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Banking Crisis Revisited?

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  1. rajan83_Kevin DietschGetty Images_federalreserve Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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    Not Buying Central Banks’ Favorite Excuse

    Raghuram G. Rajan shows why monetary policymakers must bear some of the blame for the latest banking-sector turmoil.
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    Who’s Afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how CBDCs would stop the financial industry from holding societies hostage.
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    Dollar Relief for the Global South

    Hippolyte Fofack foresees a weaker greenback easing financial conditions in low-income countries.
  5. stiglitz317_OLIVIER DOULIERYAFP via Getty Images_jeromepowell Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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    No Confidence in the Fed

    Joseph E. Stiglitz says supervisory failures have exacerbated the financial turmoil triggered by rapid interest-rate hikes.
  6. eichengreen177_Justin SullivanGetty Images_siliconvalleybank Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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    A Bank Murder Mystery

    Barry Eichengreen examines the four main suspects that have emerged in explanations of the recent US financial turmoil.
  7. roubini175_Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images_debt crisis Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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    The Coming Doom Loop

    Nouriel Roubini warns that liquidity support will not be enough to prevent a deeper financial crisis and economic downturn.
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    Crises of Uncertainty

    Harold James fears the consequences of policymakers’ continual revision of economic and financial governance rules.
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    The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya show how the US central bank's liquidity policies created the conditions for runs on uninsured deposits.
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    Industrial Policy Is Back

    From semiconductors to electric vehicles, governments are identifying the strategic industries of the future and intervening to support them – abandoning decades of neoliberal orthodoxy in the process. Are industrial policies the key to tackling twenty-first-century economic challenges or a recipe for market distortions and lower efficiency?

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    Is AI a Master or Slave?

    Joschka Fischer wonders whether humanity can even hope to maintain control in an era of “mega-crisis.”
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    Laying Chicago Economics to Rest

    Antara Haldar

    From breakthroughs in behavioral economics to mounting evidence in the real world, there is good reason to think that the economic orthodoxy of the past 50 years now has one foot in the grave. The question is whether the mainstream economics profession has gotten the memo.

     looks back on 50 years of neoclassical economic orthodoxy and the damage it has wrought.
  4. delong254_ Samuel CorumGetty Images_january6riot Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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    America’s Broken Civic Bargain

    J. Bradford DeLong worries that Republicans have abandoned one of the core principles that sustains a democracy over time.
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    Affirmative Action Under Siege

    Ashwini Deshpande shows how the supreme courts in India and the US have undermined efforts to address serious discrimination.
  6. dahn1_Mark WilsonGetty Images_USfederalreserve Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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    Is the Fed’s Negative Capital a Problem?

    Willem H. Buiter thinks not, but recommends a reform designed to ensure that it does not become one in the future.
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    Internet Scammers and Political Tricksters

    Chris Patten highlights the link between rampant online fraud and the invulnerability of contemporary demagogues.
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    American Tactics vs. Chinese Strategy

    Stephen S. Roach

    For decades, US policymakers have preferred piecemeal tactical actions, while the Chinese government has consistently taken a more strategic approach. This mismatch is the reason why Huawei, to the shock of sanctions-focused American officials, was able to make a processor breakthrough in its flagship smartphone.

     warns that short-termism will never be enough to offset the long-term benefits of strategic thinking.
  9. sierakowski101_Beata ZawrzelNurPhoto via Getty Images_pis visa Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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    Will a Visa Scandal Sink Poland’s Populists?

    Sławomir Sierakowski wonders whether the ruling party’s base will hear or care about the most recent example of its hypocrisy.

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