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The Financial Crisis Is Still Empowering Far-Right Populists

Financial crises empower right-wing populists. The crash of 2008 was worse than usual.

Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick, and Christoph Trebesch

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Economics Sep 13, 2018 Snapshot

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The Financial Crisis Is Still Empowering Far-Right Populists

Financial crises empower right-wing populists. The crash of 2008 was worse than usual.

Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick, and Christoph Trebesch

Economics Sep 13, 2018 Essay

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The Crisis Next Time

It shouldn’t have taken policymakers as long as it did to relearn what they should have already known about financial crises.

Carmen Reinhart and Vincent Reinhart

A foreclosed home in Stockton, California May 2008.

Economics Sep 7, 2018 Snapshot

Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs?

What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong

Susan N. Houseman

Trump speaks at a factory in Blue Ash, Ohio, February 2018.

Economics September/October 2018 Review Essay

Brand New Left, Same Old Problems

If progressives are to recreate the successes of the New Deal era, they will need to rediscover the art of coalition-building that made the New Deal in possible in the...

Suzanne Berger

Economics Jul 23, 2018 Postscript

How Trump Is Repelling Foreign Investment

Trump's economic policies are killing foreign investment in the United States.

Adam S. Posen

Trump holds a signed memorandum on tariffs on Chinese goods, at the White House, July 2018.

Economics Jun 22, 2018 Snapshot

Modinomics at Four

After four years in power, the Modi government has largely succeeded in addressing the economic problems that it campaigned to fix.

Arvind Panagariya

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally ahead of the Karnataka state assembly elections in Bengaluru, India, May 2018.

Economics Jun 7, 2018 Snapshot

Innovation Is Getting More Expensive

Ideas are getting more expensive to find. That will keep economic growth slow for the foreseeable future.

Nicholas Bloom

A Boston Dynamics robot onstage at 2016 TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, California, September 2016.

Economics July/August 2018 Essay

Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

Jeffrey Ball

Bad atmospherics: smokestacks in Jilin, China, February 2013.

Economics July/August 2018 Essay

The Human Capital Gap

In too many places, governments are failing to invest in their populations. This is a problem because neglecting investments in human capital can dramatically weaken a...

Jim Yong Kim

Teach your children well: a teacher in northeastern Nigeria, June 2017

Economics Feb 7, 2018 Snapshot

The Surprising Success of Putinomics

Today, Russia’s economy has stabilized, inflation is at historic lows, and the budget is nearly balanced. How did Vladimir Putin survive the twin challenges of the oil...

Chris Miller

Economics March/April 2018 Essay

How to Crack Down on Tax Havens

Tax havens enjoy the protection of powerful forces; cracking down on them will be difficult. It can only be done by mobilizing public anger to break up systems rigged...

Nicholas Shaxson

A UBS branch near Basel, Switzerland, September 2011.

Economics March/April 2018 Comment

The Post-American World Economy

Globalization in the Trump Era

Adam S. Posen

Enjoy it while it lasts: at the New York Stock Exchange, December 2017.

Economics Dec 22, 2017 Snapshot

Trump and the Bond Market

Donald Trump’s election made investors justifiably nervous. But a mass exodus from the U.S. Treasuries market is unlikely.

Sandy Brian Hager

U.S. President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, April 2017.

Economics Dec 19, 2017 Snapshot

China and the International Monetary System

China's interest in the IMF's Special Drawing Right says more about the country's national identity than about Beijing's interest in challenging the dollar-led...

Hongying Wang

Chinese banknotes in Beijing, July 2011.

Economics January/February 2018 Review Essay

Beware Greeks Bearing Rifts

Despite his largely correct convictions about the Greek debt crisis, Yanis Varoufakis was not an effective politician and he failed to negotiate a better deal with...

Martin Sandbu

Economics Nov 17, 2017 Snapshot

One Belt, One Road's Governance Deficit Problem

China needs to solve a governance deficit problem plaguing One Belt, One Road both at home and along the OBOR route.

Wang Xinsong

Economics Nov 9, 2017 Snapshot

China's Booming Sharing Economy

China's booming sharing economy faces a precarious future.

James Yan

Mobike bicycles in Shenzhen, China, August 2017.

Economics November/December 2017 Review Essay

How Should Governments Address Inequality?

How should politicians and policymakers respond to economic inequality? A new collection of essays offers some answers, but much work still needs to be done to turn...

Melissa S. Kearney

From the Archives Sep 26, 2017 Snapshot

A Fiscal Union for the Eurozone

A fiscal union for the eurozone is the only way to save the common currency—and the EU.

Pierpaolo Barbieri and Shahin Vallée

At the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, September 2013.

From the Archives Sep 15, 2017 Snapshot

An Era of Authoritarian Influence?

Authoritarian states are boldly seeking to influence Western democracies. How should liberal governments respond?

Thorsten Benner

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan in Istanbul, October 2016.

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The Financial Crisis Is Still Empowering Far-Right Populists

The Crisis Next Time

Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs?

Brand New Left, Same Old Problems

How Trump Is Repelling Foreign Investment

Modinomics at Four

Innovation Is Getting More Expensive

Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working

The Human Capital Gap

The Surprising Success of Putinomics

How to Crack Down on Tax Havens

The Post-American World Economy

Trump and the Bond Market

China and the International Monetary System

Beware Greeks Bearing Rifts

One Belt, One Road's Governance Deficit Problem

China's Booming Sharing Economy

How Should Governments Address Inequality?

A Fiscal Union for the Eurozone

An Era of Authoritarian Influence?

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