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Anne O. Krueger

Anne O. Krueger

Writing for PS since 2014
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Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University. She is the author of International Trade: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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  1. Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Mexico – and America
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Mexico – and America

    Mar 3, 2025 Anne O. Krueger thinks the US administration’s trade restrictions will end up undermining its stated immigration goals.

  2. Manmohan Singh and the Making of the Indian Miracle
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    Manmohan Singh and the Making of the Indian Miracle

    Jan 27, 2025 Anne O. Krueger highlights the qualities that enabled the late leader to transform his country and lift its global standing.

  3. The Urgency of Global Debt Reform
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    The Urgency of Global Debt Reform

    Jan 3, 2025 Anne O. Krueger highlights the need for an international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations.

  4. A Better Alternative to Trump’s Tariffs
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    A Better Alternative to Trump’s Tariffs

    Nov 25, 2024 Anne O. Krueger worries that the incoming US administration’s trade policies will harm, not help, American workers.

  5. Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Oct 29, 2024 Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.

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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf

    While leveraging global economic choke points to advance one’s own interests is certainly preferable to deploying tanks or launching missiles, such leveraging of interdependence is not without costs. Eventually, the dependencies that it exploits will collapse, leaving everyone worse off.

     worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.
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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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    Rescuing America’s Economy from Trump

    J. Bradford DeLong thinks the US president needs a regent, similar to the role Howard Baker played under Ronald Reagan.
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    The Transatlantic World Will Never Be the Same

    Carl Bildt urges Europeans to prepare for the worst from Donald Trump’s America, which is behaving like an adversary.
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    Making Sense of the Tariff Chaos

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers whether the zero-sum logic behind the new US policy will spread.
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    Is Trump Engineering the Decline and Fall of the Dollar?

    Jeffrey Frankel exposes fundamental flaws in the US administration’s vision for weakening the greenback.
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    Trump’s War on Foreign Aid and the Rise of Transactional Diplomacy

    Bright Simons highlights the global implications of the administration’s decision to shut down USAID.
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    Insuring Coastal and Ocean Resilience

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen explains how the insurance industry can mobilize private capital toward nature-based solutions.
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    What AI Can Learn From Aviation Safety

    Sylvain Duranton & Vanessa Lyon explain why the technology’s future depends on ensuring system integrity and preventing misuse.

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