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Barry Eichengreen explains why, after 20 years, major economies' external deficits and surpluses are again a focus of attention

Barry Eichengreen explains why, after 20 years, major economies' external deficits and surpluses are again a focus of attention

Raghuram Rajan worries about the US Federal Reserve's increasingly entrenched role in fiscal financing

Raghuram Rajan worries about the US Federal Reserve's increasingly entrenched role in fiscal financing

Mohamed El-Erian thinks that last year's economic tailwinds will give way to more challenging conditions as the AI narrative fades

Mohamed El-Erian thinks that last year's economic tailwinds will give way to more challenging conditions as the AI narrative fades

Desmond Lachman identifies the main risks that could drag down the US president's favourite economic indicator

Desmond Lachman identifies the main risks that could drag down the US president's favourite economic indicator

Erin Lockwood parses the confusion over the winning bets on Time's Person of the Year and explains why it matters

Erin Lockwood parses the confusion over the winning bets on Time's Person of the Year and explains why it matters

Gemma Cheng'er Deng and Jim O'Neill think the United States and its traditional allies lack a coherent strategy for gealing with emerging powers

Gemma Cheng'er Deng and Jim O'Neill think the United States and its traditional allies lack a coherent strategy for gealing with emerging powers

Stephen Roach thinks effective diplomacy will be impossible so long as the current US president is in office

Stephen Roach thinks effective diplomacy will be impossible so long as the current US president is in office

Nouriel Roubini warns that Europe faces a future of relative economic backwardness as global competition intensifies

Nouriel Roubini warns that Europe faces a future of relative economic backwardness as global competition intensifies

Silvia Sgherri thinks the US needs to help build an open, interoperable, standards-based monetary order for the 21st century

Silvia Sgherri thinks the US needs to help build an open, interoperable, standards-based monetary order for the 21st century

Arvind Subramanian explains how both the United States and China are making life harder for developing countries

Arvind Subramanian explains how both the United States and China are making life harder for developing countries

Michael Spence points out that the returns on today's investments depend on economy-wide adoption, not frontier development

Michael Spence points out that the returns on today's investments depend on economy-wide adoption, not frontier development

Kenneth Rogoff highlights the risks created by policy uncertainty, geopolitical instability, and weak fundamentals

Kenneth Rogoff highlights the risks created by policy uncertainty, geopolitical instability, and weak fundamentals

Mohamed El-Erian argues that the US economy is locked in a tense tug-of-war between three distinct futures

Mohamed El-Erian argues that the US economy is locked in a tense tug-of-war between three distinct futures

Timothy Snyder laments how the assault of algorithms has weakened many basic cultural forms, not the least holiday songs

Timothy Snyder laments how the assault of algorithms has weakened many basic cultural forms, not the least holiday songs

Dambisa Moyo highlights the far-reaching implications of ageing societies, AI disruption, and speculative investment

Dambisa Moyo highlights the far-reaching implications of ageing societies, AI disruption, and speculative investment