Hamid Rashid

Writing for PS since 2006
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Hamid Rashid, a former director-general for multilateral economic affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh and senior adviser at the UNDP's Bureau for Development Policy, is Chief of Global Economic Monitoring at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain

Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain

Feb 18, 2016 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Hamid Rashid warn that large stockpiles of reserves may not be enough to prevent a financial crisis.

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What’s Holding Back the World Economy?

What’s Holding Back the World Economy?

Feb 8, 2016 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Hamid Rashid say that developed countries' policies have created a growth-killing array of perverse incentives.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Subprime Borrowers
Margaret Scott

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Subprime Borrowers

Jun 25, 2013 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Hamid Rashid

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America’s New Trade Hypocrisy

America’s New Trade Hypocrisy

Jul 6, 2006 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Hamid Rashid

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Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

Larry Hatheway

The old central-bank playbook of slashing interest rates to spur consumption, investment, and employment has become less effective since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet without effective tools and the public's confidence, central banks will be unable to rise to the occasion when the next recession arrives.

Why Countries Should Tax Global Income

Ricardo Hausmann

More inclusive global growth in a world with free capital mobility does not require a “global” government that taxes and redistributes, but it does require global taxation and tax cooperation. Countries should be free to set their own taxes, but they should be required to share tax-relevant information.

The Day After NATO

Joschka Fischer

French President Emmanuel Macron has drawn criticism for describing NATO as brain dead and pursuing a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But now that a wayward America could abandon the continent at any moment, Macron's argument for European defense autonomy is difficult to refute.

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Hamid Rashid

Closing Developing Countries’ Capital Drain

What’s Holding Back the World Economy?

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Subprime Borrowers

America’s New Trade Hypocrisy

Presidents versus the Press

Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

Don’t Let Tariffs Break the Internet

Why Countries Should Tax Global Income

The Day After NATO

What’s Behind the Crisis of Democracy?

Macron’s NATO Mistake

Eight Norms for Stability in Cyberspace

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