International Selection

The main conditions now seem to be in place for a sustainable recovery in Greece. Conventional wisdom among economists and investors has a long record of failing to spot major turning points. A column by Anatole Kaletsky.

In a globalized world where labor income is under constant pressure, the siren song of asset markets as a growth elixir is far too tempting for the body politic to resist. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

Not only have policymakers in the eurozone insisted on repeating the blunders of the 1930s; they are poised to repeat them in a more brutal, more exaggerated, and more extended fashion. A column by J. Bradford DeLong.

To pacify the eastern part of Ukraine it needs an transitional administration by the United Nations. A commentary by Carl Bildt.

The negociations of TPP represents an important opportunity to write better rules for international trade. A column by Simon Johnson.

Despite new information technologies productivity growth is dropping, especially in the USA and China. That limits economic growth. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

LSE economist Paul De Grauwe accusses the ECB to allow the financing of banks to be used for pessure on Greece. Greece is being forced to leave the Eurozone.

Employment can no longer be increased with an easier monetary police or expansionary fiscal policy. A commentary by Martin Feldstein.

In place of a program providing the country with further loans, it might make more sense to provide outright humanitarian aid – regardless of whether Greece remains fully within the eurozone. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

Wences Casares, founder of Bitcoin startup Xapo, explains, why his company's headqarter is moving from California to Switzerland. He thinks that Bitcoin will be the first native currency of the internet.

Ukraine's allies – particularly the EU – can do better. By revising their policies, they must ensure that the new Ukraine will succeed, in their own interest. A column by George Soros.

Global should remember that, for emerging economies, the wave of industrialization and urbanization and the associated productivity gains are far from over. A column by Laura Tyson.