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Is France in Trouble?
What happens to the French economy—now struggling with high levels of both public and corporate debt—if the European Central Bank follows its narrow mandate and raises short-term interest rates in an attempt to hit a 2 percent inflation target? The ECB could face a situation where securing the state’s solvency is given priority over inflation fighting, forcing the central bank to monetize the public debt.
Featuring commentary by Anders Åslund, Josef Braml, Willem Buiter, Charles W. Calomiris, Sylvain Catherine, Lorenzo Codogno, Bernard Connolly, Arnab Das, Joseph E. Gagnon, Brigitte Granville, Steven B. Kamin, Marcel Kasumovich, Francis J. Kelly, Moritz Kraemer, Thomas Mayer, Thomas Mirow, Piroska Nagy Mohácsi, Philippe Riès, Holger Schmieding, Gunther Schnabl, Neil Shearing, Chen Zhao, and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
Thriving in Today’s Age of Abundance
What Europeans can teach the rest of the world.
What made the Maestro unique? TIE asked several long-time contributors to single out one attribute from his many years of public service that they believe made the late Fed Chair Alan Greenspan one of a kind.
Featuring commentary by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Jacques de Larosière, Otmar Issing, Steven B. Kamin, Edwin M. Truman, and Janet L. Yellen.
The Bloated Fed Balance Sheet That Isn’t
It’s all an accounting illusion.
The debate over monetary architecture in the digital age.
Could AI Enhance Dollar Dominance?
The emergence of an energy-compute dollar loop.
What U.S. Golden Age?
Waiting for Donald Trump to deliver.
Greece Takes on Corruption
The reform movement’s uphill battle.
Does Europe Have a Credible Tech Gameplan?
Is the new Tech Sovereignty Package enough?
The End of an Era
We need a new discourse on American internationalism.
Off the News
From the Founder
Goodbye, Maestro. Some personal thoughts on Alan Greenspan.
View from the Beltway
Lessons for Kevin. What Kevin Warsh can learn from legendary Fed chair Alan Greenspan’s successes and failures.