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The exorbitant privilege of the periodic table

Trade in critical metals essential for electrification has become centred on China over the last three decades. This column introduces…

4 weeks ago

Quantifying the China discourse

Policy narratives in the US on China have undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Increasingly, China is viewed as…

4 weeks ago

Revisiting immigration’s effect on US wages and employment

Anti-immigration policies often rest on the premise that immigrants worsen native-born employment and wages. This column uses data from 2000…

4 weeks ago

An autopsy of the voluntary carbon market

The voluntary carbon market was built on a single promise: that one credit cancels one tonne. Most scrutiny has asked…

1 month ago

Macroprudential policy may curb innovation – but instrument choice matters

Macroprudential policy has become a central pillar of the post-crisis regulatory framework, designed to limit systemic risk by restraining excessive…

1 month ago

Japan’s productivity transformation: From within-firm stagnation to market-driven reallocation

Discussions on Japan’s ‘lost decades’ have long focused on sluggish demand and the survival of ‘zombie’ firms. However, new evidence…

1 month ago

The scramble for critical minerals: An old curse in a new world

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements are reshaping global trade and great-power politics in ways reminiscent of the…

1 month ago

AI feedback loops and the conditions for explosive growth

If frontier AI models can be used to develop their next models, this may lead to an ‘intelligence explosion’ and…

1 month ago

The marriage squeeze: How the college gender gap is reshaping who marries whom

Today, 1.6 million more women than men are enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the US. An emerging narrative…

1 month ago

How the rise of AI matters for fiscal policy

Predictions of the effects of AI on the economy and society tend to focus on productivity growth, job losses, and…

1 month ago