Tag: Project-Syndicate

Why China Continues to Rise (Zhang Jun, Project-Syndicate)

In just four decades, China’s economy has achieved an unprecedented level of wealth and development, and, until recently, its upward trajectory of economic growth...

Africa Cannot Confront Climate Change Alone (Kristalina Georgieva, Félix Tshisekedi, Project-Syndicate)

Despite having played a negligible role in creating the climate crisis, African countries already find themselves paying the price for it. More creative and...

Italy’s Consumer-Blind Trustbusting (Alberto Mingardi, Project-Syndicate)

After many decades in which antitrust enforcement adhered to the principle of consumer welfare, regulators have begun to explore new options for reining in...

GDP’s Days Are Numbered (Diane Coyle, Project-Syndicate)

Ditching gross domestic product as the main gauge of prosperity was always impossible in the absence of broad agreement about what the alternative might...

Burying the Laissez-Faire Zombie (Luigi Zingales, Project-Syndicate)

The long-standing dichotomy between the state and the market is misleading, and poses a major obstacle to understanding and addressing today’s policy challenges. We...

Can Barcelona Create a New Kind of Tourist Economy? (Carlo Ratti, Project-Syndicate)

After hosting the Olympics in 1992, the Catalan capital became one of Europe’s most popular destinations, but the influx of tourists strained infrastructure and...

Making Libya’s Next Election Count (Belabbes Benkredda, Project-Syndicate)

After a decade of chaos and civil war, Libyans have grown disenchanted with politics. In the run-up to the first round of the presidential...

The IMF’s Misstep on Climate Finance (Sara Jane Ahmed, Alicia Barcena, Daniel Titelman, Project-Syndicate)

The IMF’s allocation of $650 billion in special drawing rights in August was long encouraged and widely welcomed. But its follow-up proposal for channeling...

Greening Europe’s Fiscal Rules (Barry Eichengreen, Project-Syndicate)

There was never any economic basis for the limits on government deficits and debt that the European Union adopted in 1992 and has maintained...

Inside America’s Polarized Views on Race (Stefanie Stantcheva, Project-Syndicate)

Decades after the civil rights movement, America still has not closed the massive gap in socioeconomic outcomes between white and Black households. One of...

Lifting the Lid on Global Inequality (Jayati Ghosh, Project-Syndicate)

The reality captured by the World Inequality Report 2022 reflects human choices, which means that it can be changed by making other choices. That...

Misreading China’s WTO Record Hurts Global Trade (Shang-Jin Wei, Project-Syndicate)

The United States claims that China routinely violates its World Trade Organization obligations, and that the global body is ineffectual at changing Chinese behavior....

The Decoupling Prophecy (Yu Yongding, Project-Syndicate)

China’s current role in the global economy might not be exactly what the United States envisioned when it supported the country’s accession to the...

A Better Deal for the World’s Workers (Dani Rodrik, Project-Syndicate)

Ultimately, boosting labor earnings and the dignity of work requires both strengthening workers’ bargaining power and increasing the supply of good jobs for those...

Health Innovation for All (Mariana Mazzucato, Jayati Ghosh, Project-Syndicate)

In addition to prolonging the COVID-19 pandemic and threatening the economic recovery, the new Omicron variant is a reminder that our system for managing...

The Conservative Central Banker Returns (Daniel Gros, Project-Syndicate)

The European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve’s new monetary-policy strategies now look like a case of adapting the general staff manual to...