In 1831, when Charles Darwin boarded The Beagle for its five-year voyage of exploration, ships navigated with the help of chronometers, which showed the precise time at a reference locati...

Diane Coyle · Project Syndicate 15 Oct 2018

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Geo-economics

Innovation and production in the global economy: The consequences of recent shocks

An understanding of the welfare implications of new restrictions on trade and international investment requires careful general equilibrium modelling.

Costas Arkolakis, Natalia Ramondo, Andres Rodriguez-Clare, and Stephen Yeaple · VoxEU 15 Oct 2018

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Geo-economics

The world's $80 trillion economy - in one chart

This Voronai diagram shows 10 major economies making up a whopping two-thirds of global GDP.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 15 Oct 2018

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Future of Economic Progress

India's economy is set to grow faster than China's this year

The IMF's latest forecasts show that India's GDP growth is set to exceed China's this year.

Rimin Dutt and Rimin Dutt · Business Insider India 12 Oct 2018

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United States

US trade sanctions could hasten the dollar's demise as the main global currency

Barry Eichengreen explores the status of the dollar as an international currency.

Barry Eichengreen · Project Syndicate 12 Oct 2018

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International Trade and Investment

Asia and Europe can both gain from better trade links. But they need to cooperate, not compete

Asia and Europe can each profit from better connectivity, but co-operation depends on a partnership of equals, argues Cui Hongjian, of the China Institute of International Studies

China Institute of International Studies 11 Oct 2018

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Geo-economics

The IMF has a warning about global growth

The latest World Economic Outlook report projects that global growth will remain steady over 2018–19 at last year’s rate of 3.7 percent, but warns there are clouds on the horizon.

Maurice Obstfeld · IMF Blog 10 Oct 2018

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Geo-economics

Ten years after the financial crisis, the global economy is stronger but vulnerable

The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report looks at some of the risks facing the global economy.

Tobias Adrian · IMF Blog 10 Oct 2018

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Banking and Capital Markets

4 lessons from Iceland on dealing with a financial crisis

Icelandic authorities worked to pursue accountability by establishing the truth and punishing those responsible.

Iosif Kovras · The Conversation 10 Oct 2018

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Future of Economic Progress

They won this year’s Nobel for economics. Here’s why their work matters

This year's Nobel prize for economics has been shared by William Nordhaus and Paul Romer. Here's why they won, and why their work matters to all of us.

Simon Brandon 08 Oct 2018

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United States

How can Asian emerging markets prepare for the future?

Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution and adapting to possible trade wars will allow ASEAN to prosper.

Lutfey Siddiqi · Bretton Woods Committee 05 Oct 2018

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Aviation, Travel and Tourism

This is where tourists spent the most money in 2017

2017 was a bumper year for international tourism, with the highest increase in arrivals since the end of the global economic crisis. So where did these tourists go and how much did they s...

Johnny Wood 01 Oct 2018

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Banking and Capital Markets

This is the role of central bank swap lines in the global economy

On 11 September 2001, US money markets unexpectedly closed. Foreign banks with significant dollar investments funded by rolling over financing from US money markets found themselves in a ...

Ricardo Reis and Saleem Bahaj · VoxEU 28 Sep 2018

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Geo-economics

This is why productivity matters more than size in the service sector

The 20th century has been characterised by Fordism and large conglomerates, an era in which the traditional paradigm of large firms as the most productive and paying the highest wages wou...

Giuseppe Berlingieri, Sara Calligaris, and Chiara Criscuolo · VoxEU 24 Sep 2018

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Geo-economics

The economic effects of improved transport links in Belt and Road countries

Many Belt and Road Initiative countries suffer from under-developed infrastructure, so investing in ports, airports, road, and rail links will boost trade. But countries that coordinate t...

RAND Corporation 20 Sep 2018

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