech Policy Some regulation of the technology sector is necessary, and there is now an open window of opportunity to pursue new policies in that respect. A column by Michael J. Boskin.
May 14th 2018 Comment How the EU Should Respond to Trump’s Steel Tariffs From the perspective of the European Union voluntary export limitations should be the most tempting response. A column by Daniel Gros.
May 9th 2018 Comment Donald Trump’s Normal Fed Fed appointees have been treated almost as well as generals in the Trump universe. But with ballooning deficits and the approach of the 2020 election campaign, testing times lie ahead. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.
May 8th 2018 Comment Ten Weimar Lessons With many of the world’s democracies under growing strain and authoritarianism on the rise, the lessons of that period in German history should be heeded elsewhere as well. A column by Harold James.
May 4th 2018 Comment A Crisis Playbook for Big Tech The technology industry must avoid committing the same mistakes as the banking sector made, those that led to the outbreak of the global financial crisis. A column by Alexandra Borchardt.
May 3rd 2018 Comment Overcoming Democratic Myopia Today’s economic risks can be minimized only with reforms that must form part of a long-term policy agenda. In terms of crafting such agendas, democracies seem to be at a disadvantage. A column by Dambisa Moyo.
May 2nd 2018 Comment The Next Step for Chinese Economic Policy It is time for China to eliminate the joint-venture requirement completely. Its current policy will only lead to a serious trade conflict. A column by Martin Feldstein.
Apr 30th 2018 Comment America’s Weak Case Against China The report of the United States Trade Representative on China is a biased political document that has further inflamed anti-China sentiment in America. A column by Stephen S. Roach.
Apr 27th 2018 Comment The Global Trade Game The international economic order needs to function as a cooperative game, in which each participant commits to free and fair trade. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.
Apr 25th 2018 International Selection «Investors Act Like a Herd of Sheep» Bill Smead Chief Investment Officer of Smead Capital Management warns of a 1987 like stock market crash and explains where he nevertheless spots attractive opportunities for long term investors.