What Climate Finance Needs
To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial...
Preventing a US-China War
China and America both need to pursue policies that will reduce economic and geopolitical tensions and foster healthy cooperation on global challenges. If they fail to achieve a new understanding on the issues driving their current confrontation, they will eventually...
Israel’s Slippery Slope
Israel's right-wing government has raised alarms around the world with its plans to disempower the judiciary. But while most of the criticism has focused on the implications for Israeli democracy, the "reforms" pose an equally salient threat to Israel's economy, labor...
A Mild Global Contraction Is Coming
While a severe hurricane for the global economy looks less likely than a few months ago, we are still likely to encounter a tropical storm that could cause significant damage. Much will depend on how major central banks confront the trilemma of simultaneously...
America and China Are on a Collision Course
NEW YORK - Following the May G7 summit in Hiroshima, US President Joe Biden claimed that he expects a "thaw" in relations with China. Yet despite some recent official bilateral meetings - with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen expressing hopes for a visit to...
No Respite from the Slow-Motion US-China Collision
Despite US efforts to de-escalate tensions with China and Chinese officials' wariness of economic decoupling, attempting to restore trust between the two powers seems futile. In this increasingly fraught climate, fragmentation trumps cooperation, and the danger of a...
The Coming Doom Loop
In the face of high and persistent inflation, recession risks, and now a looming insolvency crisis in the financial sector, central banks like the US Federal Reserve are facing a trilemma. Unable to fight inflation and provide liquidity support simultaneously, the...
India at a Crossroads
Sound policymaking has helped India modernize and achieve robust economic growth, positioning it to become an increasingly important player on the world stage. But recent developments - and scandals - show that the government must address some major issues if it wants...
Sleepwalking on Megathreat Mountain
Whatever one's favored terminology for describing the current moment, there is widespread agreement that we are facing unprecedented, unusual, and unexpected levels of uncertainty, auguring a future of crisis, instability, and conflict. But whether we will actually do...
More War Means More Inflation
Advanced economies and emerging markets are increasingly engaged in necessary "wars" - some real, some metaphorical - that will lead to even larger fiscal deficits, more debt monetization, and higher inflation on a persistent basis. The future will be stagflationary,...