International Selection

There is one clear upside to Trump’s policies: they will boost growth and employment in a eurozone where economic dissatisfaction is generating political turmoil. A column by Daniel Gros.

In view of negotiations on a EU-fiscal union, implying transfers from north to south, Germany and the Netherlands should know what would happen if they did not sign a treaty. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

China could start to speak for all of Asia; and the EU might find ways to unite against those who would tear it apart. At best, regional integration could set the stage for governance reforms. A column by Harold James.

Now that Donald Trump’s victory has created a power vacuum in Washington, Putin has a great opportunity to boost his own domestic standing. He will seek to exploit it fully. By Anders Åslund.

The UK’s divorce from the EU might descend into acrimony. As hostility rises, an amicable settlement will become less likely. Everyone will end up losing more than they have gained. A column by Harold James.

The growing share of independent work promises to bring significant aggregate economic gains, but the «gig economy» also creates complex new policy challenges. A column by Laura Tyson.

The term fintech is an acronym consisting of the terms fin(ancial) and tech(nology) and most probably refers to an article from 1993 from Citicorp’s chairman John Reed in the context of a newly founded «Smart Card Forum» consortium: «Speaking a language of cooperation between companies and across industries, (…) Citicorp has shed its historical insistence on calling its own technological tune.

With Western influence waning, Eastern European countries will likely deepen their economic and diplomatic ties with Russia. A column by Sławomir Sierakowski.

A declining pound is helpful, but not sufficient, for improving the UK’s external position and rebalancing its economy. A column by Jim O’Neill.

Luigi Zingales, finance professor at the University of Chicago, warns about the impact of the US elections on Europe and compares President-elect Trump to Italy’s media mogul Silvio Berlusconi.

Negotiators must focus on minimizing new barriers to the free movement of labor; indeed, this should be an even higher priority than maintaining the free movement of goods. A column by Daniel Gros.

American voters gradually lose their remaining capacity to distinguish between lived reality and its virtual shadow. A column by Nina L. Khrushcheva.