International Selection

The current Polish government, led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has displayed a similar authoritarian streak as Donald Trump. A column by Guy Verhofstadt.

Having misunderstood the causes of the extraordinary growth in trade in recent decades, political elites over-sold globalization. A column by Daniel Gros.

With fresh financing coming through, the new government has a window of opportunity to push through radical reforms and kick-start economic recovery. A column by Anders Åslund.

If the United States really did adopt Trump’s economic plan, the result would be an immediate and unmitigated disaster. A column by Simon Johnson.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump tries to politicise US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Fortunately she ist able and willing to stand up to it. A commentary by Kenneth Rogoff.

We have experienced technological change that substitutes machines and computers for manpower for many years. And yet the US economy continues to return to full employment. A column by Martin Feldstein.

The lack of response at the zero bound of policy interest rates is no surprise. It is reminiscent of the liquidity trap of the 1930s, when central banks were also «pushing on a string.» A column by Stephen S. Roach.

It is not easy to keep an airplane flying smoothly while changing the engines. And that is precisely the challenge the May government faces. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.

Matthew McConaughey has made himself a name as one of Hollywood’s most distinctive stars. In an interview, he talks about his work as an actor and the key to his success.

Stagnating or falling real incomes are a brake on consumption demand and GDP growth. They also fuel social and political discontent, as people lose confidence in economic structures. A column by Laura Tyson.

The only way out of the trap is a hefty dose of creative destruction, which in Europe would have to be accompanied by debt relief and exits from the eurozone. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

There are substantial differences between the candidates’ economic-policy platforms. A column by Michael J. Boskin.