Economics & Finance
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What Fiscally Sound Industrial Policy Can Do
What Fiscally Sound Industrial Policy Can Do
Keun Lee highlights three tools that can support domestic-market growth and development without breaking the bank. -
Why Voters Are Unhappy About the Biden Economy
Why Voters Are Unhappy About the Biden Economy
Michael J. Boskin explains why Americans do not share the White House’s rosy assessment of its economic track record. -
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The US Treasury’s Bond Blunder Will Cost Gen Z Dearly
The US Treasury’s Bond Blunder Will Cost Gen Z Dearly
Todd G. Buchholz & James Carter thinks the US should have locked in favorable borrowing rates when it had the chance. -
What’s Driving the Global Gold Rush?
What’s Driving the Global Gold Rush?
Harold James considers the political factors pushing the price of the “barbarous relic” to all-time highs. -
Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism
Joseph E. Stiglitz considers what 40 years of anti-government, low-tax, deregulatory advocacy have wrought around the world. -
America’s Frustrating Search for a Soft Economic Landing
America’s Frustrating Search for a Soft Economic Landing
Michael R. Strain warns that beating inflation in the United States will likely require an increase in the unemployment rate. -
Finishing the Job of Global Tax Cooperation
Finishing the Job of Global Tax Cooperation
José Antonio Ocampo offers a blueprint for ongoing negotiations toward a new convention to tax multinationals and the wealthy. -
The End of Magical Debt Thinking
The End of Magical Debt Thinking
Kenneth Rogoff welcomes economists’ recent reassessment of the costs and benefits of public borrowing.