As Ramadan is on the way, the government loses control over food prices

The independent parliament member, Bassim Khashan, underlined the government’s failure in controlling food supplies’ prices...

THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF U.S. SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT

For U.S. presidents, economic sanctions are the foreign policy equivalent of a Swiss Army knife — a dangerous, multifunctional tool that looks capable of solving many more problems than it actually can...

Will Inflation Make a Comeback?

Economic forecasting models have long been notoriously inaccurate in predicting inflation, and COVID-19 has further complicated the challenge...

In photos: Largest Markets in Iraq without shoppers

How a Weaponized Dollar Could Backfire

United States foreign policy under President Donald Trump continues to run counter to Americas traditional post-war objectives. Should the US carelessly relinquish leadership of the global multilateral order...

Locking China Out of the Dollar System

By broadening the nexus between economic interest and national security, Trump is encouraging the decoupling of the worlds two largest economies and the emergence of a bipolar world order led by rival hegemons.

Will Lebanese wait hours in gas lines as fuel crisis bites?

Lebanese citizens are living day by day the repercussions of the dollar scarcity crisis, as the fuel sector threatens an open strike next week if the government fails to find a proper solution.

Modern Monetary Realism

Is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) a potential boon to economic policymakers, or, as Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff recently argued

Understanding the Fed’s Dovish Turn

Over the past few years, the US Federal Reserve has been ahead of other major central banks in normalizing monetary policy.

The Case for a Bold Economics

Although economists are well positioned to imagine new institutional arrangements, their habit of thinking at the margin and sticking close to the evidence at hand encourages an aversion to radical change...

The Owl Thieves of Sweden

As the country ditches cash, criminals turn to stealing owls.

Managing the Risks of a Rising Dollar

Some may view the US dollar’s appreciation as consistent with a longer-term rebalancing of the global economy. But, as Argentina’s recent request for IMF financing starkly demonstrates