Comment

The great irony is that if China, India, and others continue to remove protectionist barriers and create a level playing field, they will grow stronger and more competitive vis-à-vis the US. A column by Anne O. Krueger.

Alesina, Favero, and Giavazzi will be tarred and feathered for suggesting that in countries with large, inefficient governments, a fiscal retrenchment can sometimes be expansionary. A book review by Kenneth Rogoff.

The fact that eurozone inflation is closer to 1% than 2% is not ideal, but this is a minor inconvenience that has not impeded a continuous decline in unemployment. A column by Daniel Gros.

Europe ought to be more integrated physically, through railroads, electricity grids, pipelines. Strictly financial globalization has ignored that kind of connectedness for too long. A column by Harold James.

Parliament must submit to the people the decision whether to remain in the EU or accept the withdrawal agreement. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn

The nationalists are right that we have moved too far toward standardizing and harmonizing laws and regulations across countries. A column by Raghuram G. Rajan.

A number of leading US progressives advocate using the Fed’s balance sheet as a cash cow to fund expansive new social programs. This idea is just nuts. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

What initially was viewed as an unfortunate US shift to protectionism may in fact have opened a window to improve the functioning of the global economy and world trade. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.

The US economy’s current strength is fleeting. Its short-term resilience is faltering. China is in the opposite position: today’s short-term weakness should run its course by midyear. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

The US attempt to control its allies’ trade policy toward China is not driven by economic considerations. Rather, it represents a geostrategic effort to isolate China. A column by Daniel Gros.

In international relations, the assumption that one can regulate everything by oneself creates a hell that others have to live in, too. A column by Harold James.

Puerto Rico will continue to use the dollar. Now, the Commonwealth has a a legal framework for debt restructuring. The governments in the Eurozone ought to follow this example. A column by Barry Eichengreen.