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Is Europe on a Cross of Gold?

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Reversing Europe’s Renationalization

NEW YORK – Far from abating, the euro crisis has taken a turn for the worse in recent months. The European Central Bank managed to relieve a…
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Grit is Good

PARIS – The United States is widely recognized as possessing the deepest, most liquid, and most efficient capital markets in the world. Amer…
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A Centerless Euro Cannot Hold

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Jomo Kwame Sundaram May. 22, 2012

A Global New Deal

NEW YORK – Recent political developments, including the defeat of incumbent governments in France and Greece, suggest that the public’s tole…
Joseph E. Stiglitz May. 18, 2012

A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health

NEW YORK – Every year, millions of people die from preventable and treatable diseases, especially in poor countries. In many cases, lifesavi…
Bjørn Lomborg May. 16, 2012

The Smartest Ways to Save the World

COPENHAGEN – If you had $75 billion to spend over the next four years and your goal was to advance human welfare, especially in the developi…
Dani Rodrik May. 11, 2012

Doing Development Better

CAMBRIDGE – Jim Yong Kim’s appointment as World Bank president may have been predictable, given the long-standing tradition that renders the…
Ana Palacio May. 9, 2012

Giving the Well-Performing State Its Due

MADRID – The triumph of democracy and market-based economics – the “End of History,” as the American political philosopher Francis Fukuyama …
Jagdish Bhagwati Apr. 27, 2012

The World Bank’s Wrong Choice

NEW YORK – The selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank, over Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-…
Kemal Derviş Apr. 23, 2012

A World of Convergence

WASHINGTON, DC – For almost two centuries, starting around 1800, the history of the global economy was broadly one of divergence in average …
Bjørn Lomborg Apr. 13, 2012

The Problem of Priorities

COPENHAGEN – This decade has seen remarkable progress against humanity’s greatest challenges. Consider the declaration of victory over polio…
Andreas Schleicher Apr. 12, 2012

Mind over Mines

PARIS – According to the Bible, Moses led the Jews on an arduous 40-year journey through the desert – just to bring them to (virtually) the …
Ana Palacio Apr. 10, 2012

Reinventing the World Bank, Again

MADRID – With three nominees now in the running to become the World Bank’s next president – Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, f…

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A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health

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