International Selection

The term fintech is an acronym consisting of the terms fin(ancial) and tech(nology) and most probably refers to an article from 1993 from Citicorp’s chairman John Reed in the context of a newly founded «Smart Card Forum» consortium: «Speaking a language of cooperation between companies and across industries, (…) Citicorp has shed its historical insistence on calling its own technological tune.

With Western influence waning, Eastern European countries will likely deepen their economic and diplomatic ties with Russia. A column by Sławomir Sierakowski.

A declining pound is helpful, but not sufficient, for improving the UK’s external position and rebalancing its economy. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Luigi Zingales, finance professor at the University of Chicago, warns about the impact of the US elections on Europe and compares President-elect Trump to Italy’s media mogul Silvio Berlusconi.

Negotiators must focus on minimizing new barriers to the free movement of labor; indeed, this should be an even higher priority than maintaining the free movement of goods. A column by Daniel Gros.

American voters gradually lose their remaining capacity to distinguish between lived reality and its virtual shadow. A column by Nina L. Khrushcheva.

With monetary activism past its sell-by date, an active fiscal policy that includes stronger infrastructure spending is one of the only remaining options. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Advanced economies will be far better prepared for the next recession if they undergo gradual monetary-policy normalization and fiscal consolidation in the meantime. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, cautions about big bets on the return of inflation after Donald Trump's surprising win and sees the long term bull market at risk.

A Trump presidency will lead to an epic geopolitical shift: for the first time since 1941, Europe cannot rely on the US defense umbrella; it now stands alone. A column by Guy Verhofstadt.

Trump must now choose between cooperation and confrontation as the framework for US policy toward China. His choice should be obvious. A column by Minghao Zhao.

With Trump’s victory, the world has decisively entered a period of increasing unpredictability and instability. A column by Carl Bildt.