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The proposed Green New Deal in the United States and the European Commission's European Green Deal have laudable environmental goals but are too inward-looking
It is high time to create a new, focused agency, a World Carbon Bank, that provides a vehicle for advanced economies to coordinate aid and technical transfer
The accusation that China is manipulating the exchange rate is completely out of touch with recent history
Warren is courageous because Big Tech is big money for most leading Democratic candidates, particularly progressives, for whom California is a veritable campaign-financing ATM
The biggest economic risks will emerge in those areas where investors think recent patterns are unlikely to change
The ones serious about preparing for recessions should be looking hard at proposals for how to pay interest on money, both positive and negative, which is by far the most elegant solution
Central bankers have of course been known to help incumbents before elections, by allowing inflation to drift up and keep employment booming
Scaling back paper currency would hardly end crime and tax evasion, but it would force the underground economy to employ riskier options
With the economy normalising, the case for creative policies seems weaker. The US should consider borrowing at longer horizons
As it is a highly liquid asset, central banks can afford to look past its short-term volatility to longer-run average returns
Presidential candidates' rhetoric against trade could consign a majority of the world's population to poverty
Why moderate oil prices have not provided a significant boost to worldwide growth
A healthy French economy could help lift the euro zone but structural reforms are necessary
Europe's experience ought to spur a full rethink of the global system for administering sovereign bankruptcies
Greece's membership in the EU gives its creditors significant leverage, but evidently not enough to change the fundamental calculus
Europe's claim to care about inequality more than the United States is pure hypocrisy - as long as it continues to be so anti-immigrant