International Selection

Senior Fed officials seem to have slipped back into their pre-2008 ways. This is dangerous, because the Fed’s political position is much more precarious than its leadership seems to realize. A column by Simon Johnson.

Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist of the International Monatery Fund, thinks the current geopolitical risks are not systemic risks to the global economy.

Argentina’s latest debt trauma shows that the global system for sovereign-debt workouts remains badly in need of repair. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

Despite the diffusion of big-data-driven technologies, research suggests that labor will continue to have a comparative advantage in social intelligence and creativity. A column by Carl Benedikt Frey.

If other Europeans emulated the German model – in soccer as well as in economic policy –, Europe would begin to look and play like a championship team. A column by Harold James.

Recovery is quicker in the US than in most Euro-countries, because private debt is being worked off more easily in America. A column by Daniel Gros.

The European Parliament election reflected a widespread economic discontent. But it remains unlikely that the EU will start with the necessary reforms. A commentary by Michael J. Boskin.

A lot of Latin American countries feel exploitet by foreign powers. But if they want to progress, they have to cooperate with industrialized countries. A column by Ricardo Hausmann.

In a big crisis the conference of Bretton Woods created a stable international monetary framework. Today’s world is not dangerous enough to reach similar results. A commentary by Harold James and Domenico Lombardi.

Felix Zulauf, James Montier and David Iben: Three legendary investors share their views on financial markets. Everything is pricey, the European periphery is a bubble. Value investors need to venture to Russia or buy gold mining stocks.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States makes sense, but there are some risks, too. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

China must shift from a model that hugely benefits the elite to one in which their privileges are reduced while ordinary Chinese and small businesses benefit disproportionately from growth. A column by Michael Pettis.