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When esteemed economist and author Eswar Prasad set out to write his latest book, it was to be about the promise of some recent trends withi...
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When esteemed economist and author Eswar Prasad set out to write his latest book, it was to be about the promise of some recent trends withi...

While it is true that death and taxes are unavoidable, good tax policies can help delay the inevitable. So-called sin taxes on alcohol, toba...

African economies began tapping into overseas markets for funding in the early 2000s, after debt burdens had been alleviated by the Highly I...

Unprecedented debt levels are pressing governments to make tough choices. While aging populations demand more public spending, resources are...

The most prosperous of civilizations were the most open. The Romans, for example, expanded their empire by integrating the populations they...

There is strength in numbers, and the idea of European integration through a single market was to capitalize on the EU as a whole. However,...

While official statistics compiled by government agencies are still considered the most reliable, policymakers are increasingly using privat...

Price stability is the main goal for central banks, and monetary policy is how they achieve it. However, societies are always in flux, and c...

Technology is often what drives big changes, but innovations like cryptocurrencies and blockchain are transforming the world of money at bre...

While artificial intelligence continues to outperform our human abilities in many areas, Pablo Peña believes critical thinking and curiosity...

Maintaining good relations promotes trade, but can trade repair bad relations? Marc Palen examines how Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws in...

Sub-Saharan Africa is holding its own despite a deteriorating global trade and aid landscape. The latest outlook projects growth to remain s...

It's not unusual for countries to reevaluate trade relationships as the global economy evolves. However, the persistent uncertainty brought...

While the US dollar has been at the top of its game for decades, new players are testing its reign. Chess grandmaster-turned-economist Kenne...

The US is a breeding ground for startups, and California has been the center of that universe since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. But...

While countries came together in the late 80s to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism, technology and the advent of virtual...

Bringing nations together to maintain peace and security and raise living standards for all seemed a utopian idea in the early 20th century....

A lot has happened in the global economy since 2019, and few people know that better than Gita Gopinath. As the IMF Chief Economist and subs...

As tech innovation, particularly in the field of AI, is increasingly focused on a few key players, the industries benefiting from these tool...

There was a time when economic expertise ruled policy debates at virtually all levels of government. And while trade, taxation, and other im...
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