From the Winter 2025 issue:
Is Germany Without Its Debt Brake on the Right Track?
What will be the end result of a huge European debt expansion led by a Germany?
Featuring commentary by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Josef Braml, Lorenzo Codogno, Jacques de Larosière, Tobian Edelstein, Heiner Flassbeck, Joseph E. Gagnon, James K. Galbraith, Michael Hüther, Otmar Issing, Francis J. Kelly, Moritz Kraemer, Desmond Lachman, Philippe Legrain, Thomas Mayer, Thomas Mirow, Piroska Nagy Mohácsi, Ewald Nowotny, Jim O’Neill, Peter R. Orszag, Holger Schmieding, Neil Shearing, Mark Sobel, R. Christopher Whalen, Chen Zhao, and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
TIE executive editor Owen Ullmann talks to noted economic journalist Paul Blustein about his timely new book, King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World’s Dominant Currency. An exclusive interview.
This time without the mistakes?
In a land ruled by the law of the jungle.
America Is Becoming the World’s Largest Tax Haven
Modeled after the lawless zones of the offshore world.
Donald Trump Meets the Paris Accords
How a trade war-induced economic collapse could improve the climate.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s take on the Bretton Woods institutions.
Trump’s Misguided Plan to Weaken the Dollar
A flawed diagnosis.
The actions of a great man.
A view of recent times.
DJT: Call Your Office! A debt disaster could be sneaking up on you.
Bundestag Bombshell: “We are back on track,” claims new chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Off the News
German gold, the future of China's currency.