From the Winter 2024 issue:
The Search for a Global Financial Statecraft
TIE founder and editor David Smick interviews former Institute of International Finance head Charles H. Dallara about his new book, the Greek debt crisis, and the prospects for global financial statecraft.
But the new U.S.-Mexico-China connection is a mixed story.
America’s Productivity Disappointment
If you were offering advice to the next U.S. president, what policies would you suggest to boost stagnant productivity in the United States, which has been running below 2 percent for nearly two decades? More than two dozen policy experts share their thoughts.
Featuring commentary from Marco Annunziata, Scott K.H. Bessent, Stephen G. Cecchetti, Robert H. Dugger, Jason Furman, James E. Glassman, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Steven B. Kamin, Mickey D. Levy, Michael Lind, Lawrence B. Lindsey, Robert E. Litan, Michael Mandel, and Kermit Schoenholtz.
The case for a comeback.
Here’s the counter view.
Could China Soon Face a Food Shortage/Distribution Problem?
The drumbeat of disappointing economic news from China has been getting louder.
Featuring commentary from Dean Baker, Andrew DeWit, James K. Galbraith, James E. Glassman, Richard Jerram, Hongyi Lai, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Zhun Xu, and Fuxian Yi.
A story of tough sledding.
How forecasters can improve their dismal inflation record.
An attempt at a macroeconomics for the twenty-first century.
Off the News
Hype and hysteria: The great AI debate.
Germany’s security failure. Bumbling Chancellor Scholz puts the West at risk.