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By Robert J. Shiller   NEW HAVEN – The performance of stock markets, especially in the United States, during the...

By Kenneth Rogoff   CAMBRIDGE – Will COVID-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education? Throughout the world, sudden...

By Dani Rodrik   CAMBRIDGE – As COVID-19 spread from China to Europe and then the United States, pandemic-stricken countries found...

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – Although it seems like ancient history, it hasn’t been that long since...

By Jeffrey D. Sachs   NEW YORK – Three countries – the United States, Brazil, and Mexico – account for...

By M Niaz Asadullah   KUALA LUMPUR – South Asia’s record on gender equality is weak, to say the least....

By Landry Signé   WASHINGTON, DC – Despite apocalyptic predictions, Africa may be better positioned than many think to weather the...

By Arkebe Oqubay   ADDIS ABABA – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to merge the United Kingdom’s Department for...

By Dani Rodrik & Stefanie Stantcheva   CAMBRIDGE – COVID-19 has exacerbated deep fault lines in the global economy, starkly exposing the...

By Kenneth Rogoff   CAMBRIDGE – The post-pandemic world economy seems likely to be a far less globalized economy, with...