Sunday, January 1, 2017
  1. Economics

    A New Year’s Development Resolution

    Kaushik Basu, ET AL
    Economics

    A New Year’s Development Resolution

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    , ET AL  identify eight principles that should guide economic policymakers.

    Job seekers fair in Indonesia Juni Kriswanto/Stringer
    As 2016 comes to an end, so should the old modes of economic thinking that have produced so much economic hardship and fueled so much political turmoil. The lessons of past economic development, together with advances in economic thinking, should be at the core of the new policy approach that the world needs. READ MORE
  2. Economics

    Will Dollar Strength Trigger Intervention in 2017?

    Carmen Reinhart
    Economics

    Will Dollar Strength Trigger Intervention in 2017?

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     argues that if the US wants a weaker currency, it will most likely have to act alone.

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    While it is quite plausible to expect that Dona'd Trump’s incoming US administration will want to reverse the dollar’s climb, it is equally plausible that no other major economy will help. If the strong dollar prompts intervention in currency markets in 2017, the most likely scenario is one in which the US intervenes alone. READ MORE
  3. The Year Ahead 2017

    Open Society Needs Defending

    George Soros
    The Year Ahead 2017

    Open Society Needs Defending

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    brings his personal history to bear on the threat posed by today’s ascendant populists.

    children playing Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

    Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of closed societies – from fascist dictatorships to mafia states – are on the rise. Because elected leaders failed to meet voters’ legitimate expectations and aspirations, electorates have become disenchanted with the prevailing versions of democracy and capitalism.

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  4. World Affairs

    After Aleppo

    Christopher R. Hill
    World Affairs

    After Aleppo

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     laments the failure of the US to pursue effective diplomacy in Syria.

    Syrian kids after operation euphrates shield in aleppo Anadolu Agency
    The fall of Aleppo will clinch Syria’s place in history as another “problem from hell.” And, like other hellish recent regional conflicts, such as those in Bosnia and Rwanda, future historians will emphasize a crucial feature of the Syria conflict: the spectacular diplomatic failures that enabled it to escalate. READ MORE
  5. Economics

    A Socialist Market Economy With Chinese Contradictions

    Adair Turner

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