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Kenneth Rogoff warns that the AI boom could deepen inequality in ways no country, rich or poor, is prepared to manage

Kenneth Rogoff warns that the AI boom could deepen inequality in ways no country, rich or poor, is prepared to manage

Simon Johnson and Amir Kermani sketch four scenarios for the Persian Gulf - none of which bode well for global stability

Simon Johnson and Amir Kermani sketch four scenarios for the Persian Gulf - none of which bode well for global stability

Teresa Ghilarducci challenges the assumptions about rich and poor people that underlie opposition to wealth taxes

Teresa Ghilarducci challenges the assumptions about rich and poor people that underlie opposition to wealth taxes

Michael Strain argues that proposals for punitive taxes on the ultra-wealthy threaten to do far more harm than good

Michael Strain argues that proposals for punitive taxes on the ultra-wealthy threaten to do far more harm than good

Stephen Roach thinks Xi Jinping's heirarachy of ultimatums, with Taiwan now firmly at the top, is sending mixed signals

Stephen Roach thinks Xi Jinping's heirarachy of ultimatums, with Taiwan now firmly at the top, is sending mixed signals

Yuen Yuen Ang explains how governments can pursue national development goals without 'picking winners'

Yuen Yuen Ang explains how governments can pursue national development goals without 'picking winners'

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan explains how volatility creates distorted incentive that makes escalation more profitable than peace

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan explains how volatility creates distorted incentive that makes escalation more profitable than peace

Yi Fuxian sees the 'lying flat' movement as symptomatic of China's deepening demographic crisis

Yi Fuxian sees the 'lying flat' movement as symptomatic of China's deepening demographic crisis

Channing Lee thinks Taiwan's role in global value and supply chains offers an under-appreciated form of resilience

Channing Lee thinks Taiwan's role in global value and supply chains offers an under-appreciated form of resilience

Raghuram Rajan sees multiple reasons - not least mounting debt - to worry that the current market euphoria for AI is unjustified

Raghuram Rajan sees multiple reasons - not least mounting debt - to worry that the current market euphoria for AI is unjustified

Shang-Jin Wei explains how last week's meeting between the Chinese and US presidents could improve the global outlook

Shang-Jin Wei explains how last week's meeting between the Chinese and US presidents could improve the global outlook

Nicolas Jabko thinks US central bankers can no longer count on a deep well of conservative support for their independence

Nicolas Jabko thinks US central bankers can no longer count on a deep well of conservative support for their independence

Shlomo Ben-Ami envisions a less stable, more fragmented future, with China benefiting from declining faith in the US

Shlomo Ben-Ami envisions a less stable, more fragmented future, with China benefiting from declining faith in the US

Carolina Alves argues that using the wrong tool to manage price growth fueled by war and structural shifts is a political choice

Carolina Alves argues that using the wrong tool to manage price growth fueled by war and structural shifts is a political choice

Barry Eichengreen examines what's behind the rising volume - and, increasingly, the domestic vaulting - of official reserves

Barry Eichengreen examines what's behind the rising volume - and, increasingly, the domestic vaulting - of official reserves