Eswar Prasad on Escaping the Doom Loop
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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Taxing Bad Habits: Christoph Rosenberg
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...
Amadou Sy on Why Africa is Keeping its Debt Closer to Home
African economies began tapping into overseas markets for funding in the early 2000s, after debt burdens had been alleviated by the Highly I...
The Debt Reckoning: Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris
Unprecedented debt levels are pressing governments to make tough choices. While aging populations demand more public spending, resources are...
Johan Norberg on What Makes and Breaks Golden Eras
The most prosperous of civilizations were the most open. The Romans, for example, expanded their empire by integrating the populations they...
Enrico Letta: Harnessing Europe's Single Market
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,...
Claudia Sahm on how Private Data can Augment Official Statistics
While official statistics compiled by government agencies are still considered the most reliable, policymakers are increasingly using privat...
Governor Chang Yong Rhee on Bank of Korea's Innovative Approach
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...
Dante Disparte on Stablecoins and the Future of Finance
Technology is often what drives big changes, but innovations like cryptocurrencies and blockchain are transforming the world of money at bre...
Pablo Peña on why AI is No Match for Human Capital
While artificial intelligence continues to outperform our human abilities in many areas, Pablo Peña believes critical thinking and curiosity...
Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade
Maintaining good relations promotes trade, but can trade repair bad relations? Marc Palen examines how Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws in...
Holding Steady: Athene Laws on sub-Saharan Africa's Outlook
Sub-Saharan Africa is holding its own despite a deteriorating global trade and aid landscape. The latest outlook projects growth to remain s...
Gordon Hanson on Shifting Trade Alliances
It's not unusual for countries to reevaluate trade relationships as the global economy evolves. However, the persistent uncertainty brought...
Kenneth Rogoff on Dollar Dominance
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...
Where Startups Do Roam: Swati Bhatt
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...
Chady El Khoury on the Virtual Reality of Financial Crime
While countries came together in the late 80s to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism, technology and the advent of virtual...
Danny Quah on Rethinking Multilateralism
Bringing nations together to maintain peace and security and raise living standards for all seemed a utopian idea in the early 20th century....
Grit and Luck: Gita Gopinath Reflects on her Career and Roles at the Fund
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...
Carl Benedikt Frey on AI and Growth
As tech innovation, particularly in the field of AI, is increasingly focused on a few key players, the industries benefiting from these tool...
Karen Dynan on Regaining Lost Ground in Policy Influence
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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