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By Jeffrey D. Sachs   NEW YORK – The magnitude of the United States’ failure in Afghanistan is breathtaking. It...

By Daron Acemoglu ISTANBUL – The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago with the hope of rebuilding a country...

By  Carlo Ratti   BOSTON – Tiziano Terzani was no fan of Singapore. The Florentine writer and journalist explored every...

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The Group of Twenty has become a pillar of multilateralism. Although the world...

By Dalia Marin   MUNICH – Automobile and electronics manufacturers worldwide have recently had to reduce output because a severe...

By Mohamed A. El-Erian   CAMBRIDGE – Economic-policy discussions in the eurozone, the United Kingdom, and the United States increasingly...

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – It appears that the international community is moving toward what many are...

By Andrés Velasco   LONDON – “The era of big government is over,” then-US President Bill Clinton proclaimed in 1996....

By Nouriel Roubini   NEW YORK – In April, I warned that today’s extremely loose monetary and fiscal policies, when...

By Kaushik Basu   ITHACA – The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, published twice a year, is the...