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Mahmoud Mohieldin

Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030…
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…
Howard Davies

Financial Regulators’ Global Variety Show

PARIS – In the early phases of the financial crisis, it was fashionable to argue that the United States’ system of regulation needed a funda…
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…

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Hans-Helmut Kotz Jun. 17, 2013

Europe’s Economic Groupthink

FRANKFURT – During the recent hearing on the constitutionality of the European Central Bank’s measures to prevent the eurozone from falling …
Barry Eichengreen Jun. 13, 2013

Lessons of a Greek Tragedy

ATHENS – A visit to Greece leaves many vivid impressions. There are, of course, the country’s rich history, abundance of archeological sites…
Yannos Papantoniou Jun. 12, 2013

Bismarck versus Bismarck

ATHENS – The centrality of Germany to Europe and, more widely, to world affairs has been amply, and often bloodily, demonstrated over many c…
Dani Rodrik Jun. 12, 2013

Europe’s Way Out

CAMBRIDGE – It seems that austerity is out of fashion in the eurozone – at least for the moment. The European Commission has given Spain, Fr…
Paola Subacchi Jun. 7, 2013

Central Banking’s New Face

LONDON – A changing of the guard is underway at many of the world’s leading central banks. Haruhiko Kuroda is now installed as the governor …
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…
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…
Robert J. Shiller May 31, 2013

Austerity and Demoralization

NEW HAVEN – The high unemployment that we have today in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere is a tragedy, not just because of the aggre…
Jean Pisani-Ferry May 27, 2013

Europe’s Troika Should Grow Up

PARIS – In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the Internati…
Ashoka Mody May 23, 2013

Misreading the Global Economy

PRINCETON – In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, …

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