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Innovation-Based Economic Security

To benefit from today’s globalized research and development, the United States needs to make science and technology policies an integral part of economic security.

Institutionalization of Cryptoassets

Cryptoassets (or crypto) have garnered significant attention from the media, financial analysts, governments, regulatory institutions, and investors over the last year and a half. 

International Economic Leadership is Vital for US National Security

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight Mark Sobel and his recent article with OMFIF titled "International Economic Leadership is Vital for US National Security."

According to the article - "The US thinks of itself as the defender of the rules-based international order. On the security front, President Joe Biden’s administration has performed extraordinarily, leading the G7, Nato and close allies in a united response to Russia and other ‘western’ challenges, including through strong multilateral sanctions."

International Spillovers and the ECB’s Monetary Policy

On Saturday, 27 March 2021, Klaas Knot joined a panel of the CF40, Euro50 Group and PIIE conference on “The Dollar, the Euro and the Renminbi in the new geopolitical environment”.  

International Sustainable Development Summit

BWC and IFF member Marsha Vande Berg opened the IFF summit on International Sustainable Development this week. She focused on the ways that markets and governments can better serve the mission of sustainable development. In doing so, she emphasized the need for leadership to mitigate climate risk and damage as well as the cost if such leadership does not fulfill its potential.  

Is the next financial crisis already brewing?

As we mark the tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis, there have been plenty of postmortems examining its causes, its consequences and whether the necessary lessons have been learnt.

It's time for an African Woman to Head the International Finance Corporation

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an arm of the World Bank Group and is the largest development finance institution devoted to private-sector development in the world.

Italy’s G20 Priorities

Alessandro Rivera, director general of Italy’s treasury and this year’s chair of the G20 finance deputies, joins Mark Sobel, OMFIF US chairman, for this OMFIF podcast.

Italy’s Slow-Motion Euro Train Wreck

Nouriel Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, was Senior Economist for International Affairs in the White House's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the US Federal Reserve, and the World Bank.

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.