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The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis

The true story of 2008 forces a question about the future of financial globalization: How will a multipolar world that has moved beyond the transatlantic structures of the last century cope with the next crisis?

Adam Tooze

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Finance September/October 2018 Essay

The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis

The true story of 2008 forces a question about the future of financial globalization: How will a multipolar world that has moved beyond the transatlantic structures of...

Adam Tooze

Monetary Issues Jul 3, 2018 Snapshot

U.S. Deficits Are Hurting Emerging Markets

Why Argentina and Turkey Are Feeling the Pain

Brad Setser

A protest against the government's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2018.

Monetary Issues Jan 22, 2018 Snapshot

A New Financial Geopolitics?

What might be the fault lines in the financial world that could precipitate another crisis, and possible realignments, in the global monetary order?

Finance Jan 22, 2018 Snapshot

Introduction

After the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, there were wide expectations that the market would respond negatively to his unexpected victory. And yet stock...

Mark Blyth and Sylvia Maxfield

Finance Jan 12, 2018 Snapshot

The Euro in Decline?

The populist forces that have emerged throughout the continent challenge the legitimacy of the euro and threaten both the institutional and ideational foundations upon...

Kathleen R. McNamara

Monetary Issues Jan 11, 2018 Snapshot

How the Eurozone Might Split

For reasons of both long-term sustainability and short-term politics, the euro is not out of the woods yet.

Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford

Euro coins on display in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 2015.

Finance Jan 1, 2018 Snapshot

Can China Internationalize the RMB?

The recent history of how the Japanese yen tried and failed to become the dominant international currency provides a good illustration of the challenges faced by China...

Saori N. Katada

A woman holds 100-RMB notes at the Bank of China tower in Hong Kong, February 2016.

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.

Finance Dec 6, 2017 Snapshot

Bring Politics Back to Monetary Policy

Decades of appeals to technocratic exceptionalism—the idea that monetary policy should be shielded from democratic oversight—have led to the very politicization of...

Jacqueline Best

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies at the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, February 2014.

Monetary Issues Dec 1, 2017 Postscript

A Reckless Tax Plan

As the Republican tax bill lurches toward enactment, many of its major features remain in flux.

Alex Raskolnikov

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.

Monetary Issues Jun 16, 2017 Snapshot

Modi's Money Madness

Modi's demonetization policy has proved to be one of the most disruptive experiments in recent economic history, and one from which his administration now risks...

James Crabtree

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai, December 2016.

From the Archives May 16, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Tax Plan for the One Percent

A tax plan that U.S. President Donald Trump produced in April suggested the biggest tax cuts for rich Americans in the United States’ history—and was bad news for the...

Andrea Louise Campbell

Monetary Issues Apr 17, 2017 Snapshot

The Lure of Europe's Tax Havens

Why Tax Reform Is Slowing Down

Alexander Saeedy

Monetary Issues January 1945 Essay

Bretton Woods and International Cooperation [Excerpt]

Henry Morgenthau Jr.

Monetary Issues March/April 2017 Review Essay

The Renminbi Goes Global

Chinese policymakers want to internationalize the renminbi. But if they really hope to displace the dollar, they must move much faster on a set of broad economic and...

Barry Eichengreen

Monetary Issues Jan 12, 2017 Snapshot

Why the Eurozone Still Backs Its Common Currency

Europeans do not back the euro simply because they fear the alternatives, but because the status quo offers them real rewards.

Miguel Otero-Iglesias

A cash register at a shop in Olching, Germany, August 2011.

Economics January/February 2017 Essay

Are We Safe Yet?

Sooner or later, the United States will face another major financial crisis. Yet the tools policymakers have for responding are even weaker than they were before the...

Timothy F. Geithner

Geithner and Obama with financial leaders at the White House, December 2009.

Campaign 2016 Nov 13, 2016 Snapshot

How the Markets Responded to Trump

World financial markets have had an unusual reaction to the unexpected U.S. presidential election victory of Donald Trump: they remained relatively calm and, some...

Scott Sumner

Globalization Nov 13, 2016 Snapshot

The Losers of Deglobalization

The Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election suggest that the world may be entering a period of deglobalization. History suggests that is worth worrying about: when...

Pierpaolo Barbieri

Police patrol Hungary's border with Serbia, September 2015.

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The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis

U.S. Deficits Are Hurting Emerging Markets

A New Financial Geopolitics?

Introduction

The Euro in Decline?

How the Eurozone Might Split

Can China Internationalize the RMB?

China and the International Monetary System

Bring Politics Back to Monetary Policy

A Reckless Tax Plan

A Fiscal Union for the Eurozone

Modi's Money Madness

Trump's Tax Plan for the One Percent

The Lure of Europe's Tax Havens

Bretton Woods and International Cooperation [Excerpt]

The Renminbi Goes Global

Why the Eurozone Still Backs Its Common Currency

Are We Safe Yet?

How the Markets Responded to Trump

The Losers of Deglobalization

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