The Monopolists Fight Back
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CHICAGO – As the Google antitrust trial winds down, corporate opposition to antitrust reform in the United States is winding up – and
The Economic Consequences of the Gaza War
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November 14, 2023
NEW YORK – Hamas’s barbaric massacre of at least 1,400 Israelis on October 7, and Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza to
“Women’s Economics” Goes Mainstream
Antara Haldar
November 14, 2023
CAMBRIDGE ^@@::/ William Shakespeare’s 1597 comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost tells the story of four Frenchmen as they navigate the tension
How Africa Can Make the Most of Diaspora Finance
Tsitsi Masiyiwa
November 6, 2023
LONDON – The African diaspora is the biggest funder of change on the continent. Since remittances are informal, often unreported, and
The Five Main Drivers of Global Economic Uncertainty
Mohamed A. El-Erian
November 1, 2023
Mohamed A. El-Erian, President of Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge, is a professor at the Wharton School of the
Making the International Financial System Work
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Rania Al-Mashat
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MARRAKESH – In the last two years, a series of international summits have focused on the future of the global financial architecture.
Cooperation or Crisis
Ngaire Woods
October 17, 2023
OXFORD – World leaders attending the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakesh this week have some
Readying the Multilateral Development Banks for the Climate Fight
Avinash D. Persaud, Chris Humphrey
October 17, 2023
LONDON – The world is confronting its biggest threat with one arm tied behind its back. Although the increasingly devastating effects
The Strange Case of Samuel Bankman-Fried
Eric Posner
October 16, 2023
CHICAGO – Effective altruists believe they should devote themselves to benefiting others the best they can. Some take this position to
What Pandemic Preparedness Would Look Like
Joseph E. Stiglitz
October 9, 2023
Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, is University Professor at Columbia University and Co-Chair of the Independent