International Selection

Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager and Partner at Algebris Investments in London, sees long-term government bonds as dangerous investments and believes in Europe's strengths.

US-China relations are on the brink of collapse. Economic decoupling is already a reality, and US-led cultural separation may soon be. That would be a tragedy. A column by Minxin Pei.

Megacities like London or New York might be bound to share the same fate as great cities of the past, like Venice. Covid has heightened preexisting tensions. A column by Harold James.

The economic conditions are too closely tied to the pandemic’s trajectory to be able to forecast the course of recovery. Effects include a loss of small businesses and human capital. A column by Michael J. Boskin.

European countries should be prepared to accept Belarusian refugees, and they ought to provide financial support to nongovernmental organizations and cultural institutions. A column by Sławomir Sierakowski.

The more severe the downturn, the greater the damage, the longer the healing, and the higher the likelihood of a double dip. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

In retrospect, it would not have been unreasonable to assume that South Korea would suffer more than other OECD countries from the pandemic. But quite the opposite happened. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Though the tech monopolists may capture significant short-term gains from the accelerating shift online, they can no longer avoid the harsh glare of the political spotlight. A column by Diane Coyle.

The West will have to be proactive in its diplomacy, making clear that it will support a democratic Belarus that still chooses to have close links to Russia. A column by Carl Bildt.

Because of Covid-19, sovereign debt is rising. Politicians will be tempted to cut the costs of debt service by capping the interest rates that financial institutions are allowed to pay. A column by Anne O. Krueger.

The Belarusian economy cries out for liberalization and privatization, and it has the basic ingredients for launching such a process. Belarus has many assets. A column by Anders Aslund.

One way or another, the post-pandemic world will move very fast in payments technologies. Central banks cannot afford to play catch-up. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.