Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it to…
Years of shocks and imbalanced recoveries have significantly impacted longstanding global poverty trends. In just the last five years, the economic pressures…
In most jurisdictions today, two legacy conventions cause significant misperceptions of central bank money—the backbone of modern monetary systems. First, it is…
A cyberattack against Morocco’s National Social Security Fund, which resulted in the leakage of the personal and financial details of nearly two million people; a cyber heist of US$…
Ships move most internationally traded goods between countries. Low-cost seaborne transport allows countries to import essential commodities – such as food, clothing, and pharmaceuticals – and export their own signature products competitively. To safeguard low…
By 2050, one in three of the world’s children will live in Africa. Yet this demographic shift coincides with a…
Recent tariff increases have sparked a debate over whether trade protectionism can effectively attract foreign investment. This column analyses how…
China's industrial policy has become a central flashpoint in global trade debates, yet systematic evidence on what China actually does…
Financial globalisation has been a central feature of the world economy since the mid 1990s, leading to large holdings of…
Several central banks, including the European Central Bank (ECB), are pursuing plans to potentially introduce a central bank digital currency…