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July 24, 2019

International Economic Policy
The IMF (Still) Cannot Quit Fiscal Consolidation…

The IMF's country-level fiscal advice has an adding up problem. The IMF (over time) wants most countries to match the euro zone and head toward fiscal balance. That though would leave the world short…

A woman walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

December 7, 2005

China
There is a consensus: China needs to consume more

See Olivier Blanchard and Francesco Giavazzi's latest paper on China.   Blanchard (last seen on these pages back in September) and Giavazzi have laid out a comprehensive economic program for China, o…

May 8, 2006

United States
Tony Judt’s Postwar Wins the Council’s 2006 Arthur Ross Book Award

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Penguin Press), by Tony Judt, professor and director of New York University’s Remarque Institute, has won the Council’s fifth annual Arthur Ross Book Award fo…

March 2, 2006

United States
Council’s 2006 Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist Announced

CFR has announced the annual Arthur Ross Book Award shortlist for the best book on international affairs.

October 3, 2007

Economics
Floating Dubai’s

Apparently, simple yachts are not luxury goods.   John Taglibue of the New York Times on Tuesday:  “Today a mega yacht is indispensable” said Olivier Milliex, head of yacht finance at the Dutch ban…