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A New Economics of Industrial Policy

Successful industrial policy must account for political economy

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An Economist’s Pledge for People, Planet, and Progress

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Reform or Risk Irrelevance

Eight decades after Bretton Woods, the IMF must professionalize and depoliticize its decisions

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International organization | June 2024

Special Drawing Rights Reconsidered

Countries could better address the world’s economic challenges with help from the IMF’s global reserve asset

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International organization | June 2024

No Time for Half Measures

The agenda for making the IMF work better has four vital elements

MARTIN WOLF

International organization | June 2024

Greening the Bretton Woods Institutions

Better governance and clearer roles and responsibilities can strengthen IMF–World Bank cooperation on climate

AXEL WEBER

Globalization | June 2024

Globalization Today

Updated rules for international trade, coupled with stronger domestic policies, could make globalization more inclusive and sustainable

ADAM JAKUBIK

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Inclusive growth | March 2024

What Is Inclusive Growth?

Proponents aim to create societies that are free, equal, and wealthy

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Artificial intelligence | December 2023

Artificial Intelligence’s Promise and Peril

Generative AI is poised to unleash a wave of creativity and productivity but poses important questions for humanity

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Migrant labor | September 2023

Resilient Remittances

The money that migrant workers send home provides stable income to millions of people in developing economies

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International organization | June 2024

The Evolving IMF

Over the past 30 years the IMF has adapted to global shocks and evolving member needs

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Gross domestic product | March 2024

Looking Beyond GDP

The World Happiness Report leads the quest for more holistic measures of well-being

ANDREW STANLEY

Financial safety nets | December 2023

Global Financial Safety Net

In a more shock-prone world, strengthening the financial safety net is more important than ever

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Population growth | September 2023

African Century

A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order

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International cooperation | June 2024

Zhu Min: The Internationalist Economist

Henny Sender profiles Zhu Min, China’s “international civil servant” who builds bridges with the West

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Economic theory | March 2024

Betsey Stevenson: The Accessibility Economist

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Labor | December 2023

Lawrence F. Katz: The Inequality Economist

Bob Simison profiles Harvard’s Lawrence F. Katz, whose research changed economists’ understanding of economic disparity

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Economic theory | September 2023

Minouche Shafik: The Everywhere Economist

Our People in Economics profile of Columbia’s Minouche Shafik, whose career spans international development, central banking, and writing on the social contract

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Economic growth | June 2024

High-Quality Growth

Economic policy that considers the costs of GDP growth

VIVEK ARORA

Economic cooperation | June 2024

Lessons from Keynes

The impact of an influential book a century later

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Inclusion and gender | June 2024

Stepping Up for Equality

Hope for a future where equality for all is a reality

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Tax policy | March 2024

Tax Matters

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Currencies | June 2024

The Money Archive

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In Pursuit of Freedom

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Reaching for the Red Planet

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