For Global South governments to treat the United States as a credible partner in their economic development plans, U.S. policymakers must tackle the macroeconomic and structural constraints that kneecap the overall goals of sustainable development.
The U.S. economy faces systemic risks from climate change. Susan Crawford and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reveal how insurance, mortgages, and municipal bonds are under threat—and what must change.
The incoming Trump administration plans to focus on China while letting Europe fend for itself. Yet deprioritizing the transatlantic relationship could backfire, pushing Europe closer to Beijing and undermining U.S. interests in the long term.
The debt limits these governments’ abilities to invest in their futures.
The world is being defined by global value chains, fierce competition, and limited public resources. Must the United States compete in all areas and domains?
Rather than treat tariffs as a species of evil that must always be resisted, economists should instead debate the conditions under which they are likely to be harmful versus those under which they are likely to be beneficial.
A weakening Russian economy could spell trouble for its war effort against Ukraine.
