Comment

A government that is exacting about the quality of its purchases can have a powerful impact on the evolution of its country’s comparative advantage. A column by Ricardo Hausmann.

Eurozone leaders should consider the two possible models for ensuring stability and debt sustainability in a monetary union: the mutualization model and the liability model. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

Personal data is exactly that – personal. People should choose whether to share it, and they should be able to share it on their own terms. A column by Nathan Eagle.

Can China’s government engineer a soft landing while weeding out corruption, reducing pollution, and liberalizing markets? If Chinese growth collapses, the global fallout could be enormous. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

Technology companies cannot achieve success simply by pleasing their board of directors or even striking multi-million-dollar deals with partners. This is the most important lesson in Nokia’s fall. A column by Pekka Nykänen.

Though QE might work in a debtor economy with a flexible financial system like the US, it could backfire in a creditor economy with a conservative financial system. This is the real argument against QE in the eurozone. A column by Daniel Gros.

A continued rise in the inflation rate in 2015 would not be surprising; the Fed might raise the federal funds rate more rapidly and to a higher year-end level than its recent statements imply. A column by Martin Feldstein.

Trading goods, services, and labor directly via online platforms is becoming big business. This needs a certain legal framework. A column by Ayesha Khanna.

What really matters is whether the jobs outside of the robot-computer economy – jobs involving people’s mouths, smiles, and minds – will remain valuable and in high demand. A column by J. Bradford DeLong.

The stimulus-versus-austerity debate is an old one. Today, ideological questions about fairness and responsibility are trumping pragmatic discussion of the best way forward for everyone. A column by Harold James.

Stagnating middle-class wages and family incomes are a major factor behind the US economy’s slow recovery from the 2007/09 recession, and pose a threat to long-term growth and competitiveness. A column by Laura Tyson.

In the next few months, the buoyant optimism pervading financial markets may prove to be justified. Unfortunately, it is more likely that investors’ outlook is excessively rosy. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.