US President Donald Trump’s administration is expected, by Nov. 2, to announce its choice, subject to Senate approval, to succeed Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve Board in February 2018. T ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
Macroeconomic data from the world’s advanced economies can be mystifying when viewed in isolation. But when analyzed collectively, the data reveal a troubling truth: without changes to how wealth is g ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
At the start of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) this month, President Xi Jinping unveiled his “two-stage development plan” to turn China into a “modern socialist state ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
Recent disease outbreaks, like Ebola and Zika, have demonstrated the need to anticipate pandemics and contain them before they emerge. But the sheer diversity, resilience, and transmissibility of dead ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
The Earth today is more than 1°C hotter than it was in pre-industrial times, and the terrible symptoms of its fever are already showing. This year alone, back-to-back hurricanes have devastated Caribb ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal shows no sign of winding down. Just the opposite: police in the United Kingdom are now investigating several allegations involving the Oscar-winning film pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
This month, international media are understandably focused on the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress, a carefully choreographed event that will reveal who’s “in” and who’s “out” with Chi ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
Last month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released a status report tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The data, which were meant to highlight effor ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
When the South African government attempted to amend its laws in 1997 to avail itself of affordable generic medicines for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, the full legal might of the global pharmaceutical i ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
US President Donald Trump has announced what was long anticipated: that he will not certify that Iran is complying with the July 2015 "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (JCPOA) signed by the United ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-16
As the world struggles to rein in emissions of climate-changing gases and limit planetary warming, a new technological silver bullet is gaining supporters. Geoengineering – the large-scale manipulatio ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
Completing primary school in Niger was never a certainty for Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama, given all the obstacles that stood in her way. "It was hard to study," she recalls. "We sat on the ground – sometime ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
One positive outcome of the trade tensions of recent years is a renewed interest in understanding how trade actually works, in terms of aggregate gains, distributional effects, adjustment costs, and o ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
For the last few years, the global economy has been oscillating between periods of acceleration (when growth is positive and strengthening) and periods of deceleration (when growth is positive but wea ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
“Where is your toilet?” This is often the first question I ask when I visit the site of a cholera outbreak anywhere in the world. More often than not, the answer is: “We don’t have one. We go wherever ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
Efficient movement of people is crucial for any society. When transportation networks function well, they drive economic development and literally bring people together. But in many parts of the world ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin the biggest bubble in the world today, or a great investment bet on the cutting edge of new-age financial technology? My best guess is that in the long run, the technolog ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
After a season of record-breaking hurricanes in the United States and floods across Asia, it would be easy to despair about the accelerating pace of climate change. Yet, despite the apocalyptic omens, ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
After a tumultuous year, politics seem to be stabilizing across Europe. Though the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gained almost 13 percent of the vote in Germany’s recent federal election ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
