Economy

The EU at 40: Balancing progress and responsibility

Technology Elise Quevedo - July 6, 2025.

This year, the European Union marks its 40th anniversary. That's four decades of collaboration, evolution, and shared ambition. This milestone is an opportunity to take...

Is there a danger of soap bubbles in the markets?

Economy Emre Alkin - July 5, 2025.

While the world is grappling with immense unrest, I observe stock and commodity markets soaring without basis on one hand, and on the other, I...

Will the EU remain a leader in AI ethical governance despite the delay?

Technology Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 4, 2025.

The European Commission confirmed in early July that a key code of practice for compliance with the AI Act may not be available before the...

Will AI-transition bring broad-based prosperity?

Technology Michael Spence - July 2, 2025.

There is little consensus around anything AI-related these days. But one expectation that does seem to have taken hold among a large share of businesses,...

Development finance - a matter that concerns both the developed and the developing

Finances Carlos Cuerpo - Joseph E. Stiglitz - July 1, 2025.

At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development this week, delegates are calling for urgent action to fix a system that has stopped working. Prior...

Why is the world entering the most dangerous economic decade since WWII?

Economy Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 30, 2025.

In its June report, the World Bank lowered its global growth forecast for 2025 to 2.3 per cent, which is below the previous expectation of...

The Fed Is Making a Big Mistake—Again

Economy Daniel Lacalle - June 30, 2025.

Jerome Powell’s explanations for avoiding a rate cut make no sense. All macroeconomic data justify a rate cut, and monetary aggregates also suggest the need...

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