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  1. lachman3_Charly TriballeauGettyImages_us_economy_eggs Charly Triballeau/Getty Images
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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
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    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.
  5. delong268_Drew AngererGetty Images_trump Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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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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    Making Sense of the Tariff Chaos

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg considers whether the zero-sum logic behind the new US policy will spread.
  7. frankel170_Anna MoneymakerGettyImages_trump_bessent Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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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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    America’s Big Trade Win

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala encourages the US government to acknowledge the country’s impressive success in exporting services.
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    Germany’s Incoming Government Has Embraced Military Keynesianism

    Tom Krebs & Isabella M. Weber warn that current plans to boost military spending will unnecessarily undercut other priorities.
  1. lachman3_Charly TriballeauGettyImages_us_economy_eggs Charly Triballeau/Getty Images
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    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
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    Will Trump Destroy the Dollar’s Primacy?

    Within its first two months, President Donald Trump’s second administration has attacked US institutions, alienated trade partners and allies, decimated consumer and investor confidence, and sent the stock market plummeting. Can the dollar’s status as the world’s leading reserve currency – and the extraordinary advantages this affords the US economy – withstand the onslaught?

  3. moyo32_Anton PetrusGettyImages_ai_money Anton Petrus/Getty Images
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    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
  4. gbrowne1_Thomas SamsonGettyImages_fossil_fuel_non_proliferation_treaty Thomas Samson/Getty Images
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    A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

    Gaston Browne points out that the energy transition is vital not only to protect the planet, but also to enhance resilience.
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    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf 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.
  7. delong268_Drew AngererGetty Images_trump Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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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.
  8. bildt133_Tobias SchwarzGettyImages_rutte_vance Tobias Schwarz/Getty Images
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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.
  9. goldberg34_Mario TamaGetty Images_USshippingcontainers Mario Tama/Getty Images
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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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