With huge economic and political shifts taking place, what will replace the old world order?
RIP FAIT. We hardly knew ye
Preparing for a post-American world (part 2)
If the US wants to accelerate a worldwide discussion with a policy intervention, the obvious one would be a tax on capital inflows
And it’s a lot better than the old policy consensus
Net imports are funding the innovative edge that others envy the US so much — and perhaps benefit from too
A tax on imports is a tax on exports
Unlike the doomed former British PM, the US president is not going anywhere — so uncertainty is here to stay
How do technocrats expect the needed macroeconomic adjustments to occur?
Putting the FFS in tariffs
From east to west, different value systems support global economic diversity
There is so much more than tariffs that can go wrong
Bidenomics’ lasting legacy may depend on Republican success
Both Republicans and Democrats are split between populist and oligarchic visions
‘Draghi plus’ would make Europe take domestic demand seriously — and not before time
To celebrate: an upgrade in the new year
What’s the scenario?
The president-elect’s instincts track the theorems of strategic decision science
It is so much easier to blame the disappearance of these US jobs on China than on domestic consumers and automation
But significant downside risks will continue to pose a challenge for policymakers
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson commended for advancing understanding of inequality
IT hitches force Federal Statistical Office to suspend consumer and services releases
The vice-president is not saying enough about re-industrialisation and protecting factory jobs
An ingenious device that changed the course of economic history — and our quest to rebuild it
75 years after the unveiling of the ‘Phillips machine’, a hydraulic computer that could model an economy, we rebuilt it for a digital audience
