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.
Adair Turner
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Commentary / World Jul 13, 2019
In praise of demographic decline
Our expanding ability to automate human work across all sectors makes an ever-growing workforce increasingly irrelevant to improvements in human welfare. That's good news for most of the world, but not for Africa.
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 Jan 9, 2018
China is ready to turn its green opportunity into a major industrial advantage
China could become a highly respected and admired leader in the fight against global climate change.
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.