Windfall taxes are a ghastly idea. They are a sop to prejudice, a burden on risk-taking and a form of arbitrary confiscation. No sensible person shoul...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
The US might be in the midst of a second housing and financial bubble, according to economist and Yale Professor Robert Shiller. Shiller and Financial...
Posted 11.21.2009 | Business
In an interview with Yahoo Tech Ticker this morning, Martin Wolf, the chief economic commentator at The Financial Times, was cautiously optimistic abo...
Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
Are we in for a double-dip recession? Economist Nouriel Roubini, the president of RGE Monitor who's often referred to as "Dr. Doom," recently sat down...
ft.com | Martin Wolf | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
Proposals for reform of financial regulation are now everywhere. The most significant have come from the US, where President Barack Obama's administra...
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business
A global currency would allow emerging economies to borrow in their own currency, avoid currency mismatches and the extreme poor can trade with each other without being exposed to currency risk.
Financial Times | Martin Wolf | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business
Is the US Russia? The question seems provocative, if not outrageous. Yet the person asking it is Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the Internat...
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.27.2009 | Business
Hyman Minsky didn't live to see how closely this year's meltdowns would follow his predicted scenario, with the Lehman failure being one of several clear Minsky moments.
Martin Wolf | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business