International Selection

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.

Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock, expects that monetary policy will continue to support financial markets.

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.

Behind the growth of wealth and inequality lies not just capital, but also knowhow. Thomas Piketty’s book does not take that into consideration. A column by Ricardo Hausmann.

To capitalize on the opportunities of digitization and the shift to knowledge-intensive trade, countries must invest in talent and infrastructure. A column by Laura Tyson.

It is difficult to see how either Britain or France can survive on the basis of nostalgia. Reforming both countries is as essential a task as reforming Europe’s creaky and complex political order. A column by Harold James.

Efforts to talk down the exchange rate accompanied by actual balance-sheet expansion by the central bank are likely to be good for the rest of the world. A column by Barry Eichengreen.

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, the romance between the Fed and the capital markets has become particularly intense. This relationship ought to change somewhat. A column by Mohamed A El-Erian