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  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
    Dambisa Moyo
    The long-term effect of Trump’s three-way boost

    Can the long-term promise of the interventions match the short-term attractions?

  • Friday, 2 March, 2018
    Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
    The perverse loop that is the euro’s key weakness

    The risk of a member’s exit from the bloc could be cut by an Article 50 provision

  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
    Ahmed Rashid
    Pakistan struggles, Kabul celebrates Trump’s cuts

    Polarisation over sanctuary for the Taliban adds to Islamabad’s political turmoil

  • Thursday, 21 December, 2017
    Ahmed Rashid
    Pakistan’s NGO ban strengthens extremist groups

    Move by Islamabad is a blow to an already vulnerable civic society

  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
    Dambisa Moyo
    America’s unique selling points are at risk

    Entrepreneurship, educational institutions and capital markets all face challenges

  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
    Emerging markets
    Iran seems confident it can deal with a hostile US

    Internal tensions over the Revolutionary Guards aside, Tehran’s foreign policy is set

  • Wednesday, 25 October, 2017
    Yukon Huang
    Xi’s chosen path to transformative leader

    For China’s modernisation to succeed the roles of state and market must be reconciled

  • Friday, 20 October, 2017
    Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
    European banking union needs its final leg

    A common deposit insurance scheme would reduce risk and moral hazard

  • Thursday, 19 October, 2017
    DeAnne Julius
    Reasons why a no-deal Brexit would suit the EU

    The British should realise that their quarrelling is beside the point

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    Why Wall Street’s fear index remains calm

    The Vix index is a 30-day measure and does not give weight to long-tailed risks

  • Thursday, 12 October, 2017
    Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
    The ECB’s self-imposed limits complicate its QE exit

    Markets are worried by the restricted room for manoeuvre on monetary policy

  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2017
    US politics & policy
    How voters now see Trump’s America First agenda

    Are the policies touted on the campaign trail losing their appeal?

  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
    Fyodor Lukyanov
    Russia can profit from North Korea’s missile tests

    Kim’s provocations and the US’s failure to act strengthen Moscow’s position

  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
    Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
    Why euro appreciation is a headache for the ECB

    The rise of the single currency against the dollar may have further to go

  • Thursday, 31 August, 2017
    Diane Coyle
    How to tackle economics’ bias against women

    The column on entrenched discrimination has had a big response online and on Twitter

  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2017
    Ahmed Rashid
    Trump’s Afghan policy hits Pakistan hard

    The shift toward rival India is a setback for Islamabad

  • Friday, 18 August, 2017
    Ivo Daalder
    Korean crisis shows the peril of relying on the US

    The immediate threat of war has passed but Asian allies have little to celebrate

  • Monday, 24 July, 2017
    Yukon Huang
    Why China invests more in Europe than in the US

    Political sensitivities, security concerns and industrial structure direct the flow

  • Friday, 21 July, 2017
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    China’s high stakes in Pakistan and Afghanistan

    Beijing aims to protect both regional stability and its One Belt, One Road project

  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2017
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    The good, the bad and the ugly of Trump’s economy

    Tax, growth, infrastructure — where the president’s ambitions stand after six months

  • Friday, 14 July, 2017
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    The strange shape of the US recovery

    One factor in the long, not strong, economic upswing is a stretchy labour force

  • Thursday, 6 July, 2017
    Mohamed El-Erian
    Focus on the G20 summit will be wrongly directed

    There are serious challenges to consider instead of personalities

  • Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
    Diane Coyle
    Anger over Grenfell can spur housing policy reform

    The economics of sorting out the property market are straightforward

  • Friday, 9 June, 2017
    Alexander Stubb
    UK polls: Take a deep breath and a Brexit timeout

    The clock is ticking but rushing the process will not help the complex negotiations

  • Friday, 2 June, 2017
    Alexander Stubb
    Why democracies should care who codes the algorithms

    Are politicians and legislators prepared for the digital revolution?

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