Ruud De Mooij on Taxing Crypto
Since their inception in 2008, the contentious rise of crypto assets has been dramatic. Their market value has been as high as $3 trillion and about $50 million is transacted in crypto every day. But ...
6 Juli 202317min
Noah Kaufman on Green Trade Tensions
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States unleashed its largest investment in climate and energy ever. But it also left many countries questioning some of its protectionist provi...
15 Juni 202322min
Women in Economics: Claudia Goldin on Family Economics
The history of economics has largely been written by men about men. Even when the economics of family became a burgeoning field of study in the 1970s, the woman's role was hardly talked about. Claudia...
9 Juni 202322min
Michele Ruta on Discriminatory Regionalism
As rising geopolitical tensions chip away at globalization, will a more fragmented world mean stronger regional pacts? Economist Michele Ruta says regionalism in a time of conflict is unlikely to triu...
1 Juni 202326min
Nadia Fettah and Jihad Azour: Morocco Gives Voice to the Global South
Like so many countries across the Middle East and North Africa, Morocco faced successive shocks over the past three years including a devastating drought. But the country managed well thanks to an agg...
26 Maj 202326min
Ruchir Agarwal on Industrial Policy
Industrial policy refers to a set of policies that governments use to bolster national industries or companies deemed strategically important for economic competitiveness, social outcomes, or national...
22 Maj 202326min
Helping African Farmers from the Sky
Agricultural productivity in Africa has lagged behind for decades, and now climate change is making things worse. But for Hamza Rkha Chaham, the prospect of helping African farmers increase crop yield...
9 Maj 202324min
Nicolas Kazadi on DRC's Natural Wealth and the Energy Transition
The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces many challenges to its development, but the country's natural wealth has the potential to lift more people out of poverty and help the world make the transit...
28 Apr 202319min
