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Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Mads Nipper urges companies to align around a newly developed common framework for decarbonising their value chains

Mads Nipper urges companies to align around a newly developed common framework for decarbonising their value chains

Terry Haydon says it is time to make business loan costs transparent, and extend the CCCFA true cost of credit requirements to SME lending. That will bring both fair competition and better options for borrowers

Terry Haydon says it is time to make business loan costs transparent, and extend the CCCFA true cost of credit requirements to SME lending. That will bring both fair competition and better options for borrowers

S&P's Martin Foo says NZ councils have largely fared well in the Covid-era but infrastructure deficits may prove challenging

S&P's Martin Foo says NZ councils have largely fared well in the Covid-era but infrastructure deficits may prove challenging

Patrick Reinmoeller and Karl Schmedders warn investors against trying to time when the current boom on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) turns to bust

Patrick Reinmoeller and Karl Schmedders warn investors against trying to time when the current boom on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) turns to bust

Kent Harrington explains how the Chinese government's aggressive land and water grabs are degrading the region's ecosystems

Kent Harrington explains how the Chinese government's aggressive land and water grabs are degrading the region's ecosystems

James K. Galbriath urges the US to revive a policy framework that worked extraordinary well for most of its 40 years

James K. Galbriath urges the US to revive a policy framework that worked extraordinary well for most of its 40 years

Globalisation is changing but not unwinding: global flows will be more regional, political, & shaped by big power rivalry writes David Skilling

Globalisation is changing but not unwinding: global flows will be more regional, political, & shaped by big power rivalry writes David Skilling

Chinese President Xi is set to extend his 10-year rule in 2022. This is how China has been transformed under his reign

Chinese President Xi is set to extend his 10-year rule in 2022. This is how China has been transformed under his reign

John Cochrane thinks the world's most important central bank has lost its way and should get back to basics

John Cochrane thinks the world's most important central bank has lost its way and should get back to basics

Brendon Harre connects the lessons from Henry George to the outrageous housing price problems of today. "Rocket scientists do not forget about gravity so why do planners forget about economic rent?"

Brendon Harre connects the lessons from Henry George to the outrageous housing price problems of today. "Rocket scientists do not forget about gravity so why do planners forget about economic rent?"

These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works

These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg shows that while the two main parties, China and the US, have both lost, 'bystander' countries have gained

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg shows that while the two main parties, China and the US, have both lost, 'bystander' countries have gained

Employment confidence rose further in December, driven by perceptions of current job opportunities. However, current and expected earnings growth remains subdued

Employment confidence rose further in December, driven by perceptions of current job opportunities. However, current and expected earnings growth remains subdued

Jason Furman ascribes near-universal forecasting errors in 2021 to not taking economic models seriously enough

Jason Furman ascribes near-universal forecasting errors in 2021 to not taking economic models seriously enough

Antara Haldar sees a ruling against a US workplace vaccine mandate as emblematic of what is wrong with the law today

Antara Haldar sees a ruling against a US workplace vaccine mandate as emblematic of what is wrong with the law today

William Janeway considers what Elizabeth Holmes's fraud conviction says about the state of the broader innovation economy

William Janeway considers what Elizabeth Holmes's fraud conviction says about the state of the broader innovation economy

Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain in the US is a stagnating labour market and the threat of Omicron. The jobs are there, but the workers aren't

Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain in the US is a stagnating labour market and the threat of Omicron. The jobs are there, but the workers aren't

Nouriel Roubini lists the policy, geopolitical, and systemic risks that investors will need to consider this year

Nouriel Roubini lists the policy, geopolitical, and systemic risks that investors will need to consider this year

Koichi Hamada identifies which components of Modern Monetary Theory are worth adopting - and which could be lethal

Koichi Hamada identifies which components of Modern Monetary Theory are worth adopting - and which could be lethal

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan argues that Turkey's unconventional monetary policy will aggravate the problems it was meant to solve

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan argues that Turkey's unconventional monetary policy will aggravate the problems it was meant to solve

Robert Williams and Moritz Rudolf envision an EU-led de-escalation intitative for the growing tensions between the US and China, reminiscent of the Helsinki Process of the 1970s

Robert Williams and Moritz Rudolf envision an EU-led de-escalation intitative for the growing tensions between the US and China, reminiscent of the Helsinki Process of the 1970s

QV points out that raging house price increases in 2021 were accentuated by the market shifting to far more expensive homes at the top of the property ladder. Entry-level properties are attracting much lower demand as the year ends

QV points out that raging house price increases in 2021 were accentuated by the market shifting to far more expensive homes at the top of the property ladder. Entry-level properties are attracting much lower demand as the year ends

John Denton and others show how a more digitally interconnected system of trade finance would benefit smaller businesses in particular

John Denton and others show how a more digitally interconnected system of trade finance would benefit smaller businesses in particular

People who are bad with numbers often find it harder to make ends meet – even if they are not poor

People who are bad with numbers often find it harder to make ends meet – even if they are not poor