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Fuzzynomics and 12 Other Attempts to Name Our New Era

In hindsight, our new economic era probably began in 2008, when a handful of bankers — and the policymakers who write the rules — broke the system.

G7 Economic Resilience Panel

The German Federal Government has nominated Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner for the G7 Economic Resilience Panel. 

Geoffrey Okamoto

BWC would like to welcome new member Geoffrey Okamoto, former First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, and former Acting Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development for the United States Department of the Treasury.

Geoffrey is a managing director at Goldman Sachs, based in New York City. He leads the firm’s efforts on international public policy, coordinating cross-jurisdictional issues, and engaging with global policymakers. Geoffrey also assists clients on matters involving global economic and financial developments.

George Soros Honored with Joseph A. Schumpeter Award

George Soros, the chair and founder of the Open Society Foundations, on Friday accepted the prestigious Joseph A. Schumpeter Award.

George Soros: Remarks delivered at the World Economic Forum

Good evening. It has become something of an annual Davos tradition for me to give an overview of the current state of the world. I was planning half an hour for my remarks and half an hour for questions, but my speech has turned out to be closer to an hour. I attribute this to the severity of the problems confronting us.

Germany’s Chaired G7 Summit Is A Watershed Opportunity For Leading Democracies To Capitalize On Teetering Authoritarian Economies

When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz convenes the 48th summit of the other leaders of the G7 nations on the grounds of Schloss Elmau castle in the Bavarian Alps late next month, the political economy environment in which the globe’s leading industrialized democracies find themselves is startling different from the previous G7 summit, chaired by the U.K. just 12 months ago.

Global Bridges: Change Flows of People and Trade

The mission of Global Bridges is to go beyond the news and connect listeners from around the world with stories from people who are “on the ground” reporting about economic recovery and global business. Sharing perspectives of life and economic development, as we recover from the global pandemic, enables us to build “global bridges” across countries. We cover topics including public health, economy and work, education, travel, and society.

Global food crisis demands urgent Western response

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world, forced Western countries to respond, and is driving up the cost of energy and food across the globe. High prices in the United States may spell electoral disaster for President Joe Biden’s administration in November’s congressional elections. However, the most urgent economic, social, and human crises are unfolding in poorer countries where populations face war, spillover-driven inflation, and more expensive foreign-currency debt.

Global Policy Makers: The Macro View

The Foreign Policy Association hosted Bill Rhodes and Paul Sheard for a discussion of the impact of Covid-19 on the world economy.

Good and Bad Debt

"I believe the time is ripe for a re-evaluation of borrowing strategies by Caribbean governments," writes DeLisle Worrell, BWC member and former governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, in Good and Bad Debt, this month's issue of his newsletter.