Tag: Project-Syndicate

Green Growth at the End of the Flat World (Ricardo Hausmann, Project-Syndicate)

While the losers from decarbonization are relatively obvious, the winners will be those countries that combine geographic luck with smart action. First movers that...

Can the Fed Overcome Its Transitory Policy Mistake? (Mohamed A. El-Erian, Project-Syndicate)

It took way too long, but key officials at the US Federal Reserve have finally acknowledged that for months they mischaracterized an inflationary surge...

Omicron and What Comes Next (Simon Johnson, Project-Syndicate)

There is an adage that you cannot have back-to-back financial crises. The implication is that a financial crisis causes people to be more careful...

The Internet Is Not the Enemy (Andrew Sullivan, Project-Syndicate)

We live in an age of wonder in which half the world now has access to a technology – the internet – that supports...

The High Stakes of Rising Inflation (Otmar Issing, Project-Syndicate)

Many countries are reporting their highest rates of inflation in decades: 6.2% in the United States, 4.2% in the United Kingdom, 5.2% in Germany, and above 4% in the eurozone. Some insist...

Building a One-Earth Balance Sheet (Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng, Project-Syndicate)

The 2008 global financial crisis changed the way the world looks at balance sheets. Now, an even more profound transformation is needed – one...

Europe’s Two Peace Missions (Kemal Derviş, Project-Syndicate)

As we approach the end of 2021, the European Union is debating its choices and priorities in an increasingly dangerous world. Europe has succeeded...

Xi’s Backward Odyssey (Joschka Fischer, Project-Syndicate)

Momentous changes are casting a long shadow on China. The country’s political system will soon undergo a profound reform, pending final approval (a quasi-formality)...

Reeling in a Deal to Save the Ocean (Project-Syndicate)

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds...

Not That Seventies Inflation (Jeffrey Frankel, Project-Syndicate)

Are the United States and other advanced economies experiencing stagflation, the unfortunate combination of high inflation and low growth in output and employment that characterized the...

The Inflation Conundrum (Kaushik Basu, Project-Syndicate)

Until a few months ago, talk of inflation was little more than a murmur: dry data from the statistical office, reports tucked away in...

The Drums of War in Taiwan and Ukraine (Carl Bildt, Project-Syndicate)

The vastness of Eurasia is becoming bracketed by belligerence. On the western front, Russia has deployed a growing number of military units to the regions near...

Lessons from Digital India (Michael Spence, Project-Syndicate)

Over the past five years, India has experienced an unusually rapid expansion of digital connectivity and access to services. This has had a positive...

China Is Holding the Planet Hostage (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

The verbal emissions at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow were understandably extensive but fortunately less environmentally damaging than the...

Informal Workers Need More than Legal Recognition (Mariana Prandini Assis, Project-Syndicate)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin American governments took the unprecedented step of including informal workers in emergency relief legislation. Informal workers comprise a significant...

The Further Bungling of US Trade (Anne O. Krueger, Project-Syndicate)

Among former US President Donald Trump’s many policy mistakes, some of the worst were in the area of trade. His administration’s sweeping tariffs on...