
Economics & Finance
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Trump’s Looming Deficit Disaster
Trump’s Looming Deficit Disaster
Desmond Lachman explains why the US president’s trade tariffs and planned tax cuts are at odds with basic economic realities. -
Will US Export Restrictions Work?
Will US Export Restrictions Work?
Barry Eichengreen questions the effectiveness of efforts to limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors. -
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Trump’s Trade War Is About More Than Trade
Trump’s Trade War Is About More Than Trade
Nancy Qian considers the domestic and global implications of the new US administration’s tariff policies. -
What Is MAGAnomics?
What Is MAGAnomics?
Antara Haldar tries to make sense of the new US administration's internally contradictory economic-policy program. -
Developing Countries Need a New Approach to Long-Term Financing
Developing Countries Need a New Approach to Long-Term Financing
Hannah Wanjie Ryder & Kate Hampton propose reforms that would facilitate low-interest lending to fund critical climate and development goals. -
Resisting Digital Feudalism
Resisting Digital Feudalism
Mariana Mazzucato calls for urgent action to shape the development of AI before it becomes another means of rent extraction. -
How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs
How Not to Respond to Trump’s Tariffs
Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves. -
The Positive Case for Negative Rates
The Positive Case for Negative Rates
Willem H. Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari see the widely scorned monetary-policy tool as a necessary option in the absence of fiscal alternatives.