From the Fall 2019 issue
Could the U.S. Economy Be Experiencing a Hidden Tech-Driven Productivity Revolution?
Could official U.S. data—including data showing productivity growth—be failing to reflect a massive process of creative destruction—and disruption—underway? What are the policy implications if productivity growth is being under-measured in the official data?
Featuring commentary by Marco Annunziata, Scott K.H. Bessent, Michael J. Boskin, Richard N. Cooper, Marek Dabrowski, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Steffen Elstner, Jason Furman, James K. Galbraith, James E. Glassman, Maurice R. Greenberg, Michael Hüther, William H. Janeway, Richard Jerram, Robert E. Litan, Michael Mandel, Catherine L. Mann, J.W. Mason, Jim O’Neill, Holger Schmieding, Mark Sobel, and Jennifer Zhu Scott.
Hibernating or exaggerated threat?
Capitalism itself could be at stake.
Introducing Europe’s New “Power Women”
Can they succeed?
The ECB’s policies have failed to deliver, according to eight former central bankers. Look at the eurozone economy and the weakness of its banks, they say in this public memorandum.
The former central bankers’ memorandum omits three major ECB successes, according to Mario Draghi’s predecessor.
Goodbye to the dollar’s ability to further national interests.
The big picture.
Traditional measuremeants miss the larger story.
The Implications of Oil’s Surprising Collapse
The new threats are global warming, fracking, and electric vehicles.
The ugly world for Venezuela’s creditors.
Eurozone monetary policy and fiscal stimulus, and an excerpt from the notable new book, The Long Journey of Central Bank Communication by Otmar Issing,
That elusive soft landing—and the Fed's difficult circumstances.