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The Comeback Nation

During the 2010s, the United States staged a comeback as an economic superpower and reached new heights as a financial empire.

Ruchir Sharma

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Economics Mar 31, 2020 Essay

The Comeback Nation

During the 2010s, the United States staged a comeback as an economic superpower and reached new heights as a financial empire.

Ruchir Sharma

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2020 Snapshot

How to Avoid a Coronavirus Depression

It will take wartime spirit—and spending—to keep the global economy afloat.

Matthew J. Slaughter and Matt Rees

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2020 Snapshot

Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

Without appropriate support, the shutdown will turn into a major economic and financial crisis that will long outlast the health crisis.

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Wall Street in New York City, March 2020

Economics Mar 9, 2020 Snapshot

Argentina Stares Down Yet Another Default

How President Alberto Fernández handles Argentina’s foreign debt crisis will define his legacy.

Bruno Binetti

Pope Francis and Alberto Fernández in the Vatican, January 2020

Economics Feb 18, 2020 Snapshot

Time to Recommit to Syria

The United States must recognize that the conflict in Syria is unlikely to end in the near future.

Jennifer Cafarella

Residential buildings destroyed by government forces in eastern Aleppo, Syria, June 2019

Business Jan 17, 2020 Snapshot

The Looming Tax War

Since the early twentieth century, countries have largely agreed on how to tax income earned in cross-border business. But this long-standing regime is coming apart,...

Itai Grinberg

An Amazon fulfillment center in Saran, France, June 2011.

Monetary Issues Nov 5, 2019 Snapshot

Christine Lagarde’s Hardest Task Isn’t In Her Job Description

As ECB president, Christine Lagarde will have to contend with the internally divided bank and the possibly recalcitrant finance ministers of the eurozone.

Erik Jones

Christine Lagarde answering journalists at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, November 2019

Latin America Oct 22, 2019 Snapshot

The Resurrection of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Will Cristina Fernández de Kirchner resume control over Argentina?

Ricardo Kirschbaum

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2019

Finance Oct 22, 2019 Snapshot

La resurrección de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

¿Qué significa el regreso de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a la política argentina?

Ricardo Kirschbaum

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en Buenos Aires, agosto del 2019

Labor Sep 19, 2019 Snapshot

The American Working Man Still Isn’t Working

Prime-age men’s non-employment in the United States has been creeping upward for decades—from a low of four percent in the 1950s to almost 14 percent today.

Jason Furman

General Motors assembly workers picket during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, September 2019.

Monetary Issues Sep 10, 2019 Snapshot

The Self-Inflicted Recession

The Next Downturn Will Be Political—and Tough to Escape

Jared Bernstein

Monetary Issues Aug 28, 2019 Snapshot

How Not to Fight a Currency War

Branding China a currency manipulator at a time when it is not actually manipulating its currency will only make it harder to take a tough line against real...

Brad W. Setser

Monetary Issues Aug 20, 2019 Snapshot

History Repeats Itself in Zimbabwe

Why Robert Mugabe’s ruinous legacy will live on as long as his party is in power.

Tendai Biti

Monetary Issues Jul 29, 2019 Snapshot

Will Facebook’s Libra Change the Way the World Banks?

Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra, is both novel and potentially disruptive. With time, Libra could become a gigantic shadow bank distinct from, yet connected to,...

Kevin Werbach

Monetary Issues Apr 23, 2019 Snapshot

Why Trump Should Leave the Fed Alone

Stephen Moore would be a disastrous pick for the Federal Reserve.

Alan S. Blinder

Trump and Jerome Powell at the White House, November 2017

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

A styrofoam bull at the Frankfurt stock exchange, September 2008.

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

A New Financial Geopolitics?

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

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How to Avoid a Coronavirus Depression

Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

Argentina Stares Down Yet Another Default

Time to Recommit to Syria

The Looming Tax War

Christine Lagarde’s Hardest Task Isn’t In Her Job Description

The Resurrection of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

La resurrección de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

The American Working Man Still Isn’t Working

The Self-Inflicted Recession

How Not to Fight a Currency War

History Repeats Itself in Zimbabwe

Will Facebook’s Libra Change the Way the World Banks?

Why Trump Should Leave the Fed Alone

The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis

U.S. Deficits Are Hurting Emerging Markets

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