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The great debt conundrum
By Anne O. Krueger - Sep 30,2023
WASHINGTON, DC — The exponential growth of international capital flows, predominantly in the form of debt, has been one of the great development successes of the past 50 years.
From trade war to subsidy war
By Anne O. Krueger - Aug 16,2023
LONDON — To the dismay of many economists, US President Joe Biden’s administration has retained most of its predecessor’s tariffs and trade barriers.
Why is America undercutting Japan?
By Anne O. Krueger - Jul 24,2023
TOKYO — Until 2017, America’s trade policies were reasonably well aligned with its strategic objectives.
A world of debt
By Anne O. Krueger - May 24,2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The United States is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan, and many other countries are in grave financial difficulties.
Breaking the debt-relief paralysis
By Anne O. Krueger - Apr 20,2023
WASHINGTON, DC — When Sri Lanka’s economic crisis burst into international headlines a year ago, it had already been worsening for many months. Critical fuel shortages prevented people from going to work, and consumer goods could not be distributed.
America's industrial policy is counterproductive
By Anne O. Krueger - Mar 23,2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Last year’s US CHIPS and Science Act created large subsidies for investments in domestic semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs), on the grounds that microchips are essential both to the US economy and to national security.
Multilateralism is still better
By Anne O. Krueger - Feb 19,2023
WASHINGTON, DC — The great statesmanship and leadership that the United States showed during and after World War II is well known.
Sleepwalking into a global trade war
By Anne O. Krueger - Jan 04,2023
WASHINGTON, DC  —  The world is embroiled in a megacrisis comprising the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, high inflation, recession fears and rising debt distress across emerging markets and developing countries.
The false promise of America's CHIPS Act
By Anne O. Krueger - Nov 26,2022
WASHINGTON, DC  —  The US Congress recently approved the CHIPS and Science Act, which allocates over $50 billion to strengthen the semiconductor industry in the hope of making the United States self-sufficient.
Puerto Rico's bad-governance limbo
By Anne O. Krueger - Oct 26,2022
WASHINGTON, DC  —  Puerto Rico is part of the United States, but it is not a state. It is a territory (and a commonwealth) with its own constitution, approved by the US Congress.

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