Jeffrey Frankel uncovers the "logic" behind the US president's criticisms of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy.

As digital technologies become the rails upon which money moves, the resilience and credibility of currency networks increasingly hinge on the integrity of technological infrastructure. This ...

Peter G. Kirchschläger warns against trusting algorithmic surrogates that cannot grasp the ethical implications of their actions.

Ian Buruma assesses the factors that enabled the far-right Sanseitō party to gain seats in the upper house.

The independent status that many central banks currently enjoy is a historical exception and could be reversed by a change in the political climate – as US President Donald Trump's attacks on Federal ...

Alberto Alemanno warns that by avoiding confrontation, the EU has effectively abandoned its quest for strategic autonomy.

In the 1950s, British satirist C. Northcote Parkinson observed that institutions often build extravagant headquarters just as they begin to decline. The US Federal Reserve’s costly renovation, ...

Yasuto Watanabe urges policymakers to strengthen coordination in the face of powerful economic headwinds.

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Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, is a former chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000), former chair of the US President’s ...

Eric Schmidt, a former CEO and chair of Google/Alphabet, is Chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning in the US State Department, is CEO of the think tank New America, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton ...