The economics profession has become a favourite punching bag in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Economists are widely reviled and their influence derided by the general public. Yet their services have never been in greater demand. To unravel the paradox, we need to understand both the strengths and weaknesses of economics....

The latest title in CEPR/ICMB\'s Geneva Reports on the World Economy series asks the following questions: What are likely to be the principal issues facing the international economy over the next decade? What could a realistic analysis hope for in the way of progress in confronting the problems of the future?...

Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard professor argues for a leaner global system that puts national democracies front and center....

Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market-the apparent \"winners\"-and those without. These apparent \"losers\" are increasingly anxious about their standards ofliving and their precarious place in an integrated world economy....

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizes nor antiglobalizers have got it right....