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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…
Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Coming Atlantic Century

PRINCETON – The United States is rising; Europe is stabilizing; and both are moving closer together. That was the principal message earlier …
Paul R. Ehrlich

The Food Threat to Human Civilization

PALO ALTO – Humanity faces a growing complex of serious, highly interconnected environmental problems, including much-discussed challenges l…
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…

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Emmanuel Guerin May 13, 2013

Green Sovereign Wealth

PARIS – At the end of 2011, sovereign-wealth funds’ assets under management amounted to $3 trillion, following 237 direct investments worth …
Simon Johnson Apr. 25, 2013

Big Banks’ Tall Tales

WASHINGTON, DC – There are two competing narratives about recent financial-reform efforts and the dangers that very large banks now pose aro…
Ana Palacio Apr. 22, 2013

How to Boost Foreign Investment

MADRID – Economic globalization, together with a rebalancing of power between the world’s north and south, has made developing countries, an…
Dani Rodrik Mar. 12, 2013

National Governments, Global Citizens

CAMBRIDGE – Nothing endangers globalization more than the yawning governance gap – the dangerous disparity between the national scope of pol…
Yannos Papantoniou Mar. 6, 2013

A Global "New Deal"?

ATHENS – The International Monetary Fund’s belated admission that it significantly underestimated the damage that austerity would do to Euro…
Simon Johnson Feb. 25, 2013

The Political Importance of Elizabeth Warren

WASHINGTON, DC – Financial reform in the United States and worldwide hangs in the balance. The problems that brought us the terrible crisis …
Howard Davies Feb. 22, 2013

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…
Mark Roe Feb. 21, 2013

Are Stock Markets Really Becoming More Short Term?

CAMBRIDGE – In a recent commentary, I examined whether increasing pressure from more rapid stock trading is inducing corporate managers to o…
Simon Johnson Dec. 21, 2012

Financial Reform’s Breakthrough Year

ZANZIBAR – Here’s an odd prediction for the coming year: 2013 will be a watershed for financial reform. True, while the global financial cri…
Mahmoud Mohieldin Dec. 19, 2012

Developing Economies’ Long-Term Financing Shortfall

WASHINGTON, DC – Since the global financial crisis, “banking” has practically become a swear word. But, while banks undoubtedly have the cap…

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