Economics & Finance
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A Big Defeat for Big Tech
A Big Defeat for Big Tech
Joseph E. Stiglitz details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements. -
The Mystery of US Interest Rates
The Mystery of US Interest Rates
J. Bradford DeLong asks why market rates and expectations are far from what almost anyone would have anticipated five years ago. -
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India’s Poor Will Not Be Wished Away
India’s Poor Will Not Be Wished Away
Ashoka Mody highlights the authorities’ ongoing failure to provide an accurate picture of growing economic hardship. -
The Temptation of Frontier Markets
The Temptation of Frontier Markets
Barry Eichengreen sees several reasons why countries like Côte d'Ivoire and Benin have been able to tap international investors. -
For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details
For Global Tax Reform, the Devil Is in the Details
Jayati Ghosh explains why one of two proposed subject-to-tax rules enables developing countries to generate more revenue. -
What Soft Landing?
What Soft Landing?
Michael R. Strain warns that the US economy could still crash, given negative consumer sentiment and a hot labor market. -
Understanding China’s Political Economy
Understanding China’s Political Economy
Zhang Jun & Tomas Casas-Klett consider whether the factors that have led to today's prosperity also contain the seeds of decline. -
The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
Rudo Kayombo shows how deploying a wide range of interventions at once can help the poor build sustainable livelihoods.