The Year Ahead: Reckonings

The suitability of conditional debt relief as a financing tool for low-income countries to tackle climate change is not always obvious.

The world’s prime-mover and norm-setter on climate change is heading into a year of bruising and protracted political struggle to realize its own climate ambitions.

Trade liberalization and international economic cooperation can help the world weather whatever crisis comes its way.

The U.S. Federal Reserve chief has tried to argue that the central bank’s expansionary monetary policy is not to blame for inflationary pressure.

From China to the European Union and the United States, public authorities are turning to antitrust law to curtail market power and promote fairer, more competitive economies.

The pandemic has allowed the dominant players in digital industries to conduct a full-scale experiment regarding the virtual world’s assimilation of the physical one.

Clear time limits must be applied to the emergency powers that governments in the region have activated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although the outgoing chancellor managed to avert multiple catastrophes, her caution may have exacerbated a number of other problems, including the Greek financial crisis.

America’s politics have become an insider’s game to favor the super-rich and corporate lobbies at the expense of the overwhelming majority of citizens.