F&D Magazine / Trade policy
MICHELE RUTA June 1, 2023
As rising geopolitical tensions chip away at globalization, will a more fragmented world mean stronger regional pacts? Economist Michele Ruta says the trend toward strengthening ties with friends and loosening them with non-friends is making regional trade less about integration and more about discrimination.
F&D Magazine
RUCHIR AGARWAL May 22, 2023
Industrial policy refers to a set of policies that governments use to bolster national industries or companies deemed strategically important for economic competitiveness, social outcomes, or national security. In this podcast, Agarwal says while the practice of choosing national champions fell out of favor in the 1980s, rising geopolitical tensions of late have sparked a renewed interest in industrial policy, which is often a guise for protectionism.
F&D Magazine / Globalization
HAROLD JAMES February 23, 2023
The longtime critics of globalization are having another moment, claiming supply chain shortages, high inflation, and increasing migration are products of an overly globalized world.
F&D Magazine / Education
Eric A. Hanushek August 17, 2022
The skill differences account for three-quarters of cross-country variations in long-term growth.
F&D Magazine / International organization
Patricia Clavin July 6, 2022
Patricia Clavin is Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. In this podcast, journalist Rhoda Metcalfe asks Clavin what the geopolitical fallout from the war might mean for globalization.
F&D Magazine / Inflation
YAN CARRIèRE-SWALLOW May 26, 2022
IMF Podcast on shipping costs and inflation with Yan Carrière-Swallow
MILES KIMBALL April 13, 2022
Most people and virtually all businesses now use electronic money for their transactions, yet central banks are still dealing with....
MILES KIMBALL, RUCHIR AGARWAL April 8, 2022
Everyone feels the pinch when inflation is on the rise and so the pressure on central banks to manage inflation rates has grown exponentially in recent weeks.
Yamini Aiyar March 31, 2022
The pandemic has sparked an enormous upheaval in education around the world. But in India and many other low-income countries where remote learning is often not an option, children's education's have simply fallen off the rails.
F&D Magazine / Balance sheet analysis
IAN BALL March 16, 2022
Governments with strong balance sheets are known to recover from shocks more quickly. Yet many of them don't have balance sheets, or even know what assets and liabilities they have.
F&D Magazine / Fiscal policy
PAOLO MAURO March 1, 2022
Should the rich pay more taxes than the poor? Economists and public finance practitioners have traditionally focused on economic efficiency when answering questions like that, steering clear of any moral considerations that could be seen as subjective.
F&D Magazine / Fintech
Eswar S. Prasad February 15, 2022
When was the last time you used cash? In his latest book, Eswar Prasad looks at a world, not that far off, where using cash will no longer be an option.
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