Project Syndicate

Harold James sees promise in Eastern and Central Europeans' resistance to foreign encroachments in their national politics

Harold James sees promise in Eastern and Central Europeans' resistance to foreign encroachments in their national politics

Joseph Davis expects AI technology to resemble electricity, benefiting the users more than the providers

Joseph Davis expects AI technology to resemble electricity, benefiting the users more than the providers

Stephen Roach laments that the Chinese government has paid little more than lip service to its greatest macroeconomic challenge

Stephen Roach laments that the Chinese government has paid little more than lip service to its greatest macroeconomic challenge

Joseph Stiglitz considers the long-run political and economic costs of the US president's thuggish cronyism

Joseph Stiglitz considers the long-run political and economic costs of the US president's thuggish cronyism

Barry Eichengreen explains why the longtime Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan was one of the US Fed's most consequential leaders - for good and bad

Barry Eichengreen explains why the longtime Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan was one of the US Fed's most consequential leaders - for good and bad

Alessio Terzi and Stefano Marcuzzi consider lessons from the three-century era when corporate monopolies operated beyond the reach of sovereign powers

Alessio Terzi and Stefano Marcuzzi consider lessons from the three-century era when corporate monopolies operated beyond the reach of sovereign powers

Miao Yanliang thinks the answer to what China is doing with its gigantic trade surplus says a lot about its economy's trajectory, particularly its progress on financial deepening

Miao Yanliang thinks the answer to what China is doing with its gigantic trade surplus says a lot about its economy's trajectory, particularly its progress on financial deepening

Michael Strain applauds Pope Leo XIV for emphasising that generative models lack a 'moral conscience'

Michael Strain applauds Pope Leo XIV for emphasising that generative models lack a 'moral conscience'

Brahma Chellaney shows how America's policies toward South Asia are straining the bilateral relationship with India

Brahma Chellaney shows how America's policies toward South Asia are straining the bilateral relationship with India

Mohamed El-Erian warns that the willingness to keep spending will eventually outpace the ability to do so

Mohamed El-Erian warns that the willingness to keep spending will eventually outpace the ability to do so

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