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Jim O'Neill

Jim O'Neill

Writing for PS since 2008
133 commentaries
4 videos & podcasts

Jim O’Neill is a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK Treasury minister.

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  1. Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?
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    Will the Dollar Continue to Fall?

    Mar 19, 2025 Jim O'Neill explains why the US currency has been declining despite widespread expectations to the contrary.

  2. The Global Economy Without America
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    The Global Economy Without America

    Feb 24, 2025 Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.

  3. Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jan 20, 2025 Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.

  4. Trump’s Impossible Economics
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    Trump’s Impossible Economics

    Nov 25, 2024 Jim O'Neill thinks the president-elect’s agenda is not only incoherent but also mathematically inconceivable.

  5. The BRICS Still Don’t Matter
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    The BRICS Still Don’t Matter

    Oct 17, 2024 Jim O'Neill thinks the grouping continues to show that it serves no purpose beyond generating symbolic political gestures.

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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley

    Without a robust regulatory framework that incentivizes stablecoin issuers to register in the United States, stablecoin activity will migrate to countries with weaker rules, increasing the likelihood of financial instability. Fortunately, the US can still head off these risks and reap the technology’s benefits.

     explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.
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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman

    Under US President Donald Trump’s erratic rule, the United States is now exhibiting all the symptoms, from high import tariffs and fiscal deficits, to oligarchy and flagrant corruption. Worse, the fallout cannot be confined to the US, and no multilateral bailout or structural adjustment plan can mitigate the damage.

     lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
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    Will Trump Destroy the Dollar’s Primacy?

    Within its first two months, President Donald Trump’s second administration has attacked US institutions, alienated trade partners and allies, decimated consumer and investor confidence, and sent the stock market plummeting. Can the dollar’s status as the world’s leading reserve currency – and the extraordinary advantages this affords the US economy – withstand the onslaught?

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    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
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    A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

    Gaston Browne points out that the energy transition is vital not only to protect the planet, but also to enhance resilience.
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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.

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