A Central Bank Digital Currency?

Most money is already digital: for example, my paycheck flows automatically into my bank account, my mortgage payments automatically flow ou...

Interview with Lant Pritchett: Topics in Development

The Centre for Development and Enterprise has published “Lant Pritchett in Conversation with Ann Bernstein” (June 2021), a transcript of a ...

Monday Watch

Today's Headlines Bloomberg:             China’s Industrial Profits Grow at Slower Pace as Costs Rise . Chin...

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:            U.S. Confirms Removal of Wuhan Virus Sequences From Database. Bookies, EVs and Food Delivery: Europe’s 2021 Winner...

Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:          Biden Tells Afghanistan’s Ghani U.S. Will ‘Stick With You’ . Biden Aides Press Senators to Keep Infrastructure Deal I...

The Shrinking US Role in World Car Markets

Within the US, I often find a widespread sense that what happens in US (and perhaps also European) car markets will be the key factor in sha...