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Gene Frieda

Gene Frieda

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Gene Frieda, a global strategist at PIMCO, is a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.

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  1. Shifting the Inflation Goalposts
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    Shifting the Inflation Goalposts

    May 17, 2023 Gene Frieda warns monetary policymakers that targeting higher price levels could lead to weaker economies.

  2. Dollar Relief in 2023
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    Dollar Relief in 2023

    Feb 8, 2023 Gene Frieda explains why declining inflation will bring the world's primary reserve back down to earth this year.

  3. Is the Pound Close to the Breaking Point?
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    Is the Pound Close to the Breaking Point?

    Sep 16, 2022 Gene Frieda argues that the United Kingdom’s planned energy price cap could lead to a sterling collapse.

  4. The Dollar’s Reserves of Strength
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    The Dollar’s Reserves of Strength

    Apr 8, 2022 Gene Frieda explains why financial sanctions against Russia are unlikely to weaken the greenback’s global hegemony.

  5. China’s Difficult Balancing Act
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    China’s Difficult Balancing Act

    Feb 7, 2019 Gene Frieda says China's leaders must stabilize growth quickly to avoid a sharp currency devaluation in the future.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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