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A May 29 article in the IMF’s F&D Magazine argues in favor of using U.S. tariffs as a policy tool. It begins by questioning the argument for free trade, claiming that economists have based U.S. and global trade policy on theoretical models rather than empirical evidence: “Tariffs were not tried and found wanting but rejected…

In recent weeks, crude oil has crashed back below $80. So why is diesel still 20p above where it started the year? And why is the head of the IEA warning that we should be worried about energy security. Shipments through the Straits of Hormuz have collapsed again – down 60% in a week. We…

Economics Jul 14, 2026 Nouriel Roubini Despite this year’s US/Israeli-Iran war causing the largest-ever disruption to global oil supplies, the shocks of the 1970s had a greater impact. Because oil has been used as a weapon for so long, markets, policymakers, and…

The framework that has long guided development economics no longer reflects how modern economies actually create value. As the boundaries that once separated sectors become blurred, prosperity increasingly depends on how economies build the ecosystems that sustain technological progress and nurture new productive capacity. CAPE TOWN—The economist Dani Rodrik recently reopened one of development economics’…

 Reflections from the UN Women Expert Group Meeting for the Seventy-First Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW71) For much of the past decade, the dominant approach to advancing gender equality has been framed around integrating women more fully into existing economic institutions. We have asked how more women can participate in…