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By Nimrod Zalk   CAPE TOWN – The African Continental Free Trade Area, launched on January 1, has been hailed...

By Nouriel Roubini   NEW YORK – There is a growing debate about whether the inflation that will arise over...

By Jeffrey D. Sachs   NEW YORK – This week’s spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World...

By KENNETH ROGOFF   CAMBRIDGE – The mighty US dollar continues to reign supreme in global markets. But the greenback’s...

By Justin Vaïsse PARIS – Will negotiators from the Global South be barred from attending the United Nations climate summit (COP26) in...

By Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Jayati Ghosh NEW YORK – The United States expects to “celebrate independence” from...

By Mohamed A. El-Erian   LAGUNA BEACH – Recognizing that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the G7 recently...

By Michael Spence   MILAN – COVID-19 vaccination programs are gaining momentum as production capacity ramps up, and as disorganized...

By Dani Rodrik   Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government,...

By J. Bradford DeLong   BERKELEY – Back in 1992, Lawrence H. Summers, then the chief economist at the World...