International Selection

China's exports are sagging, and the risk of deflation is growing. Many suggest that a policy to weaken the renminbi is the most logical course. That would be a serious mistake. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Richard Koo, chief economist of the Nomura Research Institute, wants Europe to learn from the Japanese experience. To remove fiscal stimulus too early could produce devastating results.

Switzerland is not the first country to discover the problem of large central bank assets, but is likely to be the first country where the problem will be dealt with. A column by Charles Wyplosz.

Only by finding ways to put true value on the goods we produce will we be able to sustain a middle-class society. A column by J. Bradford DeLong.

Zvyagintsev’s «Leviathan» and Eastwood’s «American Sniper» are representative films: Each captures the essence of why Russia and the US seem doomed to wage a new Cold War. A column by Nina L. Khrushcheva.

Unless action is taken, antimicrobial resistance will kill ten million people a year by 2050. It will also have a cumulative cost of at least $100 trillion, more than 1.5 times today’s annual global GDP. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Only by eliminatingor at least diminishing the potential for the separatists and their Russian backers to continue their military campaign can Ukraine and its partners hope for a political solution. A column by Carl Bildt.

Syriza portrays itself as the champion of a solution to a EU-wide problem of excessive government debt and doesn't acknowledge that its interlocutors have democratic responsibilities of their own. A column by Harold James.

Negative rates in Switzerland will result in massive paper currency storage, says Miles Kimball, professor at the University of Michigan. The Swiss National Bank needs to introduce measures to fight currency storage.

Per capita income in developing countries is rising much faster than in the advanced economies. Economically, at least, the world is continuing to become a better place. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Some politicians appear to believe that only a tough stand can solve the Greek problem. The risk is that, in the name of misconceived economic principles, the outcome imposes large welfare losses. A column by Fabrizio Zilibotti.

The question is how hard the global economy’s addiction to partial monetary-policy fixes will be to break – and whether a slide into a currency war could accelerate the timetable. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian