Economics & Finance
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The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges
The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges
Joseph E. Stiglitz, et al. decry the counterproductive practice of imposing additional fees on countries in debt distress. -
Conflict and Competitiveness in Europe
Conflict and Competitiveness in Europe
Ana Palacio supports the EU reform agenda recently proposed by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. -
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Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital. -
Asia’s Consumer Tipping Point
Asia’s Consumer Tipping Point
Juan Caballero & Wolfgang Fengler highlight a milestone that marks the transition from poverty to a more typical middle-class lifestyle. -
Countries That March Together Should Trade Together
Countries That March Together Should Trade Together
Todd G. Buchholz urges the next US president to distinguish good from bad actors, rather than raise tariffs haphazardly. -
Resetting US-China Economic Relations
Resetting US-China Economic Relations
Barry Eichengreen hopes that political will on both sides catches up with the opporunities for cooperation that now exist. -
Industrial Policy’s Deceptive New Clothes
Industrial Policy’s Deceptive New Clothes
Raghuram G. Rajan sees little reason to support the case for renewed government interventions in the private sector. -
A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy
A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy
Dani Rodrik weighs the trade-offs between combating climate change, global poverty, and rich countries’ middle-class decline.