Many public institutions are now experimenting with AI tools to support surveillance, supervision, and policy analysis, raising questions about which…
Economic historians have long placed culture at the centre of the rise of the West, but have lacked a measure…
Sharp increases in interest rates can reduce the market value of banks’ securities holdings and threaten financial stability. Using euro…
Trade in critical metals essential for electrification has become centred on China over the last three decades. This column introduces…
Policy narratives in the US on China have undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Increasingly, China is viewed as…
Anti-immigration policies often rest on the premise that immigrants worsen native-born employment and wages. This column uses data from 2000…
The voluntary carbon market was built on a single promise: that one credit cancels one tonne. Most scrutiny has asked…
Macroprudential policy has become a central pillar of the post-crisis regulatory framework, designed to limit systemic risk by restraining excessive…
Discussions on Japan’s ‘lost decades’ have long focused on sluggish demand and the survival of ‘zombie’ firms. However, new evidence…
Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements are reshaping global trade and great-power politics in ways reminiscent of the…