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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman

    Under US President Donald Trump’s erratic rule, the United States is now exhibiting all the symptoms, from high import tariffs and fiscal deficits, to oligarchy and flagrant corruption. Worse, the fallout cannot be confined to the US, and no multilateral bailout or structural adjustment plan can mitigate the damage.

     lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley

    Without a robust regulatory framework that incentivizes stablecoin issuers to register in the United States, stablecoin activity will migrate to countries with weaker rules, increasing the likelihood of financial instability. Fortunately, the US can still head off these risks and reap the technology’s benefits.

     explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.
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    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    A War of Values With Russia

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen contends that the current conflict in Ukraine is motivated by the Kremlin’s fear of democracy.
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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
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    Fixing Public Finances Without a Chainsaw

    Dag Detter urges cash-strapped countries to adopt a commercial approach to management of government-owned assets.
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  1. The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education
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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Mar 24, 2025 Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.

  2. Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Mar 24, 2025 Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.

  3. The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Mar 24, 2025 Bill Dudley explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.

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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Mar 24, 2025 Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.

  5. America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy
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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Mar 21, 2025 Desmond Lachman lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.

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    Fixing Public Finances Without a Chainsaw

    Dag Detter

    Governments are the most important wealth managers in their respective jurisdictions, but they rarely behave like it. To boost revenue and ensure economic stability, policymakers must modernize their accounting practices and establish public wealth funds.

     urges cash-strapped countries to adopt a commercial approach to management of government-owned assets.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.
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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    The Opacity of Hope

    Jonathan Levy reflects on how the politics promoted by America’s first Black president gave rise to its first felonious one.
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    Ian Buruma on Gaza, Trump, authoritarianism, and more

    Ian Buruma says there is no chance US democracy will emerge from Donald Trump’s second administration unscathed, explains why the left is losing the culture war in the US and Europe, touts the enduring importance of the humanities, and more.

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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality

    Jennifer Clapp & Olivier De Schutter urge the UN maritime regulator not to encourage the shipping industry to move from one unsustainable fuel to another.
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    Sustainability in an Unstable World

    Bertrand Badré & Thomas Crampton warn against de-emphasizing climate action in the face of new geopolitical concerns.

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  1. Bill Dudley The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now
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  3. Desmond Lachman America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy
  4. Dambisa Moyo Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

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  3. Mathieu Lefèvre, et al. The American and European Publics Still Stand With Ukraine
  4. Bartosz Węglarczyk Europe, United, Will Never Be Defeated!

  1. Bright Simons Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy
  2. Anu Madgavkar, et al. Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old
  3. Nilima Gulrajani Making a Better Case for Foreign Aid
  4. Gordon Brown A Reformed WHO Should Make Its Case to America

  1. Julie McCarthy Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis
  2. Gaston Browne A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity
  3. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
  4. Jennifer Clapp, et al. The Biofuel Sham Could Worsen Global Hunger and Inequality

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  3. Cristina Caffarra Europe Must Break Free from Its Digital Dependence
  4. Adair Turner AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth

  1. Gordon Brown The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education
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  3. Palwasha Hassan, et al. Let Afghan Women Lead
  4. Jean-Michel Blanquer The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

  1. Jaynisha Patel The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral
  2. Daniel M. Franks, et al. Africa Needs Mineral Security, Too
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Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

  1. J. Bradford DeLong Trump’s Smoke and Mirrors
  2. Karen Rønde Danish Media’s United Stand Against Big Tech
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Oceans cover over 70% of the planet’s surface and account for 97% of its total water supply; they produce half the oxygen that we breathe and absorb o…

  1. Ekhosuehi Iyahen Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience
  2. Dadang Mujiono Empty Promises Won’t Save Marine Ecosystems
  3. Maya Delaney, et al. Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States