How to Counter Trump’s Tariffs Productively? by Shang-Jin Wei published by Project Syndicate (2/2024). While many countries are considering retaliatory tariffs on US-made goods, such measures are unlikely to deter US President Donald Trump. To weather his trade war,…
AI: Hope or Hype? published by Project Syndicate (6/2024) At the latest Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that it is not only launching its own suite of artificial-intelligence models, but also integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its devices and software….
The Debt Ceiling Is a Red Herring by James K. Galbraith published by Project Syndicate (1/2023). “With congressional Republicans planning to use the debt ceiling to extract spending cuts and other concessions from the Democrats, everyone seems to agree…
Most-Read on Economics & World Affairs 2016 published by Project Syndicate (12/2016). Political rage went global in 2016, fueling a populist backlash across the democratic world and appalling terrorist violence in the Middle East, Europe, and beyond. Here is…
Daron Acemoglu Says More… published by Project Syndicate (5/2022) “This week in Say More, PS talks with Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT and co-author, with James A. Robinson, of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty and The…
Economics Must Build Back Better, Too published by Project Syndicate (4/2021). “Thoughtful economists have long been concerned by their profession’s hubristic tendencies, collective attachment to questionable models, and lack of openness to new and different voices. Will the combined…
The Open Secret to Reopening the Economy by Anne O. Krueger published by Project Syndicate (7/2020). “Areas that eased their initial COVID-19 lockdowns and now have surging infection rates are a testament to all that has gone wrong…
Un repaso a los cisnes blancos de 2020 por Nouriel Roubini publicado por Project Syndicate (7/2020). “NUEVA YORK – En febrero, advertí que diversas crisis previsibles («cisnes blancos») podían provocar una conmoción global a gran escala este año. Señalé…
The covid-19 crisis published by Project Syndicate (2020). A curated selection of essential pandemic analysis, published by Project Syndicate.
A Greater Depression? by Nouriel Roubini published by Project Syndicate (3/2020) With the COVID-19 pandemic still spiraling out of control, the best economic outcome that anyone can hope for is a recession deeper than that following the 2008 financial…