With measles outbreaks currently spreading across Europe and the Midwestern United States, and meningitis infecting US college students, health experts are doing something they never thought they would have to do in early 2017: reminding people in developed countries that vaccine

 By Carmen Reinhart and Vincent Reinhart Every spring, international bureaucrats flock to Washington, DC, as reliably as swallows to Capistrano, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where they exchange information about their lo

By Stephen Matlin, Goverdhan Mehta, Henning Hopf and Alain Krief On April 22, scientists from around the world will mark Earth Day by participating in an unprecedented “March for Science”. The aim of the march will be to “celebrate and defend science at all levels

By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin GuzmanPuerto Rico’s deep and prolonged recession has led to a severe debt crisis.

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By Ian Goldin and Jonathan WoetzelMany of the immigration debates now raging around the world reflect the faulty assumption that admitting immigrants is an act of largesse — and a costly one, at that. But far from being an economic burden, immigrants represent a major econom

By Herman Van Rompuy, Fabian Zuleeg and Janis A. EmmanouilidisThe eurozone crisis is far less dangerous now than during its peak years of 2010-2013.

By Michael O’Sullivan and David SkillingBritish Prime Minister Theresa May blinked more than once as she prepared to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon and initiate Britain’s exit from the European Union.According to May, Brexit will transform the United Kingdom into what

By Jeremy Adelman and Anne-Laure Delatte“America first,” thumps Donald Trump.“Britain first,” say the advocates of Brexit.“France first,” crows Marine Le Pen and her National Front.“Russia first,” proclaims Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. With so much emphasis on national sovereig