War or peace, barbarism or hope
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: The spectre of ‘stagflation’ threatens the world once again. This time,...
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Stagflation threat: Be pragmatic, not dogmatic
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail”. Still...
Ukraine incursion, world stagflation
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Finger pointing in the blame game over Russia’s Ukraine incursion...
Inflation targeting constrains development
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: All too many developing countries have been persuaded or required to...
Inflation targeting voodoo
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: All over the world, people expect policies by central bankers trained in...
Financialization at heart of economic malaise
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: COVID-19 has exposed major long-term economic vulnerabilities. This...
Resist inflation phobia coup
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Calls, even screams, to fight inflation above all else are getting...
Inflation paranoia threatens recovery
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Inflation hawks are winning the day. The latest ‘beggar thyself’ race to...
Climate inaction, injustice worsened by finance fiasco
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR: Many factors frustrate the international cooperation needed to address the looming global warming...
More progressive taxation needed for social progress
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR: Governments must innovatively develop progressive means to finance the large-scale social spending...
Greed-driven pandemic still killing millions
Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor KUALA LUMPUR: Failure to vaccinate most in poor countries sustains the COVID-19 pandemic. Rich...
Climate change: Adapt for the future, not the past
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly...
Profiting from the carbon offset distraction
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries...
WTO finished without TRIPS waiver
Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY: Quickly enabling greater and more affordable production of and access to...
Carbon tax over-rated
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Addressing global warming requires cutting carbon emissions by almost...
Will Glasgow fix broken climate finance promises?
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Current climate mitigation plans will result in a catastrophic 2.7°C...
Bleak prospects for least developed countries
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: “The outlook for LDCs is grim”. The latest United Nations (UN) assessment...
Inflation bogey blocking recovery
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: The bogey of inflation has been revived. Dubious pre-pandemic economic...