Economists have predicted 15 of the past 5 recessions, so should we take them seriously?



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What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...

Economists have predicted 15 of the past 5 recessions, so should we take them seriously?



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How do we make economic development work for everyone?



William Easterly (Professor of Economics @New York University and Co-director @NYU DRI) discusses the critical successes and failures of nations in the evolving globa
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As we learned as early as the late 1990s, international capital flows can create significant financial instability in emerging economies. Does this make it optimal to impose capital controls? Or should policymakers rely on domestic...

Justin Yifu Lin describes his work to better understand how transition economies can achieve sustainable growth, and why a closer look at unique structural conditions is essential to redefining development.



Lin is the Dean of...

George W. Bush is the second son of a former president to become president, after John Quincy Adams all the way back in 1825. Always the black sheep of the Bush dynasty, he eventually became governor of Texas, and then ran for president...