Experts analyze the current state of world economies.

This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that simplicity should trump complexity as finanical regulators seek new defenses against risk.

Peter Orszag defends the Independent Payment Advisory Board as a critically important part of the ongoing effort to shift U.S. health-care away from the fee-for-service model.

The World Economic Forum released this year's Global Competitiveness Report, which analyzes and ranks 144 economies and suggests that productivity improvements and private sector investment will be key to improving global economies.

Sebatian Mallaby argues that excessive patent protections in the tech industry threaten innovation.

Peter Orszag contends that Representative Paul Ryan's budget plan is not a serious proposal for solving America's long-term fiscal problems.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that the woes of the U.S. workforce should convince politicans of the urgent need for tax, welfare, and education reforms.

Jagdish Bhagwati faults the Obama administration and the Democratic Party for fostering anti-Indian sentiment with their protectionist rhetoric.

Peter Orszag highlights the selection effect problem that can drive up health-care costs when private insurance plans bid to cover Medicare beneficiaries.

Michael Spence and David Brady cite risk aversion, rigid political systems, and a dearth of effective policy tools among the factors incapacitating political leadership in the world's major economies.

Robert Rubin writes that the ECB would risk losing its credibility and stoking inflation if it did not impose conditionality on its bond-buying program.

Peter Orszag calls for the revival of Build America Bonds to channel tax subsidies to state and local governments for infrastructure investment.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that the conditionality of the ECB plan to resume sovereign bond purchases will blunt the intervention's effectiveness.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that policymakers must decide whether the federal government will ensure the stability of the shadow banking system.

Benn Steil's column in Dow Jones' Financial News, co-authored with Dinah Walker, provides new evidence highlighting the endemic flaws in LIBOR as both a benchmark for setting market lending rates and a central-bank metric for judging policy effectiveness.

The U.S. Federal Reserve, confronting slowing growth and high unemployment, should unveil new stimulus tools at its next policy meeting, writes CFR's Sebastian Mallaby in an op ed.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that equity investors would prefer to have big banks broken up than forced to raise more capital.

To diagnose the ills of the struggling global economy, Michael Spence considers the impediments to growth in both advanced and developing nations.

Peter Orszag writes that the steep federal subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act will make it hard for states to resist expanding their Medicaid programs.

Jagdish Bhagwati weighs the fate of the Indian National Congress, which he says is plagued by scandals, a worsening economy, and growing dissatisfaction with the Nehru-Gandhi "brand."