The independent parliament member, Bassim Khashan, underlined the government’s failure in controlling food supplies’ prices...
detailsFor 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...
detailsEconomic forecasting models have long been notoriously inaccurate in predicting inflation, and COVID-19 has further complicated the challenge...
detailsUnited 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...
detailsBy 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.
detailsLebanese 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.
detailsIs Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) a potential boon to economic policymakers, or, as Harvard’s Kenneth Rogoff recently argued
detailsOver the past few years, the US Federal Reserve has been ahead of other major central banks in normalizing monetary policy.
detailsAlthough 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...
detailsAs the country ditches cash, criminals turn to stealing owls.
detailsSome 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
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