Inflation | Analytical Series

Will Inflation Remain High?

In the first installment of our three-part series on the future of inflation, we ask whether high inflation will persist and how central banks will respond

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Inflation | Analytical Series

How Costly Is Inflation?

The second article in our three-part series examines the trade-offs from inflation

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Inflation | Analytical Series

The Electronic Money Standard and the Possibility of a Zero Inflation Target

The final piece in our future of inflation series discusses how a move to an electronic money standard can lower the inflation target toward zero

RUCHIR AGARWAL

MILES KIMBALL

Public debt | March 2022

Deciding When Debt Becomes Unsafe

Don’t expect easy answers or simple rules. Projecting growth, deficits, and interest rates is just the beginning

Olivier Blanchard

Public debt | March 2022

Shining a Light on Debt

For economic recovery and crisis prevention, hidden liabilities and their terms must be revealed

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

CARMEN REINHART

Public debt | March 2022

A Call for New Fiscal Rules

Advanced and emerging market economies alike need new criteria for debt sustainability

Arminio Fraga

Public debt | March 2022

Steady Prices, Sustainable Debt

With public debt set to remain high, price stability matters more than ever

Ricardo Reis

Financial crises | Analytical Series

The Long-lasting Economic Shock of War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could upend fiscal and monetary policy in advanced economies

KENNETH ROGOFF

Tax policy | March 2022

Taxing for a New Social Contract

The pandemic has exposed the costs of tax injustice—now is the time to make it right

Alex Cobham

Education | March 2022

The Education Pandemic

Learning losses from COVID-19 will cost us our future, unless we spend on education

Yamini Aiyar

Health care | December 2021

Financing Future Health Systems

We must view universal health coverage as a public policy goal and an investment

TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS

Fiscal policy | March 2022

Marianne Bertrand: Inequity Detective

Prakash Loungani profiles Chicago’s Marianne Bertrand, an advocate for inclusive growth

PRAKASH LOUNGANI

Fintech | December 2021

Amy Finkelstein: Data Driven

Chris Wellisz profiles MIT’s Amy Finkelstein, who tests economic models with large data sets

CHRIS WELLISZ

Climate change | September 2021

Solomon Hsiang: Climate Economist

Bob Simison profiles Berkeley’s Solomon Hsiang who uses big data to inform climate change policies

BOB SIMISON

Income inequality | March 2022

Global Inequalities

The big picture on wealth, income, ecological, and gender inequality looks bad

ANDREW STANLEY

COVID-19 | December 2021

The Journey of the Covid-19 Vaccine

The development of COVID-19 vaccines has been miraculous, but the path to inoculating the world presents many obstacles

ANDREW STANLEY

Transition to net zero | September 2021

Net Zero by 2050

The IEA outlines a path to decarbonize the energy sector in three decades

ANDREW STANLEY

Emerging and frontier financial markets | June 2021

Jobs Dilemma

Creating sufficient employment in emerging market economies will require a big boost to economic growth

SERGI LANAU

Gender | March 2022

Greedy Work

Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity

FRANCESCA DONNER

Financial markets | March 2022

The Dollar’s Primacy

The Global Currency Power of the US Dollar: Problems and Prospects

JOSEPH P. JOYCE

Economic theory | March 2022

Overshadowed Founder

Harry White and the American Creed: How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit)

Atish Rex Ghosh

Debt financing | December 2021

Better Borrowing

Where Credit Is Due: How Africa’s Debt Can Be a Benefit, Not a Burden

VIVEK ARORA