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Lessons from China

For the first time in nearly half a century China’s economy has stopped growing. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)…

5 years ago

The Great Lockdown and Echoes from the Past

The brief and uneventful interlude that followed the Great Recession of 2007-13 has been supplanted by the Great Lockdown of…

5 years ago

Debt Relief Needed to Preserve 30 Years of Progress

A grand coalition of creditors is to provide debt relief to the world’s least developed countries. Earlier this week, the…

5 years ago

Raining on China’s Parade

Sensing a unique opportunity to take a shortcut to the global top spot, China is putting in a sustained effort…

5 years ago

The Final Destiny of the Trillions

When the going gets though, the weak are moved aside. A depressingly large number of the 181 US corporations that…

5 years ago

Waiting for the Government to Come Knocking

Streamlined to a skeleton, the US federal government is singularly unable to keep up with politicians eager to dole out…

5 years ago

World Bank Readies $160 Billion Emergency Aid Package

World Bank President David Malpass has joined IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in urging bilateral creditors to extend debt relief…

5 years ago

Big Egos, Poker Faces, and Deep Pockets Meet to Address Oil Glut

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has a poker face and knows how to use it. A real-life display of his…

5 years ago

The Fabric, and the Notion, of EU Solidarity is Being Ripped Apart

Italians are suffering – but they are also angry and defiant. EU flags are being burned. On social media, Italy’s…

5 years ago

Clash over Eurobonds Widens Rift in Eurozone

Sixteen hours into their videoconference, sleep deprived Eurozone finance ministers early this morning agreed to disagree and try again for…

5 years ago