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By Raphaël Hadas-Lebel   PARIS – A year after a proposed fuel tax triggered the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protests,...

By Colin Coleman   NEW HAVEN – Africa today accounts for around 17% of the world’s population, but only about...

By Stephen S. Roach   NEW HAVEN – With the benefit of full-year data, only now are we becoming aware of...

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   DAVOS – This year marked the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting of...

By Yanis Varoufakis   ATHENS – Steven Mnuchin, US President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, outraged liberal commentators at this year’s...

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual gathering,...

By Mohamed A. El-Erian   NEWPORT BEACH – US President Donald Trump’s authorization of the targeted killing of Iranian Quds Force...

By Reda Cherif,  Fuad Hasanov & Sabine Schlorke   WASHINGTON, DC – For many firms in emerging and developing economies, emulating...

By Diane Coyle   CAMBRIDGE – The 2020s will be the decade when the idea that economic problems can be “left...

By Jeffrey D. Sachs   NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump’s order to assassinate Iran’s General Qassem Suleimani while on...