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Mohamed A. El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian

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Mohamed A. El-Erian, President of Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge, is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the author of The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse (Random House, 2016), and a co-author (with Gordon Brown, Michael Spence, and Reid Lidow) of Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World (Simon & Schuster, 2023).

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  1. Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance
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    Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance

    Jan 31, 2025 Mohamed A. El-Erian sees promise in the current government’s economic-policy plan despite its imperfections.

  2. Shock-Proofing the UK Economy
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    Shock-Proofing the UK Economy

    Jan 14, 2025 Mohamed A. El-Erian urges the government to communicate better what it is doing to boost resilient growth – and to do more.

  3. A Baseline Scenario for the Global Economy in 2025
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    A Baseline Scenario for the Global Economy in 2025

    Dec 24, 2024 Mohamed A. El-Erian offers his predictions for the new year while acknowledging that the range of possible outcomes is widening.

  4. Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid
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    Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid

    Nov 14, 2024 Mohamed A. El-Erian explains how and why Democrats failed to connect with US voters’ pocketbook realities.

  5. Toward a Fifth World Order
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    Toward a Fifth World Order

    Oct 21, 2024 Gordon Brown & Mohamed A. El-Erian explain why multilateral institutions urgently need to be reformed, and why the G20 is the right forum for it.

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    America Is Gone – Europe Must Replace It

    Sławomir Sierakowski

    Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s verbal assault on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was shocking but not surprising. As the Trump administration rapidly destroys America's credibility and international standing, Europe must mobilize its ample resources to replace America as a global leader.

    says the Trump administration's Oval Office fight with Ukraine's president is a moment that will live in infamy.
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    Can America Maintain External Sustainability?

    Yu Yongding explains why demand for foreign capital inflows to offset the country’s savings shortfall may go unmet.
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    The Coming Showdown in Trumpworld

    Dani Rodrik points out that a coalition comprising incompatible financial and ideological interests cannot last.
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    Trump’s Self-Fulfilling Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach shows how the US president’s policies could create the very problems he falsely claims to be confronting.
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    Britain Must Downgrade the Special Relationship

    Chris Patten outlines steps UK policymakers must take to mitigate the strategic threat posed by the Trump administration.
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    America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

    Gabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers.
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    The Opacity of Hope

    Jonathan Levy reflects on how the politics promoted by America’s first Black president gave rise to its first felonious one.
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    A New Gulf Growth Model

    Faris Al-Sulayman & Steffen Hertog explain why the region’s governments are well positioned to capitalize on recent geo-economic trends.
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    Small States Mean Big Returns

    Adnan Hassan sees lucrative investment opportunities in countries capable of adapting efficiently to rapid economic change.

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