International Selection

The diagnosis of vulnerability can be validated from three perspectives, real economies, financial asset prices, misguided monetary policy. Throw a shock into that mix and a crisis occurs. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

A healthy and sustainable world trade regime would be one of «peaceful economic coexistence,» in which different economic systems prosper side by side. A column by Dani Rodrik.

Resistance to globally integrated markets, reduced foreign investment, and less international cooperation mean slower economic growth and more frustration for working people. A column by Lawrence H. Summers.

Any new panic about a breakdown in EU negotiations would prolong the investment slump and might confront Johnson with the threat of a financial crisis before he can deliver any successes. A column by Anatole Kaletsky.

The political harms caused by large scale operators like Facebook and Google are critical issues and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement. A column by Francis Fukuyama.

Mark Greeven, Professor of Innovation and Strategy at IMD, sees Chinese technology globally on the rise. Europe should react with an industrial policy.

Even if there is a permanent fracture between the US and China, the global economy is unlikely to split into two blocs. Bilateral action cannot divide a multilateral trade system. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Digital connection is now merely a means to someone else’s commercial end. Surveillance capitalism is parasitic to the core. A column by Shoshana Zuboff.

Chicago economics gave us all a healthy respect for markets, but it also gave us too little regard for what markets cannot do, do badly, or should not be called upon to do at all. A column by Angus Deaton.

Laws, rules, and regulations must not stand in the way of central banks’ ability to perform their duties as the lenders of last resort and as the market makers or buyers of last resort. A column by Willem H. Buiter.

Thinking locally about the problem of representation may be the first step toward overcoming the crisis of democracy globally. A column by Harold James.

The main worry is that over the next five years, global economic and market conditions may need to deteriorate nearer to crisis levels before policymakers muster an adequate response. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian,