June 30th 2022 Comment It’s the Inflation, Stupid President Joe Biden ought to follow the path that Bill Clinton took after the Democrats’ crushing defeat in the 1994 midterms, when his administration moved to the center. A column by Michael J. Boskin.
June 29th 2022 Comment How Global Food Crises Work The mechanisms that led to the tortilla crisis in 2007 are still intact: To this day, land that once was used to grow crops for food is used to produce biofuels. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.
June 28th 2022 Comment The 1970s Revisited? Without price stability or productivity improvements, generous wage, fiscal, or monetary policies will be economically unsustainable. They will represent nothing but false promises. A column by Jim O’Neill.
June 27th 2022 Comment How to Fuel Inflation and Harm the Environment Not only has the Biden administration misidentified the sources of inflation; it is even adding to the inflationary pressure. Many of its actions are detrimental to the environment. A column by Anne O. Krueger.
June 24th 2022 Comment What If Ukraine Is a Forever Crisis? But it is reasonable to assume that Putin’s strategy is to hold on until Europe and the United States have lost the capacity or the will to continue supporting Ukraine and punishing Russia A column by Harold James.
June 23rd 2022 Comment Rethinking Supply Chains The current supply-chain challenges are a consequence of forgetting that other considerations besides economic efficiency matter as well. A column by Diane Coyle.
June 22nd 2022 Comment How to Engage with China In dealing with China, the West should attempt to build international dialogue and policy cooperation on a foundation of concrete common interests. A column by Paola Subacchi.
May 30th 2022 Comment Debt sustainability in times of large uncertainties We should stop relying on optimistic scenarios and accept that budget deficits will have to be eliminated. Not now, but once inflation has been tamed. A column by Charles Wyplosz.
May 12th 2022 Comment The Failed Bet on Russian and Chinese Reform The West’s hopes in the 1990s that integrating Russia and China into the global economy would speed up domestic reform were an illusion. A column by Michael J. Boskin.
May 9th 2022 Comment Seeking a Mechanism for Sovereign Debt Restructuring All creditor countries (including China) will need to come together to agree on an arrangement that delivers both improved economic performance and future debt sustainability in debtor countries. A column by Anne O. Krueger.
May 5th 2022 Comment The Fed Does Not Deserve All the Inflation Blame The Fed certainly bears its share of blame for the great inflation. But powerful political pressures and overly optimistic analyses of open-ended debt policy also played role. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.
May 4th 2022 Comment The Origins of Putin’s Totalitarianism In the atmosphere of total repression – now likened to the Stalin era – Russians who have not fled are falling in line. A column by Nina L. Khrushcheva.