Commentary / World Dec 29, 2019

Negotiating while the world burns

The stunning technological progress during the 2010s makes it possible to cut emissions at a cost far lower than everyone dared hope a decade ago.

Commentary / World Apr 30, 2019

Can capitalism beat climate change?

Only clear targets can transform rational self-interest from a potentially catastrophic force into a powerful driver of beneficial change.

Commentary / World Apr 1, 2019

What if zero interest rates are the new normal?

Excessive monetary finance is hugely harmful, and it is dangerous to view it as a costless way to solve long-term challenges.

Commentary / World Nov 3, 2018

A zero-carbon economy is within reach

But it will not be achieved without strong public policies and forward-looking business strategies.

Commentary / Japan Sep 28, 2018

Japan's successful economic model

The commonplace gloom about Japan's prospects is grossly overdone — many countries would be lucky to have its problems.

Commentary / World Jul 11, 2018

Trade barriers will not stop China's rise

China's huge and increasingly affluent domestic market will make exports less vital to growth.

Commentary / World Feb 6, 2018

Do you need to buy bitcoin?

Over the next year, the bitcoin price could double, soar tenfold, or collapse by 95 percent or more, and no economic analysis can help predict where in that range it will lie.

Commentary / World Oct 30, 2017

China versus the Washington Consensus

China's continued economic success calls into question longstanding assumptions about the optimal balance of state and market mechanisms in driving economic development.