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Supply-oriented policy is needed to meet demand without driving up prices, to reduce the need for social spending, and, indirectly, to boost tax revenues without a larger tax base. A column by John H. Cochrane.

Political leaders feel pressure to try to circumvent the laws of economics, even the laws of arithmetic. The resulting erosion of credibility eventually comes back to haunt them all. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

As long as Erdoğan calls the shots and persists on his current course, the outlook for Turkey’s economy, and for Turkish households’ well-being, will continue to darken. A column by Anne O. Krueger.

Managing the unfolding long-term competition between China and the US will require patience. A single virtual summit is not enough to inspire hope for more stable bilateral relations. A column by Minghao Zhao.

Alternative approaches to assessing and measuring the economic success of a community or country are needed. But that takes time. A column by Diane Coyle.

A full-scale Russian invasion would lead to a conflict that, whatever the original intention, is bound to spill over Ukraine’s borders. If that happened, all options would be on the table for Nato. A column by Carl Bildt.

The effects of climate change will complicate central banks’ pursuit of price- and financial-stability mandates. They don't need additional objectives on their limited instruments. A column by Willem H. Buiter.

Governments should focus on how the current problem of climate change can be measured, rather than on how it originated. A column by Harold James.

An ambitious «Green Brady Deal» could mobilize public and private flows for climate finance in countries suffering from both high debt and climate risk. A column by Beatrice Weder di Mauro.

Central bankers have no better idea than you or I do about whether inflation will last. But even if it were transitory, the justification for a generous monetary policy is increasingly dubious. A column by Jim O’Neill.

The inflation of the 1970s started with production bottlenecks and rising energy prices; policymakers spent too long hoping this would remain transitory. That lesson has to be relearned. A column by Daniel Gros.

Russia’s mistake in 1904 was that it did not take Japan seriously as a military power. A 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war could prove to be an even bigger folly. A column by Anders Åslund.