Trade, Globalization, Innovation and Policy

This blog, and the four that will follow it, draw on Part 1 of my 2016 book, The Great Convergence.In 1957, my father published a book called Econo... (2020)

Special report, the world economy. Introducing industrial policy is a big mistake, argues Callum Williams | Special report (2023)

An industrial arms race is underway. America, welcomes it, saying the world needs green technologies and a diversified supply of chips. But, Subsid... (2023)

Beyond the overly simplistic framing of trade as “good” or “bad” — by politicians, by Econ 101 — why is the topic of trade (or rather, economies an... (2017)

How Blockchain Trade Finance Is Breaking Proof-of-Concept Gridlock "After years of tests and concepts, enterprise blockchain may be having a bre... (2018)

CNBC International Published on Oct 12, 2017 The IMF and World Bank hold their Annual Meetings together each fall in Washington. But do you kno... (2018)