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Hans-Werner Sinn

The Collateral Damage of Europe’s Rescue

MUNICH – The eurozone is now in its sixth year of crisis – and of efforts by the European Central Bank and the international community to en…
Jaswant Singh

The Road to Asian Unity

NEW DELHI – Asia’s lack of institutions to ameliorate regional tensions is often lamented. But greater Asian unity may be arising by the bac…
Haruhiko Kuroda

India’s Growth Crossroads

MANILA – As the slowdown in the world’s major industrial economies drags on, growth in developing Asia is being affected. A serious burden w…
Robin Niblett

Transatlantic Trade-Offs

LONDON – Almost two decades after the idea was first mooted, the United States and the European Union agreed last week to begin negotiating …

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Johan P. Mackenbach Jun. 17, 2013

Only the Poor Die Young

ROTTERDAM – People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income) have shorter and…
Alexander Friedman Jun. 13, 2013

Copycat Capitalists

ZURICH – It is all too easy to envy China. At current growth rates, the Chinese economy will double in size in only nine years, raising an e…
William White Jun. 12, 2013

The Ultra-Easy Money Experiment

BASEL – The world’s central banks are engaged in one of the great policy experiments in modern history: ultra-easy money. And, as the experi…
Allan H. Meltzer Jun. 6, 2013

Quantitative Quicksand

PITTSBURGH – Almost all recoveries from recession have included rapid employment growth – until now. Though advanced-country central banks h…
Daniel Gros Jun. 6, 2013

Europe’s Youth Unemployment Non-Problem

BRUSSELS – European policymakers have decided that they must be seen to be “doing something” about youth unemployment. A special summit of E…
Kenneth Rogoff Jun. 6, 2013

Inflation Is Still the Lesser Evil

CAMBRIDGE – The world’s major central banks continue to express concern about inflationary spillover from their recession-fighting efforts. …
Harold James Jun. 4, 2013

The Latin Difference

PRINCETON – It is increasingly popular to think of Europe in binary terms. French President François Hollande is constantly flirting with th…
Mohamed A. El-Erian Jun. 4, 2013

The Threat to the Central-Bank Brand

NEW YORK – The “branding” of modern central banking started in the United States in the early 1980’s under then-Federal Reserve Board Chairm…
Nouriel Roubini Jun. 1, 2013

After the Gold Rush

VENICE – The run-up in gold prices in recent years – from $800 per ounce in early 2009 to above $1,900 in the fall of 2011 – had all the fea…
Agnes Binagwaho May 31, 2013

Diet and Growth

KIGALI – There is no greater hindrance to a country’s long-term economic development than childhood undernourishment. When a growing body do…

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