International organization | June 2022

Turbulence and the Lessons of History

Opportunities are born of crisis, but the lines that connect them are far from direct

Patricia Clavin

Globalization | June 2022

The Sanctions Weapon

Economic sanctions deliver bigger global shocks than ever before and are easier to evade

Nicholas Mulder

Technology | June 2022

Economics of Persuasion in Peace and War

The rise of mobile broadband and advances in social media are reshaping how war is fought

Sergei Guriev

International organization | Sept issue “sneak peek”

China, the US, and Global Economic Leadership

China’s dramatic growth and its implications for the world economy have fueled new books at a pace commensurate with the subject

VIVEK ARORA

Globalization | June 2022

Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates

A more fragmented world will need the IMF more, not less

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Climate change | March 2021

Averting a Great Divergence

Exiting the pandemic with minimal scarring will require policy action on several fronts

GITA GOPINATH

Monetary policy | December 2020

No Going Back

Investing in policies for people will help shape a better economy for the postcrisis world

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA

COVID-19 | September 2020

Knightmare Uncertainty

In the COVID-19 world, risk has become riskier

GEOFFREY OKAMOTO

Inflation | June 2022

Will Inflation Remain High?

In the first installment of our three-part series on the future of inflation, we ask whether high inflation will persist and how central banks will respond

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Inflation | Analytical Series

How Costly Is Inflation?

The second article in our three-part series examines the trade-offs from inflation

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Inflation | Analytical Series

The Electronic Money Standard and the Possibility of a Zero Inflation Target

The final piece in our future of inflation series discusses how a move to an electronic money standard can lower the inflation target toward zero

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Economic theory and methods | June 2022

Going the Distance

Chris Wellisz profiles Harvard’s Melissa Dell, who pioneers new ways of unmasking legacies of the past

CHRIS WELLISZ

Fiscal policy | March 2022

Marianne Bertrand: Inequity Detective

Prakash Loungani profiles Chicago’s Marianne Bertrand, an advocate for inclusive growth

PRAKASH LOUNGANI

Fintech | December 2021

Amy Finkelstein: Data Driven

Chris Wellisz profiles MIT’s Amy Finkelstein, who tests economic models with large data sets

CHRIS WELLISZ

Climate change | September 2021

Solomon Hsiang: Climate Economist

Bob Simison profiles Berkeley’s Solomon Hsiang who uses big data to inform climate change policies

BOB SIMISON

Migration | June 2022

Refugees as Assets to Their New Countries

Giovanni Peri says that Ukrainian migrants can potentially be assets, not burdens, to their new home bases

BRUCE EDWARDS

Financial crises | Analytical Series

From the Asian Financial Crisis to Today

Hoe Ee Khor reflects on the Asian crisis 25 years on and the region’s current challenges

CHRIS WELLISZ

Technology | March 2022

The Currency Revolution

Eswar S. Prasad explains how technology is transforming the nature of money and how that will affect our lives

CHRIS WELLISZ

COVID-19 | December 2021

Pandemic Lessons

The Global Fund’s Peter Sands believes that economists should pay more attention to global health

RUCHIR AGARWAL

Income inequality | Sept issue “sneak peek”

Making Progress

THE LONG MARCH of progress is marked by revolutions, struggles, economic crises, liberations, injustices, and regressions—the “turning points where social conflicts are crystalized and power relationships are redefined,” explains Thomas Piketty in his surprisingly optimistic account of human progress toward equality.

ERA DABLA-NORRIS

International organization | Sept issue “sneak peek”

China, the US, and Global Economic Leadership

China’s dramatic growth and its implications for the world economy have fueled new books at a pace commensurate with the subject

VIVEK ARORA

Commodities | June 2022

War, Peace, and Wheat

Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World

Jeff Kearns

International organization | March 2022

Overshadowed Founder

Harry White and the American Creed: How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit)

Atish Rex Ghosh