Economy

$250 Trillion in Debt: the World’s Post-Lehman Legacy

2018-10-06

Governments are largely responsible for the borrowing binge, with their debt growing not just nominally...

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Will Iran's economy collapse?

2018-06-30

Turbulent developments in the past few months on the foreign exchange and gold markets in Iran

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Can the Euro Be Saved?

2018-06-18

The euro may be approaching another crisis. Italy, the eurozones third largest economy, has chosen what can at best be described as a Euroskeptic government

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Should Economists Make Moral Judgments?

2018-05-31

At least since the days of John Maynard Keynes, professional economists have not had to worry too much about the moral implications of their technical work

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Why Reinvent the Monetary Wheel?

2018-05-25

Cryptocurrencies promise to realize Friedrich Hayek’s dream of a free market in money. But human societies have discovered no better way to keep the value of money roughly constant than by relying on central banks to exercise control over its issue

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Petroleum's Rising Price Depends on Supply and Politics

2018-05-24

There are several factors that have introduced uncertainty into the market, prompting upward pressure on oil prices.

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The Old Allure of New Money

2018-05-23

The cryptocurrency revolution, which started with bitcoin in 2009, claims to be inventing new kinds of money

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Managing the Risks of a Rising Dollar

2018-05-14

Some may view the US dollar’s appreciation as consistent with a longer-term rebalancing of the global economy. But, as Argentina’s recent request for IMF financing starkly demonstrates

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Mullahs rig the price of moolah in Iran

2018-04-21

Iran looks ascendant in the Middle East, but its regime is messing up its own economy

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What is sustainable finance?

2018-04-18

Environmental, social and governance issues are now a major factor in investment

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An Infrastructure Plan That Would Actually Work

2018-04-02

US President Donald Trumps plan to boost infrastructure spending through tax credits has received a cool reception from investors

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A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance

2018-03-11

The recent corporate-tax cuts in the United States have intensified an ongoing global race to the bottom

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Improving the Sustainability of Development Finance

2018-03-09

Trillions of dollars will be needed to fund the world s human development goals, and domestic banking sectors in rich and poor countries will be part of the solution

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What Is A Stock Market Correction?

2018-02-11

Here is what you need to know

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What fuel, bread and water reveal about how Egypt is mismanaged

2018-02-10

The price is wrong, Egyptians are addicted to subsidies that make them poorer

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Why Low Inflation Is No Surprise

2018-01-06

Inflation has remained stubbornly low across the global North has come as a surprise to many economic observers

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Is Bitcoin the Most Obvious Bubble Ever?

2017-12-11

The cryptocurrency is almost certainly due for a major correction. But its long-term value remains a mystery

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Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough

2017-10-27

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did

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The Economic Case Against an Independent Kurdistan

2017-09-26

The costs will be large and exacting

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The “free” economy comes at a cost

2017-08-28

But economists struggle to work out how much

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