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Mark R. Yzaguirre: Did We Really Think The Postwar Liberal Order Would Last Forever? In January of 2017, I wrote a piece at the Hill suggesting that then-incoming President Trump’s foreign policy, while seemingly chaotic and unpredictable, actually had a basic underlying rationale.	Wed, Jun 20, 2018	Arc Digital
James Manyika and Susan Lund: Digital Protectionism and Barriers to International Data Flows In just 25 years, the internet has become an intricate web connecting billions of users worldwide and a conduit for trillions of dollars in commerce. Just as it is transforming industries and national economies, it is also transforming the nature of globalization.	Mon, Jun 25, 2018	Bretton Woods Committee
William Rhodes and Stuart Mackintosh: Does the G20 Have a Future? Just when the world desperately needs more international cooperation to address common problems, the principal mechanism for coordinating such efforts is all but defunct. Its decline is both a harbinger and a cause of the global turmoil that awaits.	Mon, Jun 13, 2022	Project Syndicate
Mark Sobel: Dollar’s Global Role: Extraordinary Privilege or Burden? Exaggerated debate is often conflated with other factors	Thu, Jul 1, 2021	OMFIF
Paul Sheard: Don't Worry About Inflation A lot of people are worrying that all the money governments and central banks are printing to deal with the Covid-induced recession is bound to lead to runaway inflation in the future.	Fri, Mar 26, 2021	Briefings for Britain
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Done Or Dormant? Council On Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Says ISIS Remains A Force The Trump administration says ISIS is no longer a threat. But Gayle Lemmon of the Council on Foreign Relations disagrees.	Sat, Feb 2, 2019	NPR
C. Randall Henning: East Asia’s precautionary financing fix Southeast Asian economies, like emerging markets and developing countries globally, are anticipating a rocky financial transition out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid tightening of monetary policy in the United States and the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are causing a global recession and threatening further capital outflows from emerging markets and developing countries.	Thu, Oct 6, 2022	East Asia Forum
Paul J. Sheard: ECB Strategy Review: A Tweak, a Leap, and a Missed Opportunity The European Central Bank has released the results of its 18-month monetary policy strategy review.	Tue, Jul 13, 2021	Bretton Woods Committee
Warren Coats: Econ 101: SVB and Bank Runs "The original sin of modern banking is financing long-term loans and investments with money (demand and savings deposits)," argues BWC member Warren Coats. He continues: "Money... should be fully separated from credit. Deposits should not finance loans."	Thu, Mar 16, 2023	wcoats.blog
Melissa T. Cook: Education: Hard Work on Soft Infrastructure There is plenty of talk about Africa’s need for more infrastructure. Most discussions focus on hard infrastructure like transportation, electricity, power, housing, and the like.	Fri, Jul 2, 2021	African Sunrise Partners LLC