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Benn Steil

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Benn Steil is Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War (Simon and Schuster, 2018).

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  1. The Real Cost of De-Dollarization
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    The Real Cost of De-Dollarization

    Aug 16, 2023 Benn Steil urges American policymakers and legislators to refrain from weaponizing the greenback.

  2. The Marshall Plan and “America First”
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    The Marshall Plan and “America First”

    Aug 4, 2017 Benn Steil of the Council on Foreign Relations shows why making America great required – and still requires – great allies.

  3. The Retreat of the Renminbi
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    The Retreat of the Renminbi

    Jun 22, 2017 Benn Steil & Emma Smith explore the main causes behind the rapid decline of the Chinese currency's global standing.

  4. Washed Away on the QE2
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    Washed Away on the QE2

    Jan 4, 2011 Benn Steil

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    The Global Implications of China’s Stimulus Package

    Shang-Jin Wei explains why the country’s push to revive economic activity depends on boosting domestic demand.
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    A New President and a Grim Legacy for Mexico

    Enrique Krauze reflects on the harmful tenure of the outgoing president, who weakened the economy and eroded its institutions.
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    Governance Reform Is Key to Reviving China’s Economy

    Angela Huyue Zhang argues that lasting prosperity depends not on boosting demand, but on a return to bottom-up governance.
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    Creating a “Goldilocks” Business Climate

    Indermit Gill unveils the World Bank’s new, improved approach to unlocking private-sector development.
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    Earthquakes in the Middle East

    Richard Haass

    For almost a year, many hoped that Israel's war with Hamas would not spread beyond Gaza. But attacks on northern Israel by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and now the decision by both groups' backer, Iran, to fire ballistic missiles at Israel, has made a regional conflict all but inevitable.

     explains why the fighting between Israel and Hamas has escalated into a regional conflict involving Iran.
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    Putin’s Ukraine Magic

    Slavoj Žižek examines what the Kremlin’s strategy of deception means for diplomatic efforts to end the war.
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    China’s Economy Needs a Stimulus Package

    Yu Yongding urges policymakers to prevent prolonged stagnation by implementing expansionary monetary and fiscal policies.
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    Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

    Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.
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    The High Cost of Excluding Chinese Technology

    Michael Spence warns that both the global economy and the sustainability agenda could be dealt a devastating blow.

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