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By Hippolyte Fofack   CAIRO – In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Africa’s first recession in 25 years. The sharp...

By Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – What is remarkable about the increase in nationalist sentiment across the developed world in recent...

By Yanis Varoufakis   ATHENS – Europe has discovered its moral Rubicon, the frontier beyond which commodification becomes intolerable. The...

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...