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Economics Jan 7, 2019 Snapshot

The Real History of Intellectual Piracy

What China Can Learn From America

B. Zorina Khan

Economics January/February 2019 Essay

The Free-Trade Paradox

Economists may have to accept that convincing most people of the value of free trade is a losing fight.

Alan S. Blinder

The spoils of trade: imported frozen seafood in Vernon, California, September 2018.

Economics January/February 2019 Review Essay

Snake-Oil Economics

Stephen Moore and Arthur Laffer's over-the-top enthusiasm for U.S. President Donald Trump's sketchy economic agenda in their new book Trumponomics is not...

N. Gregory Mankiw

Economics Nov 2, 2018 Snapshot

Italy’s Dangerous Budget Showdown With Europe

Italy’s populist government has finally gotten its showdown with Brussels.

Erik Jones

Luigi di Maio, Matteo Salvini, and Giuseppe Conte after a press conference in Rome, October 2018.

Economics Oct 31, 2018 List

How to Understand the Financial Crisis

The Lessons That Have—and Haven’t—Been Learned From 2008

Economics November/December 2018 Essay

How to Save Globalization

To compensate the losers from globalization, the United States must build a lifelong ladder of opportunity that goes from early childhood education to employment-based...

Kenneth F. Scheve and Matthew J. Slaughter

A steel worker at a plant in Granite City, Illinois, May 2018.

Economics November/December 2018 Review Essay

The Unheard Nerds

Karen Dynan, former chief economist at the U.S. Treasury Department, reviews a new book by former Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder on the failure of...

Karen Dynan

Economics Sep 25, 2018 Snapshot

Yes, Iran’s Economy Is Suffering—But It’s Not All About the U.S.

Although U.S. President Donald Trump has hurt the Iranian economy, the unexpected depth of the rial’s decline owes less to U.S. policy than to poor decision-making in...

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the Innovation and Industry Forum during an official visit in Bern, Switzerland, July 2018.

Economics Sep 13, 2018 Snapshot

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

Trump at a rally in Evansville, Indiana, August 2018.

Economics November/December 2018 Essay

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.

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