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  • Barry Eichengreen

    The writer is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Cambridge. His latest book is Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses – and Misuses – of History.

  • Shelter from the storm in 2019

    What would have to happen for this to be a tranquil year economically, financially, and politically? Answer: a short list of threats to stability would have to be averted.

  • Globalisation with Chinese characteristics

    US President Donald Trump's erratic unilateralism represents nothing less than abdication of global economic and political leadership.

  • Can a trade war be averted?

    Probably the question most frequently asked of international economists these days is: “Are we seeing the start of a trade war?” This is not a question that admits of a simple yes-or-no answer. In contrast to a shooting war, there's no government declaration to mark the official outbreak of hostilities. Tariffs have been raised and lowered throughout history, for reasons both good and bad.

  • Ready or not for the next recession?

    A sunny day is the best time to check whether the roof is watertight. For economic policymakers, the proverbial sunny day has arrived:

  • Two myths about automation

    Robots, machine learning, and artificial intelligence promise to change fundamentally the nature of work. Everyone knows this.
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