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Bretton Woods@75: Thomas A. Bernes on the impact of the Bretton Woods Institutions

Dr. Thomas A. Bernes has been Vice President of Programs at The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) since November 2009 and also serves as its Executive Director.

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Reordering International Monetary Relations

Financial technology seems set to have a major impact on monetary relations.

Developing a Capacity for Candid Reflection

Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, a Saudi Arabian national, is the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of OFID - the OPEC Fund for International Development.

It’s Time to Rethink the Conventional Macroeconomic Policy Framework

Paul James Sheard is an Australian-American economist. He is Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

Towards A New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity

Kevin P. Gallagher is Professor and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, USA, follow him @KevinPGallagher.

Trade and Finance: The Two Sides of Today’s Coin of Conflict

Joerg Bibow is Professor of Economics at Skidmore College and a Research Associate at the Levy Institute at Bard College.

It’s tempting for the Fed to move slowly. That would be a grave error.

Lawrence H. Summers, a professor at and past president of Harvard University, was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 through 2010.

Why The Macroeconomic Policy Framework Needs An Overhaul: Lessons from Japan and the Great Recession

Paul James Sheard is an Australian-American economist. He is Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, after previously being Vice Chairman of S&P Global.

Paul spoke at the Boston Economic Club on why the macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul and suggested how.

How the Transatlantic Trade Agenda Can Get Its Groove Back in 2020

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump articulated an ambitious—and familiar—trade policy agenda in Davos on January 21.  Once again, Brussels and Washington will attempt to negotiate a bilateral free trade deal. 

Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do?

Dr. Coats (Ph.D. U of Chicago) retired from the IMF in 2003 as Assistant Director of Monetary and Exchange Department having joined the institution in 1975. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.