Global Economic News Digest

A specialized media service working to raise awareness among the general public and policy-makers on the most prominent effects of the Corona virus on the global economy, and the policy responses of various countries affected by the pandemic (using reliable international research and media sources that are updated periodically).

27 apr 2022

Modern Monetary Theory: The Right Compass for Decision-Making

Modern Monetary Theory: The Right Compass for Decision-Making In the November/December 2021 issue of Intereconomics, Françoise Dru...

14 apr 2022

Women are under-represented in economics globally

Women are under-represented in economics globally They occupy fewer top positions at leading economics institutions than men, and are mor...

12 apr 2022

Globalization Isn’t Over. It’s Changing.

Globalization Isn’t Over. It’s Changing. Deglobalization” is a word on many people’s lips these days — and...

12 apr 2022

Global Trade Needs More Supply Diversity, Not Less

Global Trade Needs More Supply Diversity, Not Less Countries with trade partners that implemented more stringent lockdowns had a sharper...

11 apr 2022

Development Economics Goes North

Development Economics Goes North When economists talk about global convergence, what they usually have in mind is that developing economi...

06 apr 2022

Weaponisation of finance: how the west unleashed 'shock and awe' on Russia

Weaponisation of finance: how the west unleashed 'shock and awe' on Russia The sanctions on Russia’s central bank use the o...

05 apr 2022

Shock Therapy for Neoliberals

Shock Therapy for Neoliberals Like previous disruptions to the global economy, Russia’s war in Ukraine has highlighted the fallacy...

30 mar 2022

Will the Ukraine War Spell the End of Globalization?

Will the Ukraine War Spell the End of Globalization? In a letter to shareholders last week, Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock,...

16 mar 2022

Federal Reserve needs to push rates to 5% or risk recession: Larry Summers

Federal Reserve needs to push rates to 5% or risk recession: Larry Summers As the Federal Reserve prepares to kick off a s...

15 mar 2022

Ukraine war triggers food security crisis in Arab world and beyond

Ukraine war triggers food security crisis in Arab world and beyond Before conflict tore the country apart, agriculture was one of Syria&r...

14 mar 2022

As Ukraine war rages, Israel grapples with fate of oligarchs

As the Ukraine war rages, Israel grapples with the fate of oligarchs JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is grappling with how to deal with doz...

13 mar 2022

Incessant crises show old economic model is running on empty

Incessant crises show old economic model is running on empty Financial crash, slow growth, Covid and inflation pressures fuelled by Russi...

13 mar 2022

How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Tearing Apart the Global Food System

How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Tearing Apart the Global Food System The global food system is under threat as Russia’s i...

11 mar 2022

Is the West Laissez-Faire About Economic Warfare?

Is the West Laissez-Faire About Economic Warfare? Nicholas Mulder, The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of...

10 mar 2022

Historic rise in wealth concentration in the Arab region: Richest 10% control more than 80% of wealth

Historic rise in wealth concentration in the Arab region: Richest 10% control more than 80% of wealth Beirut, 10 March 2022--Si...

25 feb 2022

Russia's War and the Global Economy by Nouriel Roubini

Russia's War and the Global Economy by Nouriel Roubini It is tempting to think that the war in Ukraine will have...

25 feb 2022

Price Controls Can Work, Sorry If This Offends

Price Controls Can Work, Sorry If This Offends There’s something about the phrase “price controls”...

22 feb 2022

Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise

Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise COVID-19 has exposed major long-term economic vulnerabilities. This mal...

22 feb 2022

Can Democrats See What’s Coming?

Can Democrats See What’s Coming? If you had to distill the ambitions of the Democratic Party down to a single w...

15 feb 2022

Private debts pose hidden risk to developing countries, World Bank warns

Private debts pose hidden risk to developing countries, World Bank warns Bank faults slow progress on sovereign restructurin...